by Stefan Fast | Apr 18, 2018 | Pedal Demos
One day I hooked up the holy Meris Trinity consisting of the Polymoon Delay, Mercury 7 Reverb and Ottobit Jr Bitcrusher in stereo. I just wanted to make some noise, but all of a sudden music began to pour out, so I decided to hit that record button. Just a testimony...
by Stefan Fast | Apr 13, 2018 | Pedal Demos
Guitar demo of the captivating and nostalgia-filled Shallow Water K-Field Modulator by Fairfield Circuitry. So what is the Fairfield Shallow Water? In techy terms it’s a k-field modulator, a unique modulation device, which takes your classic analog...
by Stefan Fast | Apr 6, 2018 | Tonal Teamwork
In this episode of Tonal Teamwork I show off my latest tonal revelation, which is running vibrato and overdrive at the end of your pedalboard. By running your other effects into a vibrato and then an overdrive/distortion you can simulate the warbly warm tones of...
by Stefan Fast | Mar 25, 2018 | Tonal Teamwork
Should you place your Tremolo pedal before or after your reverb pedal on your pedalboard? Or maybe you should just run your Tremolo between two reverb pedals? So many questions, so many sonic possibilities. In this episode of Tonal Teamwork we explore some of the...
by Stefan Fast | Mar 19, 2018 | Pedal Demos
Guitar demo of the dynamic dirt doubler, the Gray Channel by EarthQuaker Devices. The Gray Channel Dynamic Dirt Doubler is EarthQuaker Devices refined and evolved take on the classic DOD 250 preamp, sporting two switchable channels, 5 different clipping modes and...
by Stefan Fast | Mar 9, 2018 | Pedal Demos
Guitar demo of the sonic miracle that is the Meris Polymoon Delay. One of my biggest joys in life is seeing what kind of strange and unique sounds I can conjure by joining together different pedals. I’m a nerd, I know. Luckily it seems like the gang at Meris are just...
by Stefan Fast | Mar 2, 2018 | Pedal Demos
Guitar demo of the stunning Mercury7 off-world reverb pedal by Meris. A pivotal part of my ambient addiction stems from movie soundtracks. Especially the epic, eerie and ethereal ambience from movies such as Blade Runner, Sunshine, Interstellar and The Thing have...
by Stefan Fast | Feb 13, 2018 | Industry Interviews
Talking to Oliver Ackermann of Death By Audio was probably one of the most fun talks I had at NAMM. That dude just has a killer reply to everything you could possibly throw at him. After letting us know which DBA pedal people don’t deserve, we quickly go through...
by Stefan Fast | Feb 3, 2018 | Industry Interviews
Lead DSP engineer at Meris, Angelo Mazzocco gave a quick improv masterclass on their 3 amazing effects pedals, the Ottobit Bitcrusher/Sequencer, Mercury7 Reverb and PolyMoon Delay. I thought I knew these pedals well, but my god… I had only scratched the surface....
by Stefan Fast | Feb 2, 2018 | Industry Interviews
Had the great pleasure of hanging with my two biggest heroes at the moment, Terry Burton and Angelo Mazzocco of Meris. Meris absolutely dominated the pedal market in 2017 with their Ottobit Bitcrusher/Sequencer, Mercury7 Reverb and PolyMoon Delay. So I had a quick...
