Catalinbread Bitters Multi-Effects Modulation Pedal
Catalinbread Bitters Multi-Effects Modulation Pedal
- Multi-effects modulation pedal
- For synths, drums, guitars, and more
- Updated version of Alesis Bitrman
- Bitters third-user selectable program
- Knobs to distort, mix, and more
- Mix control for unique soundscaping
- Program wheel with four effects
- Catalinbread Bitters Multi-Effects Modulation Pedal for Synths, Drum Machines, DAWs, and Guitars
- Limited 3-Year Warranty
The Catalinbread Bitters Multi-Effects Modulation Pedal is a
reimagining of the hyper-deranged multi-fx processor, the Alesis Bitrman. Featuring
knobs for Distortion, Phaser, and one of four choosable sound manglers, you can
dial in everything from a lush chorus to a crushing barrage of noise. A handy
Mix control reins in the mayhem, making for a unique soundscaping tool perfect
for the pedalboard or mixing desk. The Bitters distills the madness of the
Bitrman circuit, fixing up the original’s shortcomings and trimming the fat to
deliver an infinitely more usable version. Occupying the darkest corner of the
soundscaping realm, the Bitters will give you lush, usable effects or
completely render your signal into a puddle of digital mess. Just like the
original, the Bitters pairs just as well with synths, drum machines, and DAWs
as it does with electric guitar and bass. And since the original didn’t have a
mix control of any kind, the Bitters is infinitely more usable than the
original ever was. The Bitters is essentially a multi-effects device on
steroids, giving you individual knobs for distortion and phaser, along with a
third user-selectable program called ‘Bitters.’ This program can be one of four
different effects: Decimator, Bitcrusher, Frequency Modulation, and Ring
Modulation. These three effects are run in series, but you can reverse the
order such that Bitters comes first for some complete sonic mayhem.
Controls
Distort imparts a tastefully appointed and harmonically-rich digital distortion
whose gain increases as the knob is turned up. When down, the distortion
circuit is removed from the signal path. Sorely missed in the original, the Mix
control lets you blend your pre-Bitters signal in with the output of the
Bitters. Turn the control down to hear just your dry signal, and turn all the
way up for full wet. The function of the Bitters knob is mode dependent, and
you can select one of four different programs, listed below. Turning this knob
to zero removes it from the signal path. Each program is listed twice. This
lets you select the order in which these knobs occur in the signal path. The
‘greater than’ symbol next to the program means that the order of the programs
is ‘Distortion - Phaser - Bitters’, while ‘less than’ means that the order is
‘Bitters - Phaser - Distortion’. Turning Dual up increases the speed of a deep
sine-wave phase shifter. Like the original, this Phaser ranges from slow and
syrupy to a lightning-fast 20Hz, beyond the limits of most phasers. Turning
this knob down decreases the rate to 0Hz, which puts the phaser out of the
circuit.
Program Wheel
Every manufacturer that tapped into the Decimator effect type had their name
for sample rate reduction, and this is what Alesis called it. It samples your
input signal and lowers that sample rate, which introduces Nyquist aliasing.
Bitcrusher reduces the fidelity of the input signal down to one bit for some
true digital destruction. Because this also introduces noise, Catalinbread
applied a noise gate to keep it in check. Frequency Modulation, otherwise known
as pitch vibrato, can be dialed down to a subtle warble (and use the mix
control to get a killer chorus sound) or let ’er rip and tear the signal up as
Alesis intended. Though it sounds like outer space noises, the humble ring
modulator is a tremolo with an extremely fast modulation. This introduces
additive and subtractive frequencies relative to the input signal and the
carrier frequency. The Bitters accepts a center-negative DC power supply from 9
to 18 volts.
Specifications
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