Red panda raster demo
The delay knob is tuned for short delays. Short delays with high feedback will create resonance or self-oscillation, especially when the shift knob is near zero. At settings above 3:00, the repeats gain in strength for self-oscillation or distorted echoes.ĭelay time, from approximately 20 to 750 milliseconds.
Plugging in an expression pedal overrides the shift knob.įeedback intensity. When the SHIFT footswitch is disengaged, the signal is not shifted. The Raster is designed and manufactured in Detroit, USA.ControlsĪmount of pitch or phase shift. Hold and solo functions to flip, stretch, and manipulate time on stage. It can be pushed to extremes for ring modulation and inharmonic shifted delays that distort and break apart.Ĭapable of extreme sonic mayhem, it can also be used with restraint to add character to your sound. The Tensor creates real-time forward/reverse/tape stop effects, with pitch shifting and time stretching (no pitch shift). Two reverse delay modes can be used for reverse solos or with pitch shifting for crystal echoes.īeyond pitch shifting, a phase shifter creates subtle evolving repeats, dissonant harmonies, and barber pole flanging. Repeats can continuously shift up or down, or shift once and remain at that pitch. Slight detuning creates chorused delay sounds, while wider intervals with feedback create strange organ-like textures. The detuning mode gives smooth pitch changes from a fourth down to a minor third up. Repeats can be pitch shifted up or down by an octave in semitone steps. The core of the Raster is a clean delay with up to 750 milliseconds delay time. Three pitch shifting algorithms are integrated into the feedback loop. The Raster delivers a wide range of sounds including harmonizing delays, phase-shifted repeats, arpeggios, alien textures, chaotic self-oscillation, and continuously evolving soundscapes.
Knob responses are carefully tuned for exploration of self-oscillation and feedback on the verge of blowing up. The feedback control covers a wide range from slapback delay to noisy, textured infinite feedback loops. The low end of the delay control allows you to precisely dial in resonant feedback sounds. Like its predecessor, the Raster 2 offers a digital delay with an expanded delay time of up to 1600ms, a feedback control that can push past infinity to. It delivers a wide range of sounds including harmonized delays, reverse delays, chorus, arpeggios, infinite descents, chaotic self-oscillation, and continuously evolving soundscapes. Raster 2 revamps the famed Red Panda pitch shifting delay into an updated stereo version with a load of additional features that expand your ability to spatialize, harmonize and warp sound. The Raster is a digital delay with a pitch shifter integrated into the feedback loop.
The Raster runs $249 retail and is born and raised in Detroit.What a fun piece of gear this is! Lots of hours of fun ahead with this. The only downside is that the pitch shift switch takes the spot where your tap tempo switch would be on some other delays, so that’s a bit of give and take, but nevertheless this pedal wields some phenomenal sounds. The coolest part is the pitch shift functionality has an independent switch so you can easily use both the clean delay and the pitch shifting separately. The Raster looks like it is fully capable of being a great standalone delay, but the differentiating capability is that it brings the pitch and phase-shifting capability on to your board in a one-stop shop. One interesting trick with this pedal is you can apply a harmonized tone to the repeat but not the original note played in the delay, which adds a powerful and surprising feeling the overall tone. This means that in addition to the delay effects (or on a standalone basis), you can dial up chorus effects, fattened up harmonized tones (octave up and octave down), detuned synth emulations (fourth down to minor third up), and ring modulations. The Raster is actually more of a Leatherman type multi-tool effect, as it not only has all your standard digital delay needs covered (up to 750 ms and three delay modes for standard, continuous, and reverse delay), but it also has both a built in pitch shifter and phase shifter. It’s not really fair to classify the new Red Panda Raster Delay as just a delay pedal.