Keeley unveils the Parallax Spatial Generator, “the proper end-of pedalboard answer for shoegaze, ambient, and experimental tone seekers”

Keeley Electronics has unveiled the Parallax Spatial Generator, the corporate’s newest pedal targeted on shoegaze and ambient guitar tones.

The Parallax groups parts of two present Keeley pedals – the Caverns’ delay and the shoegaze-inspired reverbs of the Realizer – for one do-all atmosphere machine.

Delay-wise, the pedal is voiced to emulate old-school magnetic drum tape-style delays, full with a three-way swap for modulation.

Time, Mix, Repeats and Price controls modify the delays, and, in fact, it oscillates like a champ.

On the reverb facet, there’s a trio of ambient-targeted choices: Smooth Focus, impressed by the Yamaha FX500; reverse reverb primarily based on the cult basic Yamaha SPX90 and Alesis Midiverb II rack items; and a corridor reverb with adjustable octave-up shimmer.

’verbs are tweaked by way of Mix, Decay, Heat and Depth knobs, the latter of which adjusts shimmer degree on the corridor mode.

As is typical with Keeley’s exacting builds, the Parallax boasts one hundred pc analog dry sign, plus distant management TRS jacks to be used with pedal switchers, in addition to mono true bypass and trails switching for delay, reverb or each.

The Parallax Spatial Generator is offered now for $219, and simply 500 items will likely be produced. Head over to Robert Keeley (opens in new tab) for extra.

There’s one thing within the pedal firm water in the mean time, as we’ve seen the launch of a number of shoegaze-friendly reverb pedals over the previous six months from Walrus Audio and Catalinbread.

Keeley, in fact, has kind on this enviornment, with the My-Bloody-Valentine-in-a-box Loomer specifically nailing the remit, so we look ahead to seeing how the Parallax stacks up…

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