Catalinbread Soft Focus Green

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From Catalinbread:

Paying homage to the original rack unit, we’ve got a killer new sparkling green enclosure on offer for one of our most iconic pedals, the Soft Focus. Based on the Yamaha FX500 patch of the same name, the Soft Focus brings undeniable shoegaze energy to any rig.

MIX: This a wet/dry blend. Turn all the up for 100% wet and all the way down for 100% dry.

VOL: Adds a bit of gain to the dry signal pre effect; can be used when bypassed in buffer/trails mode as a clean boost.

* For full quintessential shoegaze sounds, max all the knobs and adjust the mix to taste. However, every knob is musically interactive with one another for a truly versatile palette usable in a wide variety of styles.

There are no hard and fast rules with pedal order, because whatever sounds good IS good.

A GOOD STARTING POINT IS:
1. OTHER: Your compressors, filters, synth emulators, pitch shifters and other things like this go here.

2. DIRT: This is your fuzz, distortion, overdrive, etc section. For headroom’s sake, you might want to place pedals that run at higher voltages near the end of this section. Order within this category is not crucial and up to your judgement.

3. MODULATION: This is where your choruses, flangers, vibratos, tremolos, etc go. Modulation pedals notoriously accept very hot signals with ease, including effects loop outputs, so running them after dirt just makes sense. Order within this category is completely subjective, so try different stuff until you dig it.

Power Supply
The Soft Focus runs from 9 to 18 volts using a standard DC center-negative power supply for pedals. Make sure you’re using a supply that provides at least 100mA. Running the Soft Focus at 9V will sound great, but if you want a bit more output, a dry signal boost and increased headroom, try any voltage you like up to 18V! The Soft Focus does not run on batteries. Power supply not included.