Slow Gear on H90 ?

[thossounds]

Hi all,

Has anyone found anything to approximate the Slow Gear effect from Boss on the H90? If you’re not familiar with it, it’s basically an auto-volume swell that works a little like a gate. When no audio is present, the next note played will swell in (with adjustable swell length). Based on a “sensitivity” setting, it then either stays open for rapid notes, or closes to swell again after a long enough pause in input.

I find myself looking for this with every update and always being surprised that it seems to elude not only Eventide, but also units like the Quad Cortex. Line 6 Helix gets somewhat close with a “vintage swell” effect, but seems to lack the swell length. People have found a bit of a work around on the Quad Cortex by using a “utility gate” but it definitely has a faster swell with no way to elongate it.

I’m always baffled that something which seems like a simple effect isn’t available on these high end units. The original Boss stomp boxes sell for around $500 used I think and Boss seems to include the effect n most of their multi-effects pedals. I just don’t want to have to use one just for that! 🙂

Thanks for any thoughts!

[apalazzolo]

The H9 and H90 have been able to do this since the Ultra Tap algo was released … maybe what? 7 years ago? One factory preset that showcased the feature was called UltraSwell. Since the H90 was released the big question became, “What if I put such-and-such after UltraSwell?” The answer was typically: add a big reverb and get some kind of HUGE soundscape. But the same type of program can also be used to drive things like rhythmic presets. The new Granular algos made it even easier to get really complicated results. PatchStorage now has quite a few of these huge sounding swelling programs.

BUT you can also strip UltraSwell down to it’s simplest form. When you do, you basically get the Boss SG-1. I thought that that sounded like bowed stringed instruments, especially cellos when you play the wound strings on a guitar.

I have attached one of these programs with five different swell speeds (using the hotswitches and aux #5). That may scratch your SG-1 itch.

Hope that helps,
~Tony

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[celso80br]

I know this is not exactly what you’ve asked for, but I find that this circuit (Slow Gear) is really easy to make and there are tons of generic clones everywhere, some are really really cheap and small (mini pedal format), so I’d look for that if you use it that much- even if it’s just to give you more freedom to get the most out of any two algorithms you choose.

 

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