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The 30-second version Analog, digital and tape describe how the signal is stored, not how the echo sounds. A bucket brigade chip passes your signal down a chain of capacitors, losing treble at ev … read more

The 30-second version A delay pedal records your signal, holds it for a set time, and plays it back, so you hear the note again as an echo. Three controls run almost every one: time, feedback, an … read more

The 30-second version A tremolo plugin does the same job as the pedal, varying volume in a repeating cycle, with three things the hardware cannot offer: automation, total recall and host tempo sy … read more

The 30-second version A tremolo pedal is a modulation effect that cycles the volume of your signal up and down. It changes loudness only. Pitch never moves, which is what separates it from vibrat … read more

The 30-second version All types of tremolo do the same job, changing volume in a repeating cycle. What separates them is the part doing the changing. Optical tremolo uses a lamp shining on a ligh … read more