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electro-harmonix Micro Synthesizer

Item ID: MicroSynthXO

Analog Synth for Guitar with 10 Sliders, Four Voices, and Power Adapter

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The electro-harmonix Micro Synthesizer creates tones ranging from the classic vintage sounds of the early Moog synthesizer to wild custom creations, and everything in between. Ten slider controls lets you dial in a virtually limitless array of analog synth sounds. Its four voices - Guitar, Octave, Sub-Octave, and Square Wave - are completely independent and fully mixable. The Micro Synthesizer can modify these signals with envelope control for a variety of "bowed" or "blown" sounds. If you want to take your guitar sound further than you've ever taken it before, the Micro Synthesizer will get you there!



electro-harmonix Micro Synthesizer Features:
  • XO Series chassis
  • True bypass
  • All analog design
  • 2-pole analog resonant filter
  • 4 voice mixer section mixes: sub octave, original, octave up and square wave
  • Square wave voice can be used as a distortion tone
  • Start, stop filter frequency sliders with adjustable rate for full control over the filter's sweep direction and speed
  • Adjustable filter resonance control
  • Adjustable attack time control for fading-in notes
  • Tough and compact die-cast chassis
  • 96DC-200BI power supply included

electro-harmonix Micro Synthesizer - Break new sonic ground!
Specification Detail
Type Guitar synth
Inputs 1 x Instrument
Outputs 1 x 1/4"
Power Supply Included Yes
Batteries No batteries
Height 3.5"
Depth 7"
Width 8"
Weight 2 lbs
Manufacturer Part Number MICRO SYNTH XO

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by from CO, USA
October 11, 2011
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I've been using this for a few months now, and I have to admit, it's a pretty cool and versatile pedal. Especially if you do a lot of composition, this is one of those pieces that can take you down a... read more [+] whole new road. I think EXH did a good job of blending user-friendliness with what you'd want out of a synth pedal. The layout is very straightforward, and it gives you just enough flexibility to extract some classic synth tones that, to my non-synth player ears, sound pretty genuine. In addition to the variety of synth sounds you can get, this pedal works reasonably well at turning your electric into a bass guitar, which is just icing on the cake.

As with any analog pitch-shifting pedal, one of the biggest drawbacks is tracking. This one does a decent job of it, but you still can't sustain notes for very long without the pedal losing track and wobbling off into oblivion. The square wave and octave (to a lesser extent) sliders actually takes chords pretty well, but not surprisingly, the sub-octave function goes nuts if you play more than two notes simultaneously. Despite it's simple layout, this pedal also takes a little while to get to know. it is VERY sensitive to a few things including where you place the sliders, your picking attack, pickup setting, and where you're playing on the fretboard. Alter any of these things even slightly, and you run the risk of either getting a tone you didn't expect or an entirely different volume. Placing a compressor before the pedal helps with sustain and giving you a more even response, but in my experience, it can also drain some of the punch. All that is to say, you just need to be very precise with this pedal when playing live.

The only other thing I'd say about the micro synth is that it's probably not worth buying if you're not looking for something "out there." This doesn't really have a place in a typical rock guitar setup, and if that's what you play, you probably won't get very many opportunities to use it. On the other hand, if you're looking for a new sound in the area of MUSE, or a creative tool that will take your playing somewhere new, this might be just what you're looking for. close [-]

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