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Where each of those is a bona fide leader in its respective genre - and particular at its size of enclosure. The Particle was my second fully stand-alone Granular Delay after the Montreal Assembly Ct5 - and I definitely want each the remaining ones here. I believe the Particle Granular Delay and Tensor Tape Effects / Time-Stretcher are the two perennial bestsellers here. Generally though - all of these have significant merits - that size of enclosure is just ingenious - sitting half-way between Compact and BB-enclosure status. If I recall properly - that feature was only possible on the Particle with a later firmware update. These pedals feature smart Stereo In/Out via TRS Y-Splitter Cable - which isn’t necessarily ideal for me - but very doable. While each of these pedals has a quite individual control topology. I observe that only 3 of the 5 pedals have the same type of 4 onboard presets - the Bitmap, Particle, and now Raster. One thing that attracted me to the Particle - besides its enhanced feature set - was the inclusion of 4 onboard presets. In fact I should really own more - while the only one I’ve thus far acquired has been the V2 Particle Granular Delay.Īt this year’s virtual Winter NAMM Red Panda introduced their new and improved Bitmap Bitcrusher - which is fantastic and category-leading, and this week for Summer NAMM they have updated their remaining Raster Digital Delay to V2 format. The release has been delayed due to the global semiconductor shortage.I’m a huge fan of Red Panda’s output - I love the V2 form-factor and extended feature sets of its 5 core pedals. The Raster is designed and assembled in Plymouth, MI, USA. The bypass switch can also mute the output in bypass while always listening, to catch, repeat, and manipulate what you just played. Both footswitches can be latching or momentary, for instant pitch jumps or quick blasts of echo. Alternate knob settings are related to the primary knob function, labeled, and off at the center position. The original Raster was praised for its knob response and immediacy, and the Raster 2 maintains that simplicity while adding flexible modulation and extensive stereo functionality. The Raster 2 is performance friendly, with 6 knobs and 9 switches. Instead of multiple modes with generic knob names, all of the parameters are always available, so you can mix and match different effects and explore new sounds in between." Red Panda engineer Curt Malouin says,"While designing the Raster 2, I wanted to enable as many classic rack mount digital delay tricks as possible while keeping the fast and intuitive control that made the original Raster so fun to use. Stereo controls adjust the modulation amount and phase between channels, for subtle shifts or swirling psychedelic washes. Envelope and inverse envelope enable dynamic flanging and pitch bent delays.
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There are two random waveforms for glitchy sliced delays or random pitch shift, wow and flutter, and broken tape deck effects.
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The Raster's modulation section has seven waveforms that can be assigned to delay time, pitch shift, or effect level (for tremolo). At subtle settings, repeats evolve in a way that sounds natural, but different from analog delays. The left and right channels can be shifted by the same amount, a ratio, or opposite directions.
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The frequency shifter creates flanger-like textures and radical dissonant echoes. The detune setting can dial in micro pitch shifts and chorused repeats. Pitch shifting repeats up or down in semitone steps creates tempo-synced arpeggios and alien organ sounds. Three pitch and frequency shifting algorithms are integrated into the feedback loop.
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The two delay channels can be arranged in series, parallel or ping pong. The left and right delay times can be set as a ratio, so a single knob changes both in sync. A tone control sweeps from dark analog-style repeats to digital clarity and emphasizes the attack at higher settings. Knob responses are carefully tuned for exploration of self-oscillation and feedback on the verge of blowing up. The feedback control has infinite repeats at 3 o'clock and chaotic, textured feedback loops at higher levels. Three delay ranges allow you to precisely dial in resonant feedback and instantly change delay time with rhythmic shifts. Forward or reverse delay can be shifted once or have continuously shifted repeats. The Raster is a 1600 ms digital delay with a pitch and frequency shifter integrated into the feedback path.
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