Red Panda Context
Detroit's Red Panda applies creative
application of modern DSP to generating
both classic sounding and innovative
guitar effects, and the company's Context
reverb pedal exemplifies this philosophy.
The Context is both simple to navigate,
and thoroughly equipped with features,
and Red Panda's attention to audio quality
makes the sounds very inspiring for the
player whose ears have become jaded by
decades of the same-old, same-old reverb
algorithms. It's equipped with room, hall,
cathedral, gated, and delay/verb settings,
as well as a spectacular plate mode. A full
set of controls offer much of the same sonic
modification ability that one would expect
to apply in a studio recording scenario
with a real plate, including blend and
reverb time, as well as dedicated controls
for low and high frequency response.
These equalization controls are ideal for
creative tone sculpting, allowing one to
easily whip up a bright, dense classic
sound, or something a bit more deviant.
They also let the Red Panda Context work
with instruments other than guitar. Bass
or keyboard players looking for a plate
reverb that won't turn to mud when the low
frequencies hit should look no further.
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