BARGE
CONCEPTS
DVB-2 DUAL
BLENDER
Sadly, this pedal is made by a company
who seems to now be out of business.
You can still find these for sale used or for
trade online, and they’re worth checking
out. Mine had two separate channels with
a blend knob each, which you could
activate with a footswitch. The secret
weapon of this pedal was a wellbuilt buffer, which helps keep a
strong signal passing through
long effects loops. This
effect made it possible
to alternate between
channels, and also to
turn both channels on
together, making for some
very intriguing interactions.
TRY THIS: Run a pitch shifter in each
of the effect/send loops. Set the first
to a harmonized third above your signal,
and the second to a harmonized fifth above.
Play a riff, and as you move through it, tap the
'A or B' footswitch to alternate between loop A and
B. Slam the “A and B” footswitch to suddenly have a
richly polyphonic chorus sound. This gets really fun when
you adjust each pitch shifter to have wildly diverse sounds that
still combine well. Finally, you can feel like Geddy Lee and have
your Chuck Taylor sneakers be the band's synth player.
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