deliver a desired approach!
[Sam] From the models I’ve worked on, I was
really satisfied with how the Plastichorus model
[WM] Sam you are one of the sound designers ended up. The original ‘modded’ Arion chorus
responsible for the magic that is Helix. Can you was one of my personal favorite pedals, but the
describe a bit of what you do and how you mod calls for a mono-only output. In the Helix
do it? the pedal can truly be stereo, and the spread
parameter that offsets the modulations is what
[Sam Hwang] Our main role as sound
I always wanted from the real pedal.
designers here is to analyze, capture, then re-
create analog circuits or systems with digital [WM] Helix is many things to many people, I'd
tools as accurately as possible. We design love to hear how you describe it?
a lot of tests to quantify every change from
component to component and apply those [Sam] I like to describe the Helix as easy
changes where they physically apply inside solutions-in-a-box. I’ve seen it both simplify
each model. I like to tell my family and friends some people’s setups and be centrally-
Sam Hwang’s ‘profile photo’ (above) is a perfect that I “aggressively interrogate electronics incorporated in some fairly complex systems;
representation of how he sees gear – the sum for answers!” and that’s pretty cool.
being parts. Where most of us see the stomp [WM] Most creatives have their personal For someone like me, it is like my old box of
boxes and amps we use from the outside favorites from the things they've worked on, Legos. I have probably had more iterations of
looking in, Sam sees them for what they really what are some of your personal favorites pedalboards than I’d like to admit – and so
are – a collection of components, that together from Helix? many patch cables. But now I can just sit and
SAM HWANG
of the parts, the operative part of the phrase
August 2019
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