Creating a phasey, modulating effects rack

1

Driver is a filter unit, and we’re going to use it to create a slow sweeping effect similar to a phaser. There’s a preset that does this already, so set it to Slow Sweep. Bring down the Output Level to around +1.0 if your signal is a bit hot.

2

Add the VC 76 compressor. Set the Attack to 3.5 and the Release to 7.0. Keep the ratio at 4:1. Your input gain should be around 25 and your output 18. You can always roll up the Dry knob if the compressor is doing too much!

3

Add Replika GR for short tape echo. Choose Wide delay and 1/32 in Straight time. Set Feedback to 30%. Pick Tape Echo and switch on the Noise. Turn Wow & Flutter to 85% and Tape Age to 50%. Saturation to 25% and Mix to 30%.

4

Next, put Raum on the rack. Use the Freeze button to loop a sound for an ambient drone effect, which can be controlled with track automation in your DAW. Turn the Size to 100% and the Decay to 6.1s. Set the Low Cut filter to -12dB.

5

Drop a Bite distortion before the amp. We’re using a preset, Outside Club, to give the sound a muffled low end and buzz. We’ll turn down the Mix to 50% though, and put the Post Filter at 15.3kHz.

6

We’ll need another reverb to give our tone space when the Freeze function of the Raum is enabled, so drop an RC 24 onto the rig. We’ll use the Room setting to keep the guitar tone up in front of the Raum drone.