TC Electronic Introduced The Sonic Specialists Pedal Series

This year’s NAMM show is just around the corner and TC Electronic has already introduced four new products. All four new guitar pedals are part of the new Sonic Specialists series and each of them includes a unique effect processor: Tape Echo, Rotary, Spring Reverb & Shimmer Reverb.

Not only for guitarists exciting new pedals but also for Synthesizer players who want to spice up simple monophonic Synthesizer.

Gauss Tape Echo

Few delay effects are more revered, or iconic, than the tape echo machines of yesteryear. The warm, fat tones of the vintage reel-to-reel tape units have become the stuff of legends, but they are hard to come by, pretty temperamental and typically quite expensive. Gauss Tape Echo realistically emulates the sound of those legendary tape echo machines, plays well with other effects, and is pretty darn affordable!

Features

Vintage echo style delay pedal
High quality digital circuitry
Authentic tape echo tones
True bypass
Top-mounted I/O
Compact but roadworthy design
Highly affordable
Runs on 9V battery or optional PSU
Power consumption: 9V DC and 100 mA

Vibraclone Rotary

Every guitar player knows the thick, syrupy tones of the iconic 60s guitar heroes blasting their licks through a rotating speaker cone. SRV, Hendrix, Trower and Gilmour to mention a few – they all mastered the unique tone of the original rotating speaker designs. Vibraclone brings that same luscious whirl to your sound, allowing you to explore everything from earthy and swampy to ethereal and spacy ambient tones – all the way up to full-on kaleidoscopic psychedelia!

Features

Vintage style rotary pedal
High quality digital circuitry
Authentic rotating speaker tones
True bypass
Top-mounted I/O
Compact but roadworthy design
Highly affordable
Runs on 9V battery or optional PSU
Power consumption: 9V DC and 100 mA

Drip Spring Reverb

The best way to spice up your dry guitar sound with some distinctive character and depth is a good spring reverb. An homage to one of music’s most recognizable reverb effects, Drip Spring Reverb instantly takes your tone back to the good old days of amp reverb, to the iconic California surf scene and countless classic blues recordings. Not to mention iconic instrumental bands such as The Shadows and The Ventures, who built their sound on those classic reverberated guitar tones. Quite simply, spring reverb was so ubiquitous on classic recordings that it has become a quintessential part of sound of the electric guitar.

Features

Vintage style reverb pedal
High quality digital circuitry
Authentic spring reverb tones
True bypass
Top-mounted I/O
Compact but roadworthy design
Highly affordable
Runs on 9V battery or optional PSU
Power consumption: 9V DC and 100 mA

Fluorescence Shimmer Reverb

Shimmer reverb is one of those effects that you have to hear for yourself before you really know what it is. Originally pioneered by recording legends Daniel Lanois and Brian Eno, shimmer is produced by layering a tail of reverb that is pitched up an octave and sent through a feedback loop on top of the dry signal. This produces lush soundscapes that take on a life of their known, ranging from voluptuous chimes, to interstellar travel-like sounds that will evoke memories of Carl Sagan’s Cosmos while you’re playing.