Chambers C1

Chambers is our first commercial pedal. The heart of Chambers is a very naturalistic reverberation model which is the result of years of original research and experimentation.

C1 explores spaces from small rooms to large halls, with many gradients of size and color between. The frequency response and density of the ambiance can be adjusted over a wide range, creating spatial effects ranging from primitive, grainy reflections all the way to enveloping reverberations as lush and complex as desired. The spatial model is wedded to a delay matrix which can be configured in one of three ways by the shape control, adding an additional level of hyperreal spatial illusions. The highly adjustable, transparent reflections in Chambers make it widely applicable to many genres of music.

Rather than providing a large number of different modes, memories or patches, the spatial illusion generator in Chambers is continuously adjustable: from dark to bright, from sparse to dense, and from small to large. This parameter space provides the player with intuitive access to a wide range of spaces, with a straightforward interface unencumbered by screens, memories, midi or hidden and extended features. We want you to get lost in the sound of this pedal, not its manual!

C1 is designed to be a creative tool, but also to perform in the demanding environments of today’s stages and concert halls. The stereo audio path uses modern hifi op amps with enough headroom to accommodate everything from passive instrument signals to high output synthesizer modules. Touring guitarists will appreciate its utility as a high headroom, transparent final output stage before their amplifier.

C1 is inspired by Alvin Lucier’s piece (Chambers 1968) in which he encourages the performers to explore all sorts of “portable resonant environments” and find creative ways to make them sound. Much of Alvin’s music can be thought of as using physical space and acoustic phenomena more so than any instruments themselves.