Rainbow Machine V2 Polyphonic Pitch-shifting Modulator Pedal Review

Great, fun experimental pedal

This pedal is a bit tricky to figure out, but it's fun. It's a fine line between a nice chorus sound or a reverbing polyphonic cacophony that goes on for 30 seconds from one note. Definitely meant more for psychedelic and experimental type stuff, but for those genres it is great. I haven't heard any other pedal that sounds like this, so if you're looking for something unique it's… read more a great buy.

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Surprisingly Intuitive

Bought the pedal at a local shop about a week ago. I'm always interested in things that change my dynamic and force me to rethink my habits as a guitar player so obviously the Rainbow Machine caught my eye fairly quickly. What I was most impressed by during use however, is the sheer musicality of the effect. Of course, we all know the famous *twinkly twinkly whoosh* that's demonstrated… read more in every demo, but its capable of so much more with just a few adjustments. Keeping the Pitch near noon makes the effect immediately usable and is a good starting point for experimentation. Shimmers, Chorus, Slap-Back, oscillation...the thing is a BEAST in the world of time/modulation effects. I can't call it my favorite as of yet (as there are so many, but one setting that really surprised me is having the pitch just past noon, magic just entering the point of oscillation, and tracking at about 9 o'clock, with the other knobs adjusted to taste. Add some drive and it makes for a wobbly oscillating slap-back that get more intense as you continue strumming and reacts very well to picking dynamics; controlled chaos at it's finest. If you're in a bit of a rut or just looking for something new and fun to do I wholeheartedly recommend this precious little monster from EQD.

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A Pedal For Experimenters and Philosophers

This pedal is made specifically for experimenting. It will leave you awestruck. You can create sounds that I call "living", that grow and leave and return on their own, with no user control. Seriously, I created something, slowly muted my guitar and set it down, and left the room. After several minutes of silence, the "living creature" I had created returned, sounding slightly different.… read more Sometimes it seemed angry... other times, mello. It continued to make ruckus and then fade away into my amp until I eventually turned off the pedal. Afterwards, I was left feeling a loss - as if I had destroyed something that the world would never experience again.

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Rainbow Machine

Unique and awesome pedal that is very well built. This thing is so much fun! instantly provides hours of experimenting fun. While it does make plenty of weird sounds that might be heard while sitting atop everest or sinking to the bottom of the atlantic, it also can produce fantastic chorus and harmonized reverb sounds if you have some self control with the "Magic Dial." Very satisfied… read more and i would highly recommend to any fellow Sound Scientist!

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