Electro Harmonix Mod 11 Modulator

Acquistato come primo approccio agli effetti di modulazione. Non avendo mai utilizzato questo tipo di effetti, ho preferito prendere un multieffetto in modo da affrontare la categoria con una visione più ampia possibile. Sono un utilizzatore parsimonioso delle modulazioni, credo che per alcune parti di una canzone possono essere una gradevole "ciliegina sulla torta". I suoni in generale sono molto belli, secondo me i più riusciti sono il tremolo, il chorus e il phaser. Il pedale è veramente versatile e molto personalizzabile, ci sono tanti suoni dentro, tanti parametri modificabili. In generale è un pedale molto stimolante per la creatività e per familiarizzare con le modulazioni nel mio caso. Contro: quando si passa da un suono all'altro bisogna un pò rivedere le regolazioni, niente di drammatico, ma la possibilità di salvare i preset potrebbe semplificare di molto l'utilizzo del pedale. Un'altra cosa non proprio comoda è l'alimentazione a 9,6 v (benchè sul pedale ci sia scritto 9 v); per utilizzarlo in pedaliera (senza il suo alimentatore fornito) ho dovuto utilizzare un'uscita da 12 v. In generale lo consiglio per il prezzo, la qualità dei suoni e le numerose possibilità che offre, un pò macchinoso l'utilizzo.

Nice and warm sounding pedal. But not easy to use at all.
I see 4 sorts of effects :

1. Very usefull and easy to dial in : Tremolo, vibrato. For daily use.
2. Interesting for the envelope mode : Tremolo, vibrato, rotary
3. Not easy to dial in or not outstanding sound. Emergency modes if you don't have the real pedal on the board : Chorus, flanger, phaser, univibe, rotary. But better sounding then other cheap multimods like Flamma.
4. Not easy to dial in but such good experimental sounds that it doesn't matter : Filter and Pitch

About the difficulty :
The secondary knobs are quite difficult . There are different schemes of LFO's for almost every mode, impossible to learn by heart.
What happens a lot is : you lost your sound and don't know why. Number one reason ; You probably slighty touched one knob in secondary mode when turning another...
Using classic modes (Chorus, Flanger and Phaser) requires some study too. The range is narrow for the classic modes. These classic sounds are better with a compressor in front of the mod11. They are in the neighbourhood of the original exh pedals (Mistress, small clone, ... ) but never get there completely.
I like the filter matrix mode in some modes. Bonus point !

Details for some modes :
TREMOLO has a nice and unique psychedelic chopper sound and also a very rotary like with the slowed down envelope. Not as midscooped as a Tr2, more bass choppy.
VIBRATO is one of the best shoegaze vibratos : bends heavy but fluidly, taking dirt well and has envelopes that mimic My Bloody Valentine playing style. With a very wide speed range .
ROTARY itself is okay, especially the slowed down envelope is very usefull.
But the stars of this pedal are definitely FILTER and PITCH !!!
Their complex depth-parameter is not explained in the manual. It gives many different outcomes, depending on the position.
PITCH gives really crazy sounds, but it you want, can only do the normal (non LFO)-Pitch too . It can make stepper sounds, AC DC scale sequences, lasergun sounds, ...
The FILTER mode : It can do really nice enveloppe wha's like a normal envelope filter pedal at slow rate. It can give a nice static filter too, like not many normal envelope filter pedals can. IN LFO mode It can give underwatersounds and other really synth and almost hip-hop like producers sounds.
It is the same as the 'EHX Blurst' pedal but also in bandpass en hipass mode and without expression input.
In PITCH ans FILTER modes you want to use every shape, for every depth stand. It is really fun and takes all of your time.

A ton of guitar effects in one pedal. You even have a mix option(sub menu) for many of them( for example in flanger , most pedals dont offer a mix knob) .

Most effects sound great right of the bat.
Tremolo, Chorus, Pitch( if you turn off the time based effect by turning the rate CCW),
Harm Tremolo, FLange, TZF Flange, Univibe

I find the Rotary mediocre, a bit too muddy and dark for my taste ( one of the hardest time based effects to accurately replicate )
The filter effect needs some tweaking to sound great.
The vibrotrem sounds mediocre too.

Its very reasonably priced, small packed ,quality ,sturdy product.
Made me sell a great flanger pedal after an A / B comparison , it sounds as good but more versatile with the mix option.

Cons
Cant make the Phase effect to sound good, tried different positions in the chain. Too much whoosh in there and I cant make it to sound like a classic phaser but maybe thats just me.

Most LFO shapes(altough welcome) arent useful to me. Personal thing, bring on the hate. Not a great fan of the LFO options offered, I kept the default settings in almost all of the effects.
I only like changing LFOs on the Trems.

Lack of stereo option.

Use a power supply othen than what EHX provided you and the pedal will sound worse. And its not about the current draw. Same thing happens with the Oceans 11.

The pedal appears to be harder to handle than it really is.
To unlock the pedals full potential you have to spend time with the sub menu. I always read the manual if Im trying something new.

There are 3 chorus modes available through the mode button, if you change the sub menu settings on one mode , it affects all of them.

Tap tempo isnt available on all effects. Cant really understand why.

Finally take this review with a grain of salt, Im no expert after all.
In conclusion