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The Dirty Robot is a unique synthesizer emulation pedal for guitar and bass. Two different synth voices are at your disposal for creating wild sound textures using a standard guitar or bass without the need for any special pickup. V1 gives you...
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The Dirty Robot is a unique synthesizer emulation pedal for guitar and bass. Two different synth voices are at your disposal for creating wild sound textures using a standard guitar or bass without the need for any special pickup. V1 gives you warm analog synthesis with subtle to extreme envelope sweeps just like classic synths from the undefined’s and 80s. V2 provides a vocal formant synthesis effect that can be used for vocoder emulation or talk box style effects. Using the Dirty Robot’s exclusive 360 degrees Drift knob, you can blend between Square, Octave, and Sub synthesis soundscapes. The built-in chorus and vibrato effects give Dirty Robot unparalleled versatility and make having one the next best thing to putting an actual guitar synth on your pedalboard. The Dirty Robot’s effects are complimented by stereo 1/4 ” inputs and outputs for routing flexibility, constant high voltage rails, a bi-color status LED indicator and true bypass circuitry. With its compact size, vacuum-style footswitch and striking graphics the Dirty Robot furthers DigiTech’s evolution in pedal design. The Dirty Robot uses a 9VDC power supply to easily integrate into your existing pedalboard.
Features
Two voices, Synth and Vocal Formant
Drift Knob blends Square Wave with Octave and Sub
3 concentric knobs give you tons of control in a small form factor
Momentary switch to access virtual “mod wheel”
Stereo inputs and outputs
True bypass
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An excellent synth pedal. Does most of the stuff that the EHX Micro Synth does, but for half the price. Can produce some really great distortion/fuzz sounds and the turn of any knob produces a new tone. You have 7 different knobs and a switch that chooses between two voicings – that's a lot of tones and you can spend a lot of time experimenting to create autowah, ring modulator, and synthy sounds.
I'm happy with my purchase and I can say that this pedal is a lot of fun. Sometimes it reminds me of Daft Punk tones, but I mostly play with power chords. What I would improve is the clarity of higher-notes and tracking: if you're playing open chords, then your sound will get a bit messy. I think this pedal works best with hard rock riffs, power chords, and also bass.
Unlike most pedals, the Dirty Robot is not very straight forward and you're going to need to spend a few hours playing around and turning knobs in order to figure out what kind of sounds you can make. So don't expect to have it all figured out after taking the pedal out of the box, you're bound to do a lot of experimentation and exploration. This is no MXR Phase 90 to have it simple.
Also, it might be a bit difficult to change your settings live on stage – especially if you haven't memorized the exact positions of the knobs. Nonetheless, if you play at home or use the pedal for studio recordings then you're perfectly fine.
Martin K.
Overall impression
Date
30.08.2017
Priznám sa, že som dlho váhal, či pedál nevrátim. Zvukové možnosti sú skvelé, problémom je však nepomer medzi intenzitou čistého z zvuku a "synťáku". Reguluje sa to potenciometrom "mix". Keď nastavím pomer clean/synt na 50:50, indikátory úrovne na zvukovej karty idú do "červenej", takže je to nepoužiteľné bez toho, aby som znížil vstupnú úroveň. Nakoniec to u mňa vyhrali zvukové možnosti, pedálu...
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