Walrus Audio Fable Granular Soundscape Generator Delay Pedal - Black

The Walrus Audio Fable is an innovative pedal designed to transport your tone into vast, ethereal soundscapes using advanced granular synthesis combined with delay. It’s built around a powerful dual DSP architecture with its own analog feedback path, allowing your signal to run through two separate effects in series and then cycle back through both for incredibly layered and complex sonic textures. This unique digital-analog hybrid circuit delivers five distinct granular delay programs, centered around micro-sampling, or "sample and chop" algorithms, which create bizarrely beautiful networks of sampled and resampled sounds.

Tonal possibilities range from smooth, flowing ambience to chaotic, glitchy swarms and deep, thunderous echoes. Programs include combinations like Reverse Delay into Reverse Granular, Forward Delay into Octave Up Granular for bright, airy cascades, and an Analog-Style Delay into Octave Down Granular for thick, murky atmosphere. The pedal's sturdy die-cast enclosure features captivating original artwork by David Hüttner, a signature of Walrus Audio's commitment to both exceptional sound and visual design.

The core of the Fable's sound manipulation comes from its ability to adjust the "grains"—the short, micro-sampled sounds read from the delay buffer. Players can manipulate sample lengths, positions, and buffer size to achieve effects like pitch shifting, time stretching, and reverse playback. With a built-in Tap Tempo and Buffered Bypass, the Fable is ready to become the centerpiece of any ambient or experimental rig, offering an enchanted forest of sound at your fingertips.

Highlights

• Five unique granular delay programs for complex sound creation.

• Dual DSP architecture with an analog feedback path for layered effects.

• Manipulate "grains" for time stretching, pitch shifting, and reverse effects.

• Features Tap Tempo for rhythmic control and setting delay time.

• Sturdy die-cast enclosure with original David Hüttner artwork.

Specifications

• Pedal Type: Delay

• Analog/Digital: Digital

• Effects: 5 x Granular Algorithms

• Tap Tempo: Yes

• Inputs: 1 x 1/4"

• Outputs: 1 x 1/4"

• Bypass Switching: Buffered

• Power Source: 9V DC power supply (sold separately)

• Power Usage: 300mA minimum

• Height: 2.25"

• Width: 3.62"

• Depth: 4.79"

• Weight: 0.81 lbs.

• Manufacturer Part Number: 9001080BK

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