Philosopher King

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ADSR Envelope Generator/Optical Compressor Pedal with External Expression and CV Control

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Pigtronix Philosopher King!Made in the USA - Not like the new pigtronix stuff that is made in China.Used but in excellent condition. Comes withnoriginal box and foam inlay. I have misplaced the instructions but if I can find them I will of course include them but they are available online.Great pedal that does all kinds of attack decay, auto swell, tremolo kinda things and it has the Philosopher's Tone Compressor built in.Designed by Howard Davis (Electro-Harmonix Memory Man Etc).Fantastic pedal for experimental musicians.Will be sent via Royal Mail 48hr tracked and insured delivery (UK) International buyers will receive the pedal via the Royal Mail Worldwide Tracked Delivery. -----------The Pigtronix Philosopher King is a compressor, sustainer, distortion and polyphonic amplitude synthesizer. Combining our award-winning Philosopher’s Tone circuit with a next generation envelope generator, the Philosopher King takes tone several steps further with a full set of ADSR controls including swell, fade, hold level, speed range, one-shot mode, selectable auto reset, CV i/o and expression pedals for swell and fade times.With the Swell and Fade functions switched off, the Philosopher King provides transparent optical compression with endless sustain on tap. Adjustable compression (ratio), sustain (threshold) and treble (2k cut / boost) controls allow the musician to tailor the nature of the effect to meet the needs of the material at hand. From a subtle dash of added punch to massive, over-the-top howling sustain, the Philosopher King delivers clean, powerful optical compression. The grit control blends in a layer of sweet harmonic distortion that plays nice with other gain pedals as well as amplifier-generated tube distortion.The Philosopher King’s swell function provides a pick triggered volume swell effect. The volume swell can be reset at any moment by muting or held open by continuous playing. This “slow gear” type effect is smooth and controllable with variable timing from extremely fast to very slow.The fade function can be used independently of the swell and is also pick triggered. A major new feature of the decay cycle in this pedal is the ability to fade out from peak level only partially, bringing the audio down to a predetermined level, set by the hold control. The hold level is then maintained until the player releases the note to close the cycle. With the auto reset turned on, the cycle will begin again immediately, creating undulating amplitude modulation and even pulsating tremolo stutter effects at faster decay settings. With the auto-reset turned off, the player determines the exact timing for the beginning of the next cycle.Another new feature is the one shot mode, which causes the Philosopher King to run through the swell / fade / hold / release cycle regardless of what is played after the cycle is triggered. In this mode, the Philosopher King creates complex waves of amplitude modulation on top of the music coming from your instrument. A trigger input jack allows the swell and fade functions to be controlled by an external source such as a band mate or drum track.Inspired by the EH Attack Decay as well as our own Pigtronix Attack Sustain, the Philosopher King is a state-of-the-art stompbox unmatched in its ability to re-shape the essential nature of any sound source.Features:Optical Compressor with Outrageous SustainADSR Envelope Generator for GuitarPOLYPHONIC (works with chords)Grit control for F.A.T. Distortion2K Treble Cut / BoostExpression Pedals for Swell and Fade TimesPick Triggered Volume SwellOne Shot Mode & Auto ResetCV in / outTrigger Input for External Rhythm SourcePigtronix 18VDC adapter includedCircuit Design by Howard DavisTRUE BYPASS-------------The item will be very well packaged for delivery and will be sent via Royal Mail (unless otherwise stated). It will be fully tracked and insured in all instances.Please examine the accompanying photographs as they form part of the description in regard to the condition of the item.All my items are fully tested prior to listing and detailed photographs (and sometimes videos) are kept on file. Please bare this in mind prior to opening a request to return an item. Please accept my apologise in advance for this statement but I recently had dealings with an idiotic buyer who had purposely damaged an item in the hope that they would be able to return the item as faulty, this is wholly unacceptable behavior and will not be tolerated. This obviously does not affect your right to return in the highly unlikely event that you find genuine fault with one of my items. Other than an item being faulty or "not as descrided" I do not accept returns

Pigtronix Philosopher King

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