{"title":"Proto Club B-Stock","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"filter-verb-proto-462-b-stock","title":"Filter Verb (Proto 462) [B-Stock]","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" id=\"m_-4450842471352705598gmail-docs-internal-guid-8b2f1d3a-7fff-c028-a67a-be1bbc39dd27\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe second entry into Proto Club is a doozy, a prototype that’s been years in the making that a handful of us have been using for almost as long. While the Soft Focus came together just a short time ago, the Filter Verb was built around an effort to extract shoegaze tones from the more performance-oriented platform of one of our older discontinued devices. The result is a reverb-chorus-resonant filter chimera complete with expression control and momentary functions. A \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003efat\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e resonant low-pass filter makes precise cuts to the base of a lush modulated chorus-verb. You can use the knob to set the frequency of that low-pass filter, or plug in your expression pedal and control the cutoff that way. A momentary switch activates the room reverb at will, letting you insert precise, enormous reverb blasts at will, and you can set the heat of the onboard preamp before it smashes into all of that.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Filter Verbs unfortunately collided with the Soft Focus during the development of that pedal, again collided with the Soft Focus Deluxe and has lain dormant since. We now offer its humble, mind-bending sounds as tribute to the Proto Club.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Catalinbread Effects","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51697301323908,"sku":"853710006363","price":139.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0370\/1873\/0628\/files\/Pro2o_shop.png?v=1753428803"},{"product_id":"pads-proto-365-b-stock","title":"Pads (Proto 365) [B-Stock]","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" id=\"m_-8743129816033949694gmail-docs-internal-guid-d5f89b04-7fff-a916-b8b3-713de8737949\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOur next Proto Club release is the first based on ~vibes~. A couple years ago, we were listening to Tame Impala’s “One More Year” and we were struck by a particular effect used on the vocals, a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003epads\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e-sounding effect if you will. Taking inspiration from that led us down a whole rabbit hole of different textures, granular rearrangement of those textures, and how the processing order affects harmonic content. The result is something that came to be known around here as “Pads”, and we’re excited to be able to get this one out into the open.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIf we were forced to ascribe a singular effect type to Pads, it would be “smeared reverb,” but there’s much more going on than just that. A long-decay reverb effect enters a four-voice chorus, with each voice tuned to soften a different harmonic element of a guitar. Once the signal leaves the chorus, it enters a square-wave tremolo that’s also been tuned with a smearing effect. There’s a knob that controls the duty cycle (also known as “on time”) for rhythmic blips that sit right in the mix without being jarring. At its highest setting, this adjustable duty gives an intense stutter effect that carries your tone through the void.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Catalinbread Effects","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51697304109188,"sku":"853710006509","price":129.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0370\/1873\/0628\/files\/PADS_SHOP.png?v=1758644741"},{"product_id":"mirror-proto-4224-b-stock","title":"Mirror (Proto 4224) [B-Stock]","description":"\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe fourth Proto Club offering is something we're calling \"[the] Mirror,\" based more on an idea than a concrete sound. Some time ago, we were working on the idea of a \"swelling echo,\" and when testing it out, we integrated it into a pedalboard that had a modulated filter right after it. After clicking them on together, the juices started flowing but got tabled after some circumstantial twists and turns. A relatively clean swelling echo runs in parallel to an extremely powerful modulated low-pass filter that rips through everything in its path.\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Catalinbread Effects","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51697304174724,"sku":"853710006684","price":129.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0370\/1873\/0628\/files\/Mirror_shop.png?v=1763534378"},{"product_id":"tritone-proto-227-pitch-echo-b-stock","title":"Tritone Proto 227 (Pitch Echo) [B-Stock]","description":"\u003ch4\u003eB-STOCK SHIPS MID-APRIL\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOur inaugural foray into the Proto Club began as a B-side for our Soft Focus Deluxe. On that pedal, we had room for six programs, and a handful of them were just a bit too outside the scope of that device. This one, the Tritone, was universally loved by the crew but the vibes clashed with the palette of the Soft Focus Deluxe a little too hard. It’s been on some of our own pedalboards for some time. Unfortunately, it’s stayed there away from public eyes and ears, but fortunately, it fits the exact vibe of the Proto Club!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eProto Club was established for this exact reason; we have tons of effects on our breadboards and programming suites that we can’t squeeze into the release schedule, things that don’t quite fit into our lineup, circuits with too niche of an audience, or “our versions” of beloved classics, direct to you stripped of frill. This lets us get a little more creative for all you effects freaks out there. Y’all are our people!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYou wanted experimental? You got it! The Tritone features a call-and-response type octave-up that rides sidesaddle with a blendable perfect fifth. When coupled with an on-board slapback echo, this gives you the ability to seamlessly craft bursts of three-note arpeggios that can stand alone as a killer lead augmentation or can align with your rhythm parts to fill in the gaps with some interesting texture. Synth players? Please. The Tritone absolutely loves electronic instruments and takes them with ease. You can keep the action close to your chest with the addition of a wet-dry blend of the overall signal as well as one for the tritone. 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