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Positive Grid Announces BIAS
Modulation Pedal

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BIAS Modulation is the newest in Positive Grid's growing
line of hardware BIAS effects. Joining BIAS Distortion
and BIAS Delay, the new pedal allows for customized
modulation effects to be created on a computer or iOS device
and downloaded via USB into the pedal for instant live use.
The stereo in/out pedal offers ten presets, six onboard
parameter controls plus an LFO waveform switch, and four
stomp switches-three assignable plus Tap Tempo. There's a jack for an external
expression pedal, plus MIDI In and Out, for remote control of the effects parameters.
BIAS Modulation comes with its own customization app, but models created for BIAS
Modulation can also be loaded into custom guitar rigs inside Positive Grid's BIAS FX
application for DAW use. In addition, users can share and download thousands of
programs from the ToneCloud online library.
PRICE: $349
MORE FROM: Positive Grid, www.
positivegrid.com/bias-modulation/

New JHS Pedals Offer New Sound Colors
The newest guitar effects from JHS Pedals cover a wide range of
tones, with a little something for every player and engineer.
The Milkman is a collaborative design
between JHS Pedals' Josh Scott and
Tim Marcus of Milkman Sound. It's a
simple-to-use 2-in-1 pedal with gain
boost that can provide overdrive for
amps, or be left at unity gain to simply
enhance the character of a dry guitar
signal, plus an echo/slapback effect that emulates characteristics of tape
and analog "bucket brigade delay" chips.
The VCR is a collaboration between JHS
Pedals, PaxAM, and Ryan Adams. It's a 3-in-1
pedal with Volume, Chorus, and Reverb, each
with individual bypass and a single control for
each effect: Volume Boost, Chorus Rate/Depth
(lighter/faster to deeper/slower), and Reverb
Level (fixed decay time).
The Calhoun V2 is an
updated signature pedal for
guitarist/producer Mike Campbell (Bob Dylan,
George Harrison, Johnny Cash, and many others).
It's a 2-in-1 pedal, with an overdrive section offering
treble and bass EQ and a fuzz section with bias
voltage adjustment for dynamic control of power
and saturation. A switch allows the two effects to
be operated in either order. All of Mike's profits
from sales of this pedal are donated to the Tazzy Fund animal rescue
charity at tazzyfund.com.
PRICES: Milkman, $179; VCR, $269; Calhoun V2, $315
MORE FROM: JHS Pedals, www.jhspedals.com
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RECORDING July 2017

Overloud Adds
Funk And R&B
Edition of TH3
The newest specialty version of the TH3 guitar-effects
plug-in suite by Overloud is
TH3 Funk And R&B. This
affordable plug-in includes a subset of the models
included in the full version of TH3, combined with
80 presets curated to provide the best sounds for
funk and R&B players.
The package includes 12 guitar amps, 12
cabinets, 16 effects, and 18 mic models (up to
four per cabinet). It's easy to create chains, alter the
audio path, control effects with MIDI, and position
mics in a simulated room.
PRICE: $99
MORE FROM: Overloud, www.overloud.com;
dist. by ILIO, www.ilio.com
http://www.positivegrid.com/bias-modulation/ http://www.positivegrid.com/bias-modulation/ http://www.overloud.com http://www.ilio.com http://www.tazzyfund.com http://www.jhspedals.com
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