Catalinbread Soft Focus Reverb Pedal

Catalinbread FX40 Soft Focus Shoegaze Reverb PedalThe Soft Focus patch on the Yamaha FX500 was widely used in the u201890s by early shoegaze bands most notably Slowdive on Souvlaki. With its roots in that patch the Catalinbread Soft Focus is intended to be an instant shoegaze button while addressing the most glaring issues of the original unit. The original unit had a very plug-and-play approach offering no mix control a sub-par preamp and a ghastly tone-sucking bypass signal. At its heart the Soft Focus is a heavily modified plate reverb with adjustable time which is subsequently split into three. One path contains a u201Csymphonicu201D chorus modulator another features a well-appointed octave-up mixed in with the reverb and the third path leaves the reverb untouched. The Mod knob controls the rate of the chorus on path one and the Symphony knob controls the level of the octave on path two. All controls are u201Ccoupledu201D to the tone of the reverb to give users an.