NPD: If That Ain't Metal

[Chistopher]

I aquired a new limited run Fairfield Circuitry Shallow Water. What makes this one special is instead of a plain metal enclosure they set this one on fire.

I occasionally see these on Reverb and they intrigue me, but I saw the really cool finish on this one at a good price and knew I had to grab it. The card it comes with is a picture of every one in the run. So needless to say, there is quite a bit of variation to them.

For those who don't know what they are. It's something adjacent to a chorus, vibrato, or a flanger. The parameters are modified by a pseudorandom "k generator" (whatever that means) so that each waveform is unique and it sounds more like a natural oscillation than a machine generated one. The second thing that makes it unique is that it also has a low pass gate that I'm told is more complicated than that. Makes the playing a lot more expressive.

I haven't given it a try yet because I'm tied up in a home project, but I'll report back later this evening.

 

[Aceman]

I hear a lot about Fairfield. Seems pretty exclusive/Snooty/Booteek to me. But, I've never heard one. My expectations would be high.

Setting on fire sends a certain message though...

 

[Chistopher]

Yeah, Fairfield to me seems like a brand that builds its entire reputation on being "exclusive".

I'm really liking it so far. The low pass gate took some tuning, and the settings in general took some learning. Rate, Depth, Mix, and Volume are easy to understand. Ramp is how fast the randomness changes, LPG controls what volume the low pass gate is expecting before it cuts off.

It's very good at sounding like a warped record or a worn out tape deck

 

[xxxplorer]

I've always wanted to try their envelope filter