Empty Head Falling Man lofi delay pedal featured

July 22, 2024 · 2 sources

On July 22, 2024, Delicious Audio published a first look at the Empty Head Falling Man, a delay pedal that the site describes as "a simple but intriguing lofi echo pedal"¹. Delicious Audio reports that the pedal is "Handbuilt in Germany by a small boutique builder" and "Built around the PT2399 chip, an obsolete component found in Karaoke machines"¹.

The pedal has four controls with unusual names. Stride sets delay time, Pace sets delay feedback and delay level at once, and Fall is the only modulation knob, delivering a more intense effect at lower settings, according to Delicious Audio¹. A Stumble/Fall toggle is described by the site as "a mysterious control that makes things sonically more intense, with the modulation becoming more affected by pitch variations and also more pronte to get out of control dynamically"¹. Delicious Audio also notes that the on/off switch is named Parachute, and that "it's not clear if that's referred to when the pedal is on or off"¹.

A listing on RockBoard's PedalPedia describes the Falling Man as "an experimental analog-voiced digital lofi delay pedal designed for pitch-shifting, chorus, and spatial modulation effects"². That listing names the toggle the Stumble/Trip switch and says it alters the delay range, and it reports an internal trimpot for adjusting overall delay output level and trail-mode bypass². It gives the circuit type as analog, voltage as 9V DC center negative and current draw as 100mA². Delicious Audio's piece gives no price or availability details¹.