Matthews Effects introduces The Botanist multi-modulation pedal

October 30, 2023 · 2 sources

Matthews Effects introduced The Botanist, a multi-modulation pedal, and Delicious Audio covered it on October 30, 2023, adding it to the site's article on multi-modulation pedals¹.

The pedal offers three modulation algorithms selected by a 3-way switch: phaser, chorus and harmonic tremolo²¹. Delicious Audio describes it as "a simple 3-knob multi-modulation pedal offering Phaser, Chorus, and Harmonic Tremolo"¹. The knobs are Mix, Rate and Depth²¹. Matthews Effects says the Mix knob blends the wet signal, the Rate knob governs the effect's tempo and the Depth knob sets the intensity². The maker describes the phaser mode as "classic analog-style modulation with modern control," the chorus mode as thickening the tone by duplicating the signal and modulating pitch, and the tremolo mode as modulating volume with a square wave².

The Bypass/Hold footswitch also triggers a Hold function: holding it down maxes out the Depth control and restores the previous setting on release². The pedal is true bypass and runs on 9V power at 150mA². It has a 3.5mm MIDI jack, no USB, and MIDI over a Type A TRS connection controls bypass, presets, algorithms and features, with access to up to 6 presets and control via CC messages². Delicious Audio notes that the preset and MIDI capabilities are not immediately apparent from the case¹.

The maker's product page marked the pedal sold out². No US price was given in the sources.