Origin Effects releases Halcyon Green Overdrive with Adaptive Circuitry

July 1, 2022 · 6 sources

Origin Effects released the Halcyon Green Overdrive in July 2022, and the pedal debuted the company's Adaptive Circuitry, the maker says¹. Guitar.com reported the release on July 26, 2022², and MusicRadar and Guitar World published on the same date³⁴.

The pedal is inspired by the Ibanez TS808 Tube Screamer, which the maker describes as "probably the most famous, most copied, most loved and most hated pedal in existence"¹. Origin says it designed the circuit from the ground up and voiced it to sound like the TS808⁵. The Adaptive Circuitry adjusts the pedal's voicing in response to volume knob changes and playing dynamics, affecting both bass and treble¹. As the guitar volume is rolled back or the strings are picked softly, the TS808-style mid hump is reduced and the bass and treble are restored¹⁵.

The controls include a three-position ADAPT switch. Position O turns the adaptive behavior off for a standard TS808 response, position II gives what the manual calls "full adaptive behaviour," and position I keeps some bass and treble roll-off as the signal cleans up³⁴. A Voice switch offers 808 and Mod settings; Mod shifts the mid hump slightly up the frequency range³. The pedal also has Drive, Level and Tone controls plus a Dry level control for the wet/dry balance³⁴. Gearnews reports an ultra-high input impedance and buffered bypass⁶.

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The maker says the Adaptive Circuitry is not the same as a treble bleed: it responds to input signal level rather than the position of the volume pot, and affects both bass and treble¹. Origin later applied the technology to other overdrive pedals, including the Halcyon Gold, M-EQ DRIVER and DCX BOOST and DCX BASS¹.