Paradox Effects Introduces Feature-Leaden the Carmesí Phaser

May 21, 2021 · 3 sources

Paradox Effects, the Mexican pedal maker based in northern Mexico, announced the Carmesí, a phaser pedal it described as a "Phase Modulation Artifact Pedal." The pedal followed the company's Obsidiana Octave Layering Engine and shipped as an 8-control phaser in a vertical BB-size enclosure, hand built in México¹.

The Carmesí delivered four playback modes: 4- or 8-stage phasing, each available with or without the Sample & Hold Envelope Follower, which Paradox Effects calls "Sendero Mode." Guitar Pedal X described the result of the envelope follower as "some unique ebbing and flowing swirling phase"¹. Guitar World reported that the 4-stage mode produced a "swaying warm shift"².

The pedal used hybrid technology, combining DSP and analog circuitry for the direct signal, with true bypass switching. An expression pedal TRS input was assigned to the Velocidad (speed) knob and could be used to set the maximum and minimum range of the control¹³.

Named controls included:

• Velocidad - speed, also controllable by an expression pedal via the TRS input¹
• Intensidad - intensity²

The Carmesí was available as of May 15, 2021, and sold for $200 through the Paradox Effects webstore¹³.