Wampler announces Metaverse multi-delay pedal with 11 algorithms

June 27, 2022 · 4 sources

Wampler announced the Metaverse on June 27, 2022, a delay pedal that Guitar.com called a "powerhouse multi-delay pedal"¹ and Guitar World described as "a programmable multi-delay pedal with a whopping 11 core sounds"². MusicRadar framed it as the delay counterpart to Wampler's Terraform modulation pedal³.

The pedal holds 11 delay algorithms selected by designer Brian Wampler, several modeled on existing pedals. ANLG draws on the Boss DM-2, BBD on a Memory Man-style bucket brigade circuit, SPC on the Maestro Echoplex, TAPE on the Binson Echorec and DIGI on the TC Electronic 2290³². Wampler's own Doctor, Faux Tape Echo and Ethereal pedals are also represented, alongside analog and digital flanger delays and a modulated analog setting³². Gearnews reports that all programs cover a continuous range of 25 to 2000 milliseconds, except TAPE, which starts at 40 ms, and that only one delay effect can be used at a time⁴.

Controls are Delay, Feedback, Tone, Mod and Mix dials, a rotary controller for the 11 delays, a preset button and two footswitches, one dedicated to tap tempo¹². Holding the left footswitch accesses alternate parameters for certain delays, which can be saved as presets¹. There are eight onboard presets and 128 total via MIDI, with full CC and PC command³². The pedal is true stereo with an expression input assignable to any parameter¹⁴. Conversion is 48 kHz at 24-bit, with a reported frequency range of 20 Hz to 20 kHz, and power draw is 130mA at 9V³⁴.

The US MAP is $349.97, given as the MSRP by Gearnews³⁴. Wampler also offers a software version as a set of 11 AU and VST3 plugins, free to customers who register the pedal's warranty online; the suite is normally priced at $49.99 separately²⁴.