The Anasounds Sliver is an optical tremolo pedal, a design that produces its volume modulation with an internal light-based element. Delicious Audio's writeup of the related Anasounds Ages pedals referred to it in those terms, calling it "Just like its optical brother Sliver"1. It belongs to the broader family of tremolo pedals, which modulate a guitar's volume in a repeating cycle to produce the classic pulsing effect.
What it does
As a tremolo, the Sliver raises and lowers the signal's volume at a set speed and depth. The Rate knob sets how fast that cycle runs, the Depth knob sets how far the volume swings, and the Out knob sets the pedal's output level. Delicious Audio described the layout as "your regular Out, Rate and Depth knobs"1.
Beyond the steady cycle, the Sliver offers subdivision options at 2/1, 4/4, 1/2 and 1/31. Subdivisions let the tremolo pulse in relation to a rhythmic figure rather than only at a single free-running rate, which players often use to lock the effect to a song's feel.
Where it sits in Anasounds' range
Delicious Audio's coverage of the Anasounds Ages pedals placed the Sliver alongside them in the Anasounds line, describing the Ages as related to "its optical brother Sliver"1. The line also includes the Anasounds Trémolo and the LFO-AION.
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Sources (1)
- Anasounds Ages Harmonic Tremolo, Delicious Audio, 2020-01-24
