The PARAPEDAL WAH FILTER is a pedal wah filter from Behringer built around talk-box style vocal tones. Behringer describes it as recreating "one of the most coveted vocal-tone wahs of the 1970s", marketing it as "the talk-box vocal tone of '70s rock"1. It sits in the filter family alongside other Behringer filter pedals such as the B-Tron III Envelope Filter and the Meatball, and it is a close relative of the classic wah pedals covered on the Wah-Wah Pedals page.
What it does
The pedal sweeps a filter across your signal with your foot, in the manner of a wah, but tuned toward the vowel-like, vocal character of a talk box. Behringer specifies two distinct frequency peaks, which it says give "a wide, throaty sweep range"1. In practice that means the sweep covers more of the frequency spectrum than a single-peak design, which is where the throaty, voice-like quality comes from.
Design and power
Behringer built the PARAPEDAL WAH FILTER with all-analog circuitry and a compact pedalboard footprint, so it can drop onto a board without forcing a rearrangement of the rest of the rig1. When it is switched off, true bypass keeps the signal path clean.
Power is flexible:
- A 9V battery for grab-and-go use
- The Behringer PSU-SB DC power supply, sold separately, for stage use1
The PSU-SB power supply is not included with the pedal and must be bought separately if you want to run it from mains power rather than a battery1.
Where it sits in Behringer's filter range
Behringer has released a wide run of filter-based pedals, from envelope followers to fixed filter banks. The PARAPEDAL WAH FILTER is the foot-controlled, wah-style entry in that group, while pedals like the BM-15M Murf Box and the WASP VCF approach filtering in other ways. For the broader picture, see the Filter Pedals page.
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- PARAPEDAL WAH FILTER, Behringer
