The Modulation Station is an effects pedal from Deadbeat Sound that gathers a whole set of modulation effects in one enclosure. Rather than covering one effect type, it offers eleven modes: Tremolo, Vibrato, Chorus, Detune, Wah, Filter, Flanger, Tremolo/Flanger, Phaser, Rotary and Ring Modulation1. That puts it in the same territory as a multi-effects pedal, though built around a single family of effects rather than everything at once, and it means one pedal can stand in for a board of separate chorus, phaser, flanger and tremolo units.
What it does
Each mode is a distinct effect, selected on the pedal itself. The range runs from time-based movement like tremolo and vibrato through pitch-based effects like chorus and detune, filter-style sweeps, and more dramatic sounds like rotary speaker simulation and ring modulation1.
Controls and ease of use
Despite the number of modes, the front panel stays simple. Pedal of the Day's reviewer found that the layout keeps things quick in practice1:
"with just a couple of dials to use, switching sounds on the fly is a cinch"
For a player used to menu-diving on digital multi-effects, that two-knob approach is the pedal's main working difference: the modes are chosen directly, and the dials shape the sound within each one1.
What reviewers said
Pedal of the Day reviewed the Deadbeat Sound Modulation Station, and on the quality of the modes, the reviewer's verdict was that they were not filler1. The review described the modes as having been thought out and developed rather than added as filler, with fantastic results overall1.
"this pedal's modes seem to have been really thought out, researched, developed and perfected before being put into the c"
The reviewer described the results across the modes overall as fantastic1.
Videos
Aaron J Livecchi
Pedal of the Day
Sean Pierce Johnson
Sources (2)
- Deadbeat Sound Modulation Station, Pedal of the Day, 2018-11-14
- Deadbeat Sound Modulation Station, Pedal of the Day, 2018-11-13