Amped Review: TC TonePrint Pedals
Five new pedals with star qualities 12-May-11
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Where to start? Five pedals, packed full of cool features, and the unenviable task of reviewing all of them. The Hall of Fame Reverb, Flashback Delay and Looper, Corona Chorus, Vortex Flanger, and the Shaker Vibrato. I must say out of all of these, the Reverb and the Delay pedals stole my heart. You really get the feel that a great deal of time and effort has gone into the development of these pedals, they've thought of all eventualities, and all guitarists' needs.
Also, let's not forget that these pedals are all Toneprint enabled. Don't know what Toneprint is? Well TC have essentially rounded up a bunch of top guitarists and given them access to parameters that aren't available on the interfaces of the pedals. The guitarists then come up with their sound, and you can load it on to your pedal via USB connection. People are going pretty crazy over this, and so they should, it's a great idea. But for my money, this is just an extra selling point, rather than the main selling point of the pedals. It's so easy to build your own distinctive sound with all of the effects, but with Toneprint, you can get other people's distinctive sounds too.
So, here's some of the key features of each pedal:
Also, let's not forget that these pedals are all Toneprint enabled. Don't know what Toneprint is? Well TC have essentially rounded up a bunch of top guitarists and given them access to parameters that aren't available on the interfaces of the pedals. The guitarists then come up with their sound, and you can load it on to your pedal via USB connection. People are going pretty crazy over this, and so they should, it's a great idea. But for my money, this is just an extra selling point, rather than the main selling point of the pedals. It's so easy to build your own distinctive sound with all of the effects, but with Toneprint, you can get other people's distinctive sounds too.
So, here's some of the key features of each pedal:
| Flashback Delay Features 11 delay types including looper, analog, modulated, ping pong, slap back. Range of delay rhythms including crochet and dotted 16ths. Audio Tapping - set delay times by strumming your guitar 6 seconds delay Stereo in & out True Bypass (as with all of the pedals featured). Analog-Dry-Through Delay Time, Feedback and Repeat controls Spillover on/off - super-smooth and natural transitions between sounds Small footprint |
| Hall of Fame Reverb Features 10 reverb types - a wide range of reverbs including gated, spring, hall, modulated, and plate. Stereo in & out True Bypass Analog-Dry-Through Decay, Tone and Level controls Small footprint High-quality components |
| Vortex Flanger Features 2 flanger types (standard and tape emulation flange) Wide range of sounds from classic rock rhythm to the roar of a 747 taking off. Stereo in & out True Bypass Analog-Dry-Through Speed, Depth, Feedback and Delay Time controls Small footprint High quality components |
| Shaker Vibrato Features 2 vibrato types Latch vibrato only activates True Bypass Speed, Depth, Rise-time and Level controls Spillover on/off Small footprint High-quality components |
Corona Chorus features
| 3 chorus types Speed, Depth, Color and Level controls Tri chorus mode Stereo in & out True Bypass Analog-Dry-Through Small footprint High quality components |
Pricing
Flashback Delay & Looper
US $170 Street
UK £125 Street
EU €149 Street
Hall of Fame Reverb, Vortex Flanger, Shaker Vibrato, Corona Chorus
US $130 Street
UK £109 Street
EU €129 Street
- More Information
- TCElectronic.com
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Eric Said...
One drawback that should be mentioned in my opinion is the battery issue. On the "Hall of Fame" pedal, that I own, the battery dies after only 30 minutes. I suppose it must be the same for the other pedals... It's just not manageable in a session, and would be a disaster live. I won't be using it with batteries anymore (tired of replacing, re-charging them over and over). Other than that it's a fantastic reverb pedal, with an extremely deep and detailed sound. I like it a lot.
14-May-11 06:02 AM
Rich Beech Said...
Yeah I totally agree with that comment, the Flashback does the same thing. I try not to rely on batteries too much anyway, but I did notice when I was first testing these that the Flashback died VERY suddenly, which is odd. I'd say more like 20 mins haha!
18-May-11 05:36 AM
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