MXR M300 Reverb Electric Guitar Effect Pedal

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Some of these pedals offer an enormous degree of flexibility - while EQD’s ever popular Afterneath gives you maximum variety out of one singularly smart algorithm. On a fleeting initial overview - my favourites are the Chase Bliss Dark World, Dr Scientist Atmosphere and TC Electronic Hall of Fame 2, but I would not discount the EHX Oceans 11 or Neunaber Immerse MKII as they offer up excellent possibilities too. There are no really weak ones here just different degrees of spectacular. It seems that 2018 has very significantly been a Year of and for Reverb - with half of these featured recent additions to the category. I have rarely seen as well coordinated a campaign as for the very recent Chase Bliss Audio Dark World launch - which has somewhat overshadowed the slightly earlier release of Dr Scientist’s long-awaited Atmosphere. We’ve also seen Neunaber’s second incarnation of the Immerse, two very highly versatile 11-mode pedals from Electro-Harmonix and Mad Professor, and a properly Spacey Reverb from Alexander Pedals.

Read more about how we test products and services and how we make our recommendations. Related buyer's guides To switch to the Trials Bypass mode, you need to put the pedal through a start up sequence explained in the manual here. It’s disappointing to see this as other pedals tend to simply use an internal switch. But as you will probably only set it once if you want to use that bypass mode, it’s isn’t too big a deal. Sound You could use this to just add a slight sense of warmth and depth to a basic clean tone, or you could make it sound like it’s being blasted into your ears via the depths of the cosmos. It’s an incredibly versatile effect, and you’ll find it on the pedalboards of pretty much every guitar player. Where should my reverb pedal go in the chain?

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Most guitarists who love reverb fall into either the vintage or ambient camp, and both are well catered for here. The plate, spring and room modes have a convincing depth and sense of physical space, and record very well. Darker tone settings yield impressively authentic, retro-flavoured results. There are three main modes. Sparse is a tap-delay-based reverb, Dense is more of a plate-style reverb, and Diffuse, as the name implies, is more of an ambient reverb. The tap delay mode can put you in the ballpark of more standard delays as well, further adding to the versatility of the NightSky. If you want a simple reverb pedal that covers all the main types of reverb, then the M300 should suit you. The pedal is easy to use and sounds fantastic. The types of reverb available are inspiring and give you plenty to play around with. Who isn’t the MXR Reverb for?

First and foremost, we are musicians, and we want other players to find the right product for them. So we take into careful consideration everything from budget to feature set, ease of use and durability to come up with a list of what we can safely say are the best reverb pedals on the market right now. One of Strymon’s “large-format” pedals, the BigSky provides 12 different reverb effects that encompass standard reverbs and special effects like swell, bloom, cloud, chorale, shimmer, magneto, nonlinear, and reflections. Seven control knobs on the front panel allow users to instantly adjust parameters like decay, pre-delay, mix, tone, parameter 1, parameter 2, and modulation, while new settings can be saved in any of 300 preset memory locations. DESCRIPTION Six-voice digital reverb pedal with mono or stereo operation, true or buffered bypass, analogue dry path PLATE setting provides a shimmering smooth wash of space that’s a go-to choice from the studio recording world.The M300 is a stereo pedal although it might not look it at first glance. Unlike other reverb pedals which give you two inputs and two outputs, the M300 only gives you one of each. To run it as a stereo pedal, you first need to set an internal switch to stereo. Then you need to runTRS cables to and from the M300. If you want a pedal that you will use all the time this is it! Priced right and built like a tank. You won't let this pedal grow dust in your bag of tools. It can add just a touch of presence or much more with a twist of a knob. PAD closes out the line-up with a unique combination of sub-octave + octave-up with echoes + "shimmer" + synth/organ modulation + reverb. CONTROLS Decay, tone, mix. Tone control doubles as reverb style selector cycling through plate, spring, epic, mod, room and pad modes

Inside this compact pedal you have access to mericulously crafted Room, Epic, Plate, Spring, Mod and Pad reverbs that are all switchable with a push of the Tone control. Each of these models are controlled by a high quality digital chipset while the dry signal is 100% analogue not going anywhere near the digital tone path. This keeps your signal clean and clear. The sound quality of all of the effects is stellar, boasting smooth tails and pro-studio-quality noise-free performance. The spring reverb setting is based on a 1962 Fender 6G15 reverb unit and delivers some of the best spring reverb effects you’ll ever hear. Echo combines delay and reverb, while tremolo applies a tremolo effect to both wet and dry hall reverb. As to what might suit your own particular purposes then there's plenty on offer here. Of the Stereo ones the newer Immerse and HOF2 stand out, for the Mono ones - the Oceans 11 was looking pretty good until The Atmosphere and Dark World arrived. If you're into more vanilla Reverbs and want the most capable at this size - then that's likely The Atmosphere. If you're into the more quirky side of things I can't see how / why you would want anything other than the Dark World. I feel that despite a number of successes to date - this will go on to become Joel Korte's most popular pedal by some distance. I would still want to see a stereo version of this. I know the Mooer Ocean Machine does some interestingly quirky things, and both my RV-500 and Ventris are capable of sort of similar things - I just really want those Dark-side algorithms though! No one wants a pedal that takes ages to set up. Simplicity is key especially with things like reverb, that is why the MXR just has three simple controls. Mix which sets the dry/wet mix of the effect, Tone sets the feel of the effect rolling in more high end, the Decay control sets how long you want the reverb to last. Nice and simple to set up and get any tone you want. Here's what MXR say about the M300 Reverb PedalA close alternative worth considering is the TC Electronic Hall of Fame Reverb pedal. It’s worth comparing to the MXR M300 as it has a wider range of features and a lower price. So if you want more flexibility, features, and control, it’s a good alternative.