Old Blood Noise Endeavors Setback Reverse Effect Pedal

Bringing the best of reverse forward, the Old Blood Noise Endeavors Setback Reverse is a progressive, evolutionary and revolutionary take on reverse effects! This specially-designed, reverse-centric effect puts the best of reverse effects ahead for an unabashed look into everyone's favorite temporally-dynamic sonic texture.

After years of work with reverse effects, the Setback is a new milestone for Old Blood Noise Endeavors and their fascinations with the warped and backwards. Centered around a reverse delay, the Setback specializes in distinct reverse effects that make their textural, rhythmic qualities the stars of the show. Setback is principally a reverse delay, though with much more stressed emphasis on the reverse element, where the pedal produces not so much of a delay trail but more so just your signal – backwards.

The Setback features an incredibly streamlined and intuitive control setup meant to create a varied spectrum of sounds quickly and interestingly. Main controls for subdivisions (Div) and playback speed (Speed) already equip players with incredible reversing powers to summon your classic reverse delay swells and backwards tape-reel-adjacent textures. From here, the experience expands with controls over signal fidelity (Clock) that introduce textural quirks into the fray for ventures into the ethereal and ambient. The Setback slots into plenty sonic palettes for ring modulation tones to expansive soundscape trails up to twenty-four seconds.

Backed up by classic Old Blood digital design, the Setback features a great backline of control features. A dedicated wet/dry effect mix control keeps things clean and contained as you set your affected and unaffected mix blend, first off. Secondly, the Setback features modern control options like a ¼" expression connection with control over all the pedal's main dials. From here, more dynamic fixings like onboard MIDI functions allow for 1/8" MIDI control and access to presets. The pedal's analog dry though design keeps signals crisp and clear while selectable true or buffered bypass switching makes the effect play as you'd like it. Standard nine-volt DC center negative 350mA power requirements bring the Setback to life seamlessly.

How can an effect literally working backwards be forward-thinking? Has reverse gone retrograde? Old Blood begs to differ.