Eventide’s New Riptide Pedal Combines An Overdrive With A Uni-vibe-inspired Modulation Side

It is a excellent time for Uni-Vibe fanatics, scorching at the heels of the Stymon Ultraviolet, Eventide Audio’s new Riptide pedal is an surprising combo that provides the corporate’s tackle Shin-ei Uni-Vibe and ‘mythical overdrives’ in a single unit. 

Like us, they are pondering Jimi Hendrix, David Gilmour and Robin Trower on this vibe and overdrive pedal, a a lot more vintage proposition than the otherworldly sounds from this ’s excellent H90 Harmonizer, however with Eventide on the sort of constant roll with pedals, we are excited to listen to it. 

There are two distinct voicings every for the Vibe and Force aspects of the stereo Riptide. For the latter they are offered in Inexperienced for a ‘dynamic mid-range crunch and Pink for a clean and boosted overdrive sound’. The Inexperienced voicing for Vibe targets for the swirly richness of the unique Uni-Vibe, whilst the Pink provides a ‘deeper, phase-y impact’.

The pedal will give avid gamers the way to exchange the order of the 2 aspects and any combo of the parameters may also be mapped to an not obligatory exterior expression pedal. Along with MIDI, Buffered, Relay, DSP+FX or Kill dry choices are to be had too. 

Gamers can easily reorder the method from Force into Vibe or Vibe into Force, and any aggregate of parameters may also be mapped to an expression pedal. As well as, there are 5 onboard presets and extra to discover the use of the Eventide Tool Supervisor (EDM) instrument. 

The Eventide Riptide pedal has an MSRP of $299 and will likely be to be had the world over from mid-November, or direct from Eventide and make a choice sellers now.