Mooer Concord X2 Pedal

MSRP: (UK) £149 / (US) $149

Ever since Mooer launched onto the guitar pedal scene in 2010, it has been producing pedals which have persistently pushed the boundaries of audio impact processing. Sam Bell evaluations the model’s newest addition to the X2 pedal vary: The Mooer Concord X2 — a extremely specialised and versatile harmonic shifting pedal, full with each harmonic functionality a guitarist may wish for dwell efficiency and recording.

Mooer is again with an thrilling and reasonably priced new Pitch/Concord Pedal for guitarists. This time, we’re having a look on the Concord X2, a stereo concord pedal. It is a helpful impact for these trying so as to add one other dimension to their single-note lead/melody traces.

The pedal is stereo, however it will also be used in mono. Customers can plug in two ¼-inch jacks if their instrument helps stereo output, however the unit will settle for a mono sign and output stereo through two ¼-inch jacks for the left and proper concord, with the dry sign working within the center. I used it as mono from my guitar and stereo out so we may hear how the extra harmonies have an effect on the general sound.

Even customers with no concept information will discover experimenting with this pedal enjoyable, dialling in distinctive harmonies for his or her compositions or utilizing it as an impact in dwell conditions. Those that perceive concept might get much more from this pedal. Let’s check out the options earlier than diving deeper.

We will modify the extent of the left and proper concord utilizing two separate knobs and management how a lot of our most important ‘dry’ sign is within the combine. This setup permits us to steadiness our harmonies, providing extra management over the articulation of the impact. The primary space of management, nonetheless, lies within the ‘Notice’ controls for left and proper. Right here, we will choose the concord for all sides, selecting diatonic intervals from -Octave to +6. Notice that ‘Notice L’ solely goes as much as -6; there are not any 7ths, and it extends so far as +Octave.

Notice R goes as little as -Octave and as excessive as +sixth. It is essential to notice (no pun supposed) that these will probably be diatonic to Main and Minor keys, which implies we will additionally play modally inside the Main/Minor scale modes. Nevertheless, if we had been to use different guardian modal keys, akin to Melodic Minor or Harmonic Minor, it’d default to decisions associated to the closest diatonic Main or Minor scale for these notes out of the important thing. It is also price noting (pun supposed once more) that this pedal is monophonic quite than polyphonic, so it’s going to solely work with single notes. Nevertheless, as a result of it is a stereo concord pedal, we will create 3-part harmonies, that are chords!

As soon as you have set your harmonies, you’ll be able to select to have interaction each or considered one of them, permitting you to usher in or take out the concord layers as you play utilizing the left and proper footswitches. Whenever you maintain these two switches down, the notes on the left begin flashing, which lets you choose the important thing of the Main or Minor scale (see video for clarification on how that’s chosen). It is pretty simple and is not too tough to know if you take the pedal out of the field. As soon as you have received your setting, it can save you your preset and recollect it later.

So, it is a feature-rich pedal with a specialised perform of including concord to monophonic melodies. This could add one other dimension to easy melodies, nice for dwell use in the event you

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