Instant Shoegaze Tones | Catalinbread "Soft Focus" Reverb (Pedal Demo)

In this pedal demo we're looking at the new Catalinbread "Soft Focus" pedal!

What Catalinbread say....
The Soft Focus patch on the Yamaha FX500 was widely used in the ‘90s by early shoegaze bands, most notably Slowdive on Souvlaki. With its roots in that patch, the Catalinbread Soft Focus is intended to be an instant shoegaze button, while addressing the most glaring issues of the original unit. The original unit had a very plug-and-play approach, offering no mix control, a sub-par preamp and a ghastly tone-sucking bypass signal. At its heart, the Soft Focus is a heavily modified plate reverb with adjustable time, which is subsequently split into three. One path contains a “symphonic” chorus modulator, another features a well-appointed octave-up mixed in with the reverb, and the third path leaves the reverb untouched. The Mod knob controls the rate of the chorus on path one, and the Symphony knob controls the level of the octave on path two. All controls are "coupled" to the tone of the reverb to give users an expansive playing field of sounds to discover and fine tune. Our Soft Focus is not an exact recreation but was exhaustively compared with our own FX500; the difference is that a fairly generic fixed-time digital delay is present on the Soft Focus patch. We found that leaving this feature intact ate into the patch’s memory just a little too much for such little payoff, so we leave that addition to you and your favorite delay.

For more product information see here;
https://catalinbread.com/products/sof...

Riffs played;
Slow Dive - When The Sun Hits
Robin Guthrie - Monument
Robin Guthrie - Snowfall
Diiv - Doused
Cockteau Twins - Cherry Coloured Funk
Ride - Vapor Trail
Catherine Wheel - I Want To Touch You
Catherine Wheel - Ferment
Ride - Leave Them All Behind
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