TC Electronic's Infinite Sample Sustainer Pedal is a Cool New Evolved Layered Fade In/Out Freeze / Sustainer Effect with added Reverb and FX Loop
TCE’s new Infinite Sample Sustainer essentially fades in layers of sustained samples over the top of each other. It catches snapshots of your input and allows you to set the Freeze / Sustain Level via Decay, as well as the Pace of Fade-ins. You can choose number of layers that get swapped around - from a single over-written one to two, three, and infinite layers. You also have 3 customisable TonePrints for even more nuanced effect, and a built in Reverb voicing - which you select via the Dry/Verb toggle switch.
To make things even more interesting there is an Effects Loop Send and Return insert - which means you can load other pedals / effects into the makeup of those layers - for even more varied and interesting textures!
Finally you also have a Latching / Momentary toggle switch to select how the Footswitch operates. Interestingly there is no ’MESH’ functionality engaged by the Footswitch on this occasion.
This is really cool effect - which kind of takes EHX’s Freeze effect / pedal to a new level - with the ability to stack layers in a creative manner - so essentially different pads fading in and out over the top of each other.
Controls - Decay (Layer Sustain), Reverb : Dry / Verb, Level, Fade In (Pace of Transition), Footswitch Mode - Latch / Momentary, FX Type (Number of Layers) : L1 - L4, TP1 - TP3.
It’s certainly an intriguing and cool new effect and for sure an upgrade over the EHX Freeze - which I’ve long since considered getting in. This is not an everyday effect really, but a quite formidable occasional ambient effect - which can provide some really cool accompaniment to your playing - so probably filed under ’nice-to-have’ rather than essential.
It’s priced at a very reasonable $149 / €139 / £149 and should be coming into stock in a month or so. It definitely goes in on the wishlist, but not really under any sort of priority. I will for sure be getting one - just not particularly imminently. I’ve been meaning to get a Ditto+ since that first materialised - while my only recent TCE acquisition has been the Paul Gilbert Mojo Mojo Signature Edition. So I definitely have some catching up to do.
Are any of you keen on this?
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