TC Electronic Crescendo Auto Swell - Review
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- čas přidán 20. 03. 2018
- For this video, I'm demoing the Crescendo Auto Swell pedal by TC Electronic. I use it to get some long, slow swells and also some really cool fast, staccato type swells. Despite a few quirks, this is a pretty cool pedal and has earned a spot on my main board.
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Thank you for this review!!!!
Great video! Finally someone showing the simplicity of this pedal rather than shredding into it! Brilliant!
Thanks man!
Where do you found those guys "shredding into it" because i need to know if it works with a much more legato playing rather than just playing the 3 chords i learned in my first day of playing guitar.
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Thanks very much! I appreciate it.
Add some reverb or echo and the sound is going to be awesome, I have a Beheringer Slow Motion SM200 and I love the effect
Very cool. Yeah, this pedal sounds great with reverb. I also love using my chorus pedal with it. Makes some beautiful, otherworldly sounds.
Hi delay before or after.
Am i hearing that it doesn't fade out as nice as it fades in? I just bought one and mine fades in smoothly but starts to sort of shimmer out instead of fading out when i have a clean sound. When i use an overdriven signal it does fade out nicely. Kind of ruins part of why i wanted to have it. You have this too?
Yeah, it doesn't fade out quite as nicely as I'd like. As I understand it (and I could be completely wrong on this) the effect is basically a reverse noise gate. So, when the signal hits a certain level, it opens the gate, cutting out the attack and gradually increasing the volume, giving you that volume swell. The thing is, once the level of the note or chord that you're playing drops below the level it took to open the gate, the gate then closes, abruptly cutting off the sound, rather than slowly fading it out.
This also could explain why it fades out better with overdrive. The increased sustain from the overdrive probably keeps the gate open longer.
But, yeah, I've noticed the same thing as you. It helps if you use a delay pedal with it. I've got a preset on my Nova Delay that I set up specially for it, and it gets me close enough.
Ah yeah that makes sense. I found it's basically a remake of this boss SG-1 pedal from a time when boss was just banging out every pedal they could think of creating. Worth checking out. I hope they'll make one sometime that has more controls. Should be possible with a smart combination of parts i think. Probably will be expensive. But as you said the delay cleans it up nicely, and you really do need to tweak it just right. So gaining experience will help. Thanks for your reply man!
Any time! Thanks for taking a look at my video! Yeah, it'd be cool to have an improved version. If I can dig up a schematic, I may have a look at modifying mine sometime. Actually, I know there's SG-1 schematics out there. I should compare the Crescendo to one...
I looked at the video again and yes, you do play it dry, sorry. Was a bit concerned that the pedal doesn't suit humbuckers as I play a Les Paul through an overdriven Blackstar and would like to have heard examples of this in your demo.
No worries! What sort of effect are you hoping to get with the Crescendo? To be honest, if you're looking for a dramatic volume swell effect, I think a plain old volume pedal might be a better choice with your rig. If you just want something to take a bit of attack off the notes though, then the Crescendo might work ok.
Where do you put this pedal after od or before od?
I put mine after, but since it's a dynamics type of pedal, it might actually be better before od.
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Sorry but is the mic really close to you because your voice was a bit asmr for me.
I don't want to hear what the crescendo sounds like with other pedals, just on it's own to show what it can do. Almost any effect sounds great with loads of delay but that just masks what the pedal being demo'd can really do.
I actually played clips in this video with just the Crescendo on its own, and they show exactly what the pedal can do.
It's not like there's a lot of different sounds to get from it - you basically get either a long swell, or a short swell, and the knobs are just there to tweak it so that it works with your guitar.
For those interested in pedal modifications :
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This is a great affordable "Slow Gear" clone. Stock it do short volume swells very well but it definitely lack versatility. Here is the magic modification : Add a switch to change the value of the C12 capacitor between 1uF (stock : short attack) and 22uF (long attack). Long volume swells are now available. Enjoy! ;-)
Thanks for sharing! Sounds like a useful modification. I may have to try it out.