It’s uncertain what exactly the origin of flanging was. It could have been the result of trying to push the boundaries of multitrack recording, probably due to running a couple tape machines in parallel but not quite in sync… Maybe a guy messing around in the studio brushed up against a take-up reel flange accidentally?  Maybe that guy was Les Paul, maybe it was John Lennon and George Martin? It is unclear. But, what is clear is that the mechanical studio method of achieving the effect became, within a decade, commonplace enough for companies to simulate the effect electronically. The electronic approaches were pretty cool and groundbreaking, but by the 80s became tired and worn out. At Catalinbread we attribute this to the fact that these units controlled the flange effect using an LFO that went up and down at a predictable rate taking the life and freshness out of the effect. When we decided to design a flanger, we knew we would approach it the way they originally did it…

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The Catalinbread NiCompressor takes the sound of a legendary vintage circuit for unmistakable timbre and extensive sound options. The compression control adjusts the level of compression in a straight line so that the sweet spot can be found quickly and intuitively, whilst the Gain control provides harmonic overdrive if desired. The Catalinbread NiCompressor also features a 2-band tone control that lets you precisely tune the sound.

Nicholas Harris, founder of Catalinbread Effects, died on Wednesday after a tree fell onto his car 
this was like the last of his circuits and they are calling it Nic Compressor.. -let that sink in

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Der Catalinbread CSIDMAN entstammt dem Gedanken, dass technische Entwicklungen nur selten direkt vom Erkennen eines Problems zu dessen endgültiger Lösung führen. In der Regel passiert das in vielen Zwischenschritten, von denen viele zu ihrer Zeit als Nonplusultra gelten, bis sie der Fortschritt wieder überholt. Die Schallplatte beispielsweise hat trotz ihrer Unzulänglichkeiten der Musik im letzten Jahrhundert zum wirtschaftlichen Erfolg verholfen. Und mit der Erfindung des Magnetbandes war es möglich, sie jederzeit und relativ einfach aufzunehmen – oder zum Beispiel in Echogeräten für den entsprechenden Effekt zu sorgen. Und genau dort setzt Catalinbread an: So wie die Schallplatte für viele immer noch als das natürlichste und authentischste Medium gilt, so schwören auch nicht wenige von uns heute noch bei ihren Aufnahmen auf die alten Bandechos, und das trotz, oder gerade wegen derer Unzulänglichkeiten. Warum also nicht ein Effektgerät kreieren, das unter anderem die Artefakte reproduziert, für die das Nachfolgemedium der Schallplatte, die CD, gefürchtet war?

Yes, it's digital. Did I stutter? What are the artifacts of antiquated technologies that have merit in a musical context? Why can't we create a pedal that intentionally embraces technological limitations that musicians haven't widely utilized?
I see technology as the optimistic push through the limitations of existing paradigms: limitations in materials, processes, functionality, cost, and foresight. With each spearhead of technology, the limitations of incumbents are resolved. All too often, a slew of new issues are introduced that the marketplace is willing to overlook, at least for a short period of time. It isn’t too long before the marketplace demands better, and is willing to abandon the past and pay for the next-generation solution.

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Oil can delay units were manufactured by a company named Tel-Ray who later became better known as Morley. Tel-Ray mostly focused on being the OEM utilizing their oil can technology (Patent US3530227 A), branding units for Gibson (GA-RE4), Fender (Dimension IV), Acoustic, etc. They employed an electro-static storage method where the signal is “recorded” to a spinning disk, a layer of oil (for years rumored to be a mysterious carcinogenic oil) prevented this signal from leaking into the air before a “pickup” moments later played back the signal recorded to the disk. Compared to the counterparts of the day (tape, drum, wire delay machines), their sound was more low fidelity, murky, often with a more consistent musical vibrato that correlated to the spinning disk speed. We like to describe the sound as mysterious. The Catalinbread ADINEKO pedal is an echo, reverb, vibrato pedal that faithfully models the sonic experience of these oil can units.

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Subtle Overdrive to Blistering Gain that cleans nicely up with your volume knob... And that is just the conservative channel.
Engage Channel Two and you step into the preliminary understandings of chaos... Imagine standing between two mirrors and pondering the infinite reflections of yourself. Um.. What the heck does this got to do with a dirtbox? Well to some it up Channel Two re-amplifies, re-distorts, then re-amplifies and re-distorts the signal from Channel One over and over again. The results are incredibly interactive and never-before-experienced sounds.

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