The PORTA424 is the sound of a classic 4 track cassette recorder in pedal form! More specifically, it is an almost exact recreation of a single channel from the MK1 version. There are a few great Porta-inspired pedals out there, but this is the first to include the entirety of the signal path* with meticulously reconstructed gain staging, so you can perfectly recreate an analog-home-studio sound on the road, without lugging around the attached cassette deck and another three channels. This pedal gives you an input trim, treble and bass shelving EQ, channel fader, and master volume so you can dial in your settings exactly the same way as on the original. It sounds great at the end of your chain for its familiar DI tones, or at the front as a thick, trashy distortion. Either way, this circuit has a special kind of grit that deserved to be taken to the next level of portable!
Demo by Wesley Nilsen (EN)