Catalinbread Many Worlds Phaser

When we know a pedal from the Phaser department is headed our way, we tend to get pretty excited. When it’s coming from Catalinbread, we get STOKED. Today’s pedal, the Many Worlds Phaser, produces classic tones, gorgeous modulation and adds to your sound in a myriad of different ways. Full of options and marvelous signal manipulation, this is one of the best we’ve had the pleasure to peruse…

The Many Worlds is an eight-stage phaser with eight selectable phase control parameters, six LFOs and two envelope-dependent phase shift modes. Yes, you can get classic, swirly and rich, vibe-esque phaser sounds from the Many Worlds. The fun doesn’t stop there, however, as it takes you on a multi-versed quest, uncovering some unique otherworldly sounds along the way. The Many Worlds features a robust LFO engine with classics like sine and square sharing the same control with reverse sawtooth and two independently controlled and intermodulating sine waves. There’s also an envelope-dependent phase shift (both up and down), letting you control the phase shift with your pick attack, rather than driving it with an LFO. This gives you an autowah-esque manually controlled phase shifting experience.

LFO stands for “low frequency oscillator.” They are essentially rhythmic sweeps or pulses that are characterized by a waveform. In the Many Worlds, there are eight of these waveforms to choose from using the LFO selector knob. The “Many Worlds” interpretation of quantum mechanics is a theory by Hugh Everette which states that quantum wave function collapse is actually the superposition of quantum states built by the decoherence of independent wave functions. This leads to the theory of parallel universes where quantum measurements have opposite results. Yes, that is all extremely confusing, but it sets the stage for innovation and exploration into this effect.

So….to really understand this pedal is to see and hear it in action – luckily, we’ve got a lengthy demo below that will answer the majority of any questions you might have. With all the options the Many Worlds Phaser features, it may look a bit intimidating at first glance, but killer tones are easy to dial in right from the start. The crew at Catalinbread keeps topping themselves with each new release, and we’re honored to help spread the word about this incredible little machine. Be sure to check out their website for more info, and don’t sleep on our video on tha YouTubes…cheers!

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