Asheville Music Tools ACV-1 Analog Chorus Vibrato

We’re continuing our “Asheville Week” here at Pedal of the Day today, with the second of three effects from a company focused on 100% analog sounds. The Asheville Music Tools ACV-1 Analog Chorus Vibrato is a time warp modulator, featuring a reissue Bucket Brigade Delay line to deliver classic Chorus and Vibrato sounds with the most natural modulation possible. The onboard Low Frequency Oscillator and sophisticated control voltage topology guarantee the best sound, features, and control available in any fully analog modulation pedal currently on the market…

The ACV-1 is a marriage of vintage audio processing techniques and advanced, high-tech electronics. It is designed using modern, quality components for uncompromising sound, features, and reliability. We started with a studio-grade MN3007 BBD, unlike the lower cost MN320x pedal-grade BBDs found in most stompboxes. The ACV-1 is powered with a clean, high voltage 15V power supply.

This modulated beauty is coupled with a special blend of two tightly tuned high-Q 5th order anti-alias and reconstruction filters, a compandor with emphasis/de-emphasis, VCA feedback control, a unique 5-amp high current BBD driver, and an analog clock with exponential modulation technology to obtain unprecedented sound and richness, clean, precision regeneration, and true fractional delay in a compact footprint. This is the second in the AMT line of time, phase, and frequency modulation effects with a synthesizer-inspired control voltage approach. The ACV-1 draws upon Hawker’s decades of experience and expertise designing modulation and delay-based effects for other companies.

The look, feel and sounds created by the ACV-1 Analog Chorus Vibrato are all quite impressive, and I’m excited to dig into these pedals from Asheville Music Tools this week. There’s a ton more info on the AMT website, including in-depth analysis of BBDs and much more. Be sure to check out our demo video below, too, to see and hear this analog gem in action, and you can pick these fine effects up for yourself at Heyday Music downtown. See you tomorrow, cheers!!