Today, we’ve got a special treat from our friends at El Garatge: the WEX Wireless Expression Controller. Consisting of a wireless transmitter and receiver, the WEX system controls your pedal’s parameters, as well as having some tricks up its sleeve to awaken the sonic experimenter in us all. Consisting of a transmitter and a receiver, each device has some dip-switches to configure its parameters…
WEX Features:
- Manual expression mode (like Expression Knob but wireless).
- LFO mode (ramping) with 4 shapes, invert, offset and depth and speed controls.
- Two communication channels to allow two different transmitters in the same room, each one connected to one or more receivers.
- Battery powered transmitter with standby/battery charging status LED.
- Receiver LED for expression feedback.
- Transmitter features a sucker to hold it to a guitar or other flat surface.
Transmitter:
- Can be charged with a standard 9V center negative plug like a normal pedal.
- Once charged, battery will last more than a week playing around 8h/day.
- Knob controls expression value or speed when LFO dip-switch is enabled.
- Dip-switches: channel, enable LFO, offset, depth.
Receiver:
- Powered with 9V center negative.
- TRS (stereo) expression output to connect it to any pedal with TRS expression (Chase Bliss, Strymon, Hologram, Meris, etc) with any stereo patch cable.
- Dip switches: channel, reverse expression, LFO shape selection: Sine, Triangle, Random, Square.
The two frequency channels allows to use combinations like:
- 1 Transmitter -> 1 Receiver: Standard way to control a pedal’s expression remotely.
- 1 Transmitter -> 1 or more receivers (all at same channel): Signal will be duplicated by each receiver with the exception of LFO shape and expression reverse status which are configured in each receiver.
- 2 Transmitters -> multiple receivers: Each group configured to a different frequency will allow you to control multiple pedals without interfering. Example: 1 transmitter in manual expression sends to 1 receiver. Another transmitter with LFO enabled sends a tremolo to two different receivers (one of them maybe inverted and with a different LFO shape).
In the demo below, we run through some delay time expression control with the new Chase Bliss MOOD MKII Instant Ambience, as well as show of some other features this new invention is capable of. Be sure to visit the EL Garatge website for more info on the WEX, as well as all of their marvelous expression solutions.
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