Gamechanger Audio Motor Pedal
$619.00
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WHAT IS THE MOTOR PEDAL?
The MOTOR Pedal is a fully playable electro-mechanical synth voice THAT TRACKS THE pitch of your playing in real time.
YOU CAN PLAY IT AS A melodic DOUBLER OR HARMONY CREATOR, use IT AS A POWERFUL and versatile DRONE GENERATOR, or distort & process your instrument with the x-mod & vocoder engines.
This isn’t an emulation.
This isn’t analog modeling.
This is the raw sound of a brushed DC motor, pushed to the edge and tamed with precision control.
HOW IT WORKS
THE MOTOR PEDAL USES A REAL-TIME PITCH TRACKER TO ANALYZE Your INSTRUMENT'S OUTPUT
WHETHER YOU ARE USING A GUITAR, A BASS, OR A MICROPHONE - THE motor's rotational speed WILL BE PRECISELY MATCHED to THE FUNDAMENTAL FREQUENCY THAT YOU ARE PLAYING
FOR EXAMPLE - TO MATCH A 440HZ INPUT THE MOTOR WILL HAVE TO ROTATE AT
146 REVOLUTIONS PER SECOND
A carefully calibrated inductor captures the real-world motion of the motor’s spinning coils—transforming mechanical energy into a raw, electric audio signal.
The MOTOR Pedal features five unique and powerful sound engines based on the motor core:
MOTOR - Raw electromagnetic pickup of the spinning coils. Glitchy, growling, magnetic.
MXD - Cross-modulation of the motor with a digital waveform. creates HARSH, DISTORTED AND METALLIc textures.
M-WAVE - A digital oscillator that's PITCH-LOCKED & HARD-SYNCED to the motor's output.
a multitimbral synth with aN IMPERFECT mechanical soul.
COIL MODE - instead of spinning the motor with DC Voltage - We inject alternating current into the motor's coils to create resonant analog vibrations & metallic hums.
THIS IS AN INNOVATIVE SYNTHESIS METHOD THAT SOUNDS LIKE NOSTALGIA ON STEROIDS.
VOCODER MODE - A 24 BAND DIGITAL VOCODER THAT USES THE MOTOR'S OUTPUT AS THE CARRIER AND Your instrument's signal AS the modulator.
Speak, sing, or shred DIRECTLY through the machine.
PARAMETER CONTROL
Analog TONE BOOST – A POWERFUL TILT EQ FOR SHAPING THE MOTOR OUTPUT
TWO VOLUME KNOBS - independent Volume control for DRY SIGNAL and MOTOR OUTPUt
motor drive – heavy analog distortion for the motor output
Envelope – go from short, punctuated stabs - to envelope follower - to long releases
glide – applies a portamento curve to the motor engine
vibrato – classic pitch modulation - from subtle movement to wild oscillation
motor Interval Selector - ALLOWS YOU TO OFFSET THE motor pitch: +/- 1 octave or perfect fifths or perfect fourths
X-MOD Mode – use Amplitude modulation to Cross-mod the input signal with all motor engines.
STEP ON THE GAS
the MOTOR Pedal COMES EQUIPPED with a MULTI-MODE GAS pedaL
ACCELERATOR - create a wide range of controlled pitch-shift or floor it to redline the motor
BRAKE - downward pitch-shift, or mash the pedal to bring the motor to a stall
CLUTCH - temporarily disconnect the motor from the pitch-tracker - perfect for creating drones
VOLUME - use the spring-loaded pedal to CREATE satisfying volume swells
DRIFT - play the pedal like a gentle vibrato arm, or just floor it to get a complete wipe-out
DURABILITY
THE MOTOR PEDAL USES A SPECIALLY-DESIGNED BRUSHED DC ELECTRO-MOTOR BLOCK AS ITS CORE SOUND ENGINE.
OVER TIME THE MOTOR'S BRUSHES ARE GOING TO erode AND THE MOTOR block WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED - INDICATED BY THE PEDAL'S CHECK ENGINE LIGHT TURNING ORANGE AND THEN RED
THE MOTOR block IS A REPLACEABLE PART
ESTIMATED LIFESPAN AROUND 3000 - 5000 hours of intensive PLAYING
INSTALLING A REPLACEMENT MOTOR FROM GCA IS A BREEZE
COMPARABLE TO CHANGING A SET OF TUBES IN YOUR AMP.
the MOTOR REPLACEMENT PROCEDURE IS extremely SIMPLE AND DOES NOT REQUIRE PROFESSIONAL SERVICING.
Warranty & Returns
All New products are covered by the manufacturers new warranty. Please check their website for the length of warranty and warranty conditions. If an item you receive is faulty get in touch with us ASAP. Second Hand products come with a 4 week warranty from us. If there is an issue let us know ASAP! This covers normal use and does not cover accidental damage, misuse, wrong power plugged into it, modding, water damage or any other damage caused by mistreatment. Just treat it nice and all will be good!
Shipping
We send A LOT of packages every week so don't worry about the shipping side of things!
We've never lost a thing and your awesome new gear will be packed up really well to avoid any damage in transit.
If your order comes in before 2pm we will ship it same day. Most of the time we pack things up all the way to 4pm so just call if you need it to leave same day after 2pm.
We ship mainly with Australia Post but may use a courier depending on location and size of the package.
Free Post ships with Australia Post standard and expected shipping times are between 4-6 business days depending on location. It will be longer to outside of metro and rural areas.
Express Post will usually be with you next business day in metro areas of QLD, NSW, SA, VIC and TAS. WA will take 2 days to metro and extra days after that to out side metro and rural areas.
Everything we ship has a tracking number with the exception of some power cables and smaller envelope packages. You will be emailed tracking once your order has been shipped!
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WHAT IS THE MOTOR PEDAL?
The MOTOR Pedal is a fully playable electro-mechanical synth voice THAT TRACKS THE pitch of your playing in real time.
YOU CAN PLAY IT AS A melodic DOUBLER OR HARMONY CREATOR, use IT AS A POWERFUL and versatile DRONE GENERATOR, or distort & process your instrument with the x-mod & vocoder engines.
This isn’t an emulation.
This isn’t analog modeling.
This is the raw sound of a brushed DC motor, pushed to the edge and tamed with precision control.
HOW IT WORKS
THE MOTOR PEDAL USES A REAL-TIME PITCH TRACKER TO ANALYZE Your INSTRUMENT'S OUTPUT
WHETHER YOU ARE USING A GUITAR, A BASS, OR A MICROPHONE - THE motor's rotational speed WILL BE PRECISELY MATCHED to THE FUNDAMENTAL FREQUENCY THAT YOU ARE PLAYING
FOR EXAMPLE - TO MATCH A 440HZ INPUT THE MOTOR WILL HAVE TO ROTATE AT
146 REVOLUTIONS PER SECOND
A carefully calibrated inductor captures the real-world motion of the motor’s spinning coils—transforming mechanical energy into a raw, electric audio signal.
The MOTOR Pedal features five unique and powerful sound engines based on the motor core:
MOTOR - Raw electromagnetic pickup of the spinning coils. Glitchy, growling, magnetic.
MXD - Cross-modulation of the motor with a digital waveform. creates HARSH, DISTORTED AND METALLIc textures.
M-WAVE - A digital oscillator that's PITCH-LOCKED & HARD-SYNCED to the motor's output.
a multitimbral synth with aN IMPERFECT mechanical soul.
COIL MODE - instead of spinning the motor with DC Voltage - We inject alternating current into the motor's coils to create resonant analog vibrations & metallic hums.
THIS IS AN INNOVATIVE SYNTHESIS METHOD THAT SOUNDS LIKE NOSTALGIA ON STEROIDS.
VOCODER MODE - A 24 BAND DIGITAL VOCODER THAT USES THE MOTOR'S OUTPUT AS THE CARRIER AND Your instrument's signal AS the modulator.
Speak, sing, or shred DIRECTLY through the machine.
PARAMETER CONTROL
Analog TONE BOOST – A POWERFUL TILT EQ FOR SHAPING THE MOTOR OUTPUT
TWO VOLUME KNOBS - independent Volume control for DRY SIGNAL and MOTOR OUTPUt
motor drive – heavy analog distortion for the motor output
Envelope – go from short, punctuated stabs - to envelope follower - to long releases
glide – applies a portamento curve to the motor engine
vibrato – classic pitch modulation - from subtle movement to wild oscillation
motor Interval Selector - ALLOWS YOU TO OFFSET THE motor pitch: +/- 1 octave or perfect fifths or perfect fourths
X-MOD Mode – use Amplitude modulation to Cross-mod the input signal with all motor engines.
STEP ON THE GAS
the MOTOR Pedal COMES EQUIPPED with a MULTI-MODE GAS pedaL
ACCELERATOR - create a wide range of controlled pitch-shift or floor it to redline the motor
BRAKE - downward pitch-shift, or mash the pedal to bring the motor to a stall
CLUTCH - temporarily disconnect the motor from the pitch-tracker - perfect for creating drones
VOLUME - use the spring-loaded pedal to CREATE satisfying volume swells
DRIFT - play the pedal like a gentle vibrato arm, or just floor it to get a complete wipe-out
DURABILITY
THE MOTOR PEDAL USES A SPECIALLY-DESIGNED BRUSHED DC ELECTRO-MOTOR BLOCK AS ITS CORE SOUND ENGINE.
OVER TIME THE MOTOR'S BRUSHES ARE GOING TO erode AND THE MOTOR block WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED - INDICATED BY THE PEDAL'S CHECK ENGINE LIGHT TURNING ORANGE AND THEN RED
THE MOTOR block IS A REPLACEABLE PART
ESTIMATED LIFESPAN AROUND 3000 - 5000 hours of intensive PLAYING
INSTALLING A REPLACEMENT MOTOR FROM GCA IS A BREEZE
COMPARABLE TO CHANGING A SET OF TUBES IN YOUR AMP.
the MOTOR REPLACEMENT PROCEDURE IS extremely SIMPLE AND DOES NOT REQUIRE PROFESSIONAL SERVICING.
Warranty & Returns
All New products are covered by the manufacturers new warranty. Please check their website for the length of warranty and warranty conditions. If an item you receive is faulty get in touch with us ASAP. Second Hand products come with a 4 week warranty from us. If there is an issue let us know ASAP! This covers normal use and does not cover accidental damage, misuse, wrong power plugged into it, modding, water damage or any other damage caused by mistreatment. Just treat it nice and all will be good!
Shipping
We send A LOT of packages every week so don't worry about the shipping side of things!
We've never lost a thing and your awesome new gear will be packed up really well to avoid any damage in transit.
If your order comes in before 2pm we will ship it same day. Most of the time we pack things up all the way to 4pm so just call if you need it to leave same day after 2pm.
We ship mainly with Australia Post but may use a courier depending on location and size of the package.
Free Post ships with Australia Post standard and expected shipping times are between 4-6 business days depending on location. It will be longer to outside of metro and rural areas.
Express Post will usually be with you next business day in metro areas of QLD, NSW, SA, VIC and TAS. WA will take 2 days to metro and extra days after that to out side metro and rural areas.
Everything we ship has a tracking number with the exception of some power cables and smaller envelope packages. You will be emailed tracking once your order has been shipped!