Old Blood Noise Setback Reverse Pedal

The Old Blood Noise Endeavors Setback Reverse Pedal flips your guitar sound backwards in real time, turning simple notes into dreamy swells and strange textures. It is designed for players who want something different from a typical delay. From soft ambient washes to wild reverse glitches, this pedal opens up a whole new way to shape your tone. It is easy to use, yet powerful enough for creative musicians who love exploring new sounds.

OBNE Setback Pedal Review

The Old Blood Noise Endeavors Setback Reverse Pedal is focused entirely on reverse audio effects. Instead of layering extra effects, it puts all its power into creating rich reversed textures. Players can shape the sound using controls for playback speed, clock rate, subdivisions, and mix.

The pedal also offers stereo input and output, onboard presets, MIDI control, and expression support for deep customization. With reverse delay times that can stretch up to 24 seconds at lower clock settings, it can produce everything from quick reverse bursts to long-evolving soundscapes.

Old Blood Setback Reverse vs. BL-44 Reverse

The Old Blood Noise Endeavors Setback Reverse Pedal takes the reverse concept from the BL-44 and expands it with more control and modern features. While the BL 44 Reverse Pedal keeps things simple, the Setback gives players deeper control over reverse timing, pitch, and texture.

It also adds stereo input and output, onboard presets, MIDI control, and expression support. With longer reverse delay times and more ways to shape the sound, the Setback offers a more powerful and flexible reverse experience.

Old Blood Noise Endeavors Setback Reverse Delay Features

• Turns your guitar signal backwards for unique and inspiring textures
• Create dreamy swells, ambient layers, and experimental sounds
• Easy knobs make it simple to shape tone and timing
• Save favorite sounds with built-in presets
• Stereo connections bring wide and immersive sound
• Tap tempo helps match the effect to your music

Setback OBNE Pedal Specs

• Reverse delay pedal with stereo input and output
• Sample rate control from 500 Hz up to 48 kHz
• Reverse delay times from extremely fast up to about 24 seconds
• MIDI control with MIDI clock input and output using 3.5 mm TRS Type A connections
• Expression pedal control over main parameters
• Analog dry signal path
• Soft touch bypass switching for minimal switch noise with true bypass or trails option
• Power requirement 9V DC center negative
• Current draw: approximately 350 mA

Old Blood Setback Guitar Pedal Controls

Mix Knob

The Mix knob controls how much of the reverse effect you hear. Turn it down for mostly your clean guitar sound. Turn it up to bring in more of the reversed signal. At the center position, both signals blend evenly.

Speed Knob

The Speed knob changes how fast the reversed audio plays back. Lower speeds drop the pitch for deeper tones, while higher speeds raise it. This allows you to create musical pitch-shifting effects while the sound plays backwards.

Div Knob

The Div knob sets the rhythmic subdivision of the reverse effect. This determines how the reversed audio lines up with your tempo. You can choose from several musical timing options, such as shorter rhythmic pulses or longer note values.

Clock Knob

The Clock knob adjusts the reverse delay's sample rate. Higher settings give you a clearer sound. Lower settings create gritty and lo-fi textures while also allowing much longer reverse delay times.

Alt Controls

The pedal includes alternate controls that are accessed by holding the Aux footswitch while turning certain knobs. These let you adjust overall volume and fine-tune delay timing without using tap tempo or MIDI.

On/Off Footswitch

This footswitch turns the pedal on or off. A quick press switches the effect normally. Holding the switch activates the effect only while the switch is held down, which is useful for momentary reverse bursts.

Aux Footswitch

The Aux footswitch has multiple functions. By default, it acts as a tap tempo control, letting you match the reverse timing to your song. Holding it can also trigger runaway feedback for huge swelling textures. It can also be set to cycle through presets instead.

Preset Switch

The Preset switch lets you cycle through the three onboard preset slots or return to live mode. Holding the switch saves your current settings to one of the preset locations.

Expression Jack

The expression jack allows you to connect an expression pedal to control one or more parameters in real time. This makes it easy to sweep settings like mix, speed, or clock while performing.

Input Jacks

Input jacks accept mono or stereo signals, so you can connect a single instrument or a full stereo rig.

Output Jacks

The output jacks send the processed signal to your amplifier or recording setup. The pedal supports mono output, stereo output, or mono in with stereo out routing.

MIDI In Jack

The MIDI In jack allows external controllers to manage the pedal. Change presets, adjust parameters, or sync timing via MIDI commands.

MIDI Out Jack

The MIDI Out jack sends MIDI messages from the pedal to other devices. It can pass incoming messages through or send a MIDI clock based on the pedal’s timing.

USB Port

The USB port is included for possible future firmware updates.

Power Input

The power input connects to a 9V DC center-negative power supply. The pedal requires about 350 mA of current to operate properly.

What’s in the box of our Old Blood Setback Reverse Effect Pedal?

• OBNE Setback Reverse Delay Pedal
• OBNE Branded Pedal Box
• OBNE Pin
• OBNE Stickers
• OBNE Guitar Pick
• OBNE Setback Manual
• DeathCloud Merch
• Candy

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