Walrus Audio Melee

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Walrus Audio Melee

Post by tequila_in_teacups » Wed Jan 18, 2023 12:08 am

Seems to be another take on the shoegaze in a box thing that's popular right now – although they don't seem to be explicitly marketing it that way.

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Sounds cool. Looks cool. The joystick is a brilliant idea. Even manages to make a Strat sound good. :D

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Re: Walrus Audio Melee

Post by GreenKnee » Wed Jan 18, 2023 12:21 am

Joysticks are cool and all but when you've found a great sound and then knock it a tiny bit it's a pain to find the sweet spot again.

I still occasionally rock my Dream Mangler and it sounds epic, but the joystick can be a pain. Except when it's set to oscillate and then the joystick controls the pitch 8)

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Re: Walrus Audio Melee

Post by Embenny » Wed Jan 18, 2023 1:49 pm

tequila_in_teacups wrote:
Wed Jan 18, 2023 12:08 am
Even manages to make a Strat sound good. :D
It's Brett Kingman making that strat sound good. He's one of the few YT demoers who can pick up a strat without immediately going into SRV/Hendrix clichés.

That said, it's a pretty cool pedal.
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Re: Walrus Audio Melee

Post by panoramic » Thu Jan 26, 2023 5:36 am

Embenny wrote:
Wed Jan 18, 2023 1:49 pm
tequila_in_teacups wrote:
Wed Jan 18, 2023 12:08 am
Even manages to make a Strat sound good. :D
It's Brett Kingman making that strat sound good. He's one of the few YT demoers who can pick up a strat without immediately going into SRV/Hendrix clichés.

That said, it's a pretty cool pedal.
I think players made me hate strats for years because of this, then I played them way later myself and realized I was wrong. They are really great guitars, the people who play them made me aggro
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Re: Walrus Audio Melee

Post by cpeck » Thu Jan 26, 2023 5:49 pm

Haven’t felt psyched on a new pedal in a while (still psyched on old Lovetone, Moog, etc), but this thing actually sounds pretty cool.

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Re: Walrus Audio Melee

Post by Plumerai » Wed Feb 01, 2023 6:12 am

I wonder if they could do a trackball controller instead of a joystick (like on the Centipede arcade games). Less likely to bump it off a setting. Never had a joystick on a pedal. Are they durable enough for controlling with feet?

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