RAINGER FX ECHO-X

Rainger FX have produced the world's first gated delay pedal, the Echo-X. A development based on the original Echo-X pedal from 10 years ago, it's a digital delay, and the repeats can be controlled by the envelope of the guitar signal itself; stop playing and the repeats stop too. This gives the effect of the echo being far more "˜part of the sound', at times feeling like a tightly-edited guitar sample.

It makes runaway feedback oscillations far more manageable too "“ each separate phrase can have wild howling feedback, with silence in between, then new feedback on the next phrase. Add to this some real-time control using the Rainger FX Igor controller, and pitch-bent echo swirls take over"¦

Despite having four switches, five knobs, three LEDs and a foot controller "“ unbelievably - it's still a mini-pedal. Each Echo-X is supplied with an Igor "“ a dual-sensitivity pressure pad. Lightweight, no moving parts "“ and giving an easy solution to expression on-the-fly.