Catalinbread Soft Focus Reverb

Catalinbread Soft Focus ReverbInstant Shoegaze The Soft Focus patch on the Yamaha FX500 was widely used in the 90s by early shoegaze bands, most notably Slowdive on Souvlaki. With its roots in that patch, the Catalinbread Soft Focus is intended to be an instant shoegaze button, while addressing the most glaring issues of the original unit: no mix control, a sub par preamp, and a ghastly tone sucking bypass signal. At its heart, the Soft Focus is a heavily modified plate reverb

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Depth & Mode Switch

Custom mode delivers full-throttle gain tones with wider range

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The Mainframe provides sample rate reduction ranging from 48kHz to 110Hz

There's a wide range of gain on tap for gentle crunch and full-on mayhem

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