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Infinitely Organic.
Some might say we’re driven. When our engineers lock themselves in our sound design labs for months on end, you might say we’re obsessed. We have been dedicating ourselves to forging a collection of the most organic, luscious, expressive, and versatile modulation effects ever heard.
It was an enormous mission—we painstakingly studied the nuances of the legendary modulations of celebrated tremolo effects, phaser pedals, chorus units, and more from the last five decades. We didn’t stop at faithfully capturing these warm and lush vintage sounds—we expanded their vocabulary with extended versatility and sonic possibilities never before heard.
Open Up the History Books of Music.
Mobius gives you twelve legendary, versatile, and inspirational modulation machines, all in an easy-to-use package. Go from mouthwatering vintage chorus sounds all the way to syrupy psychedelic phasers. Get classic, pulsating tremolos all the way to warbling crushed bits. Mobius opens up the history books of music and provides new sounds and inspiration for all of your musical ideas.
We knew we must surpass what has been done—in sound design, audio quality, hardware design, and processing power. Utilizing an insanely powerful SHARC DSP, every drop of power is harnessed. Top it all off with 200 presets, full MIDI implementation and a unique Pre/Post Mode and you’re on your way to modulation ecstasy.
12 Versatile Modulation Machines
Mobius provides twelve studio-class, fully tweakable, and completely adjustable modulation machines:
Chorus
The Chorus machine features five distinct modes to cover all the classic chorus sounds, from the variable-clock warmth of the dBucket, Multi, and Vibrato modes, to the crisp and clean 80s sounds of the Digital and Detune modes.
Flanger
The Flanger machine’s six modes are designed to deliver the historic catalog of flanging tones with maximum ease of use. Choose from the color-coded Silver, Grey and Black (+ and -) modes for vintage stomp flanger tones, or go through zero back to the days of tape flanging with the Zero+ and Zero- modes.
Rotary
The Rotary machine captures the sonic swirling complexities of a variable horn and drum rotary speaker. A variety of parameters let you shape the system’s sonics and mechanics.
Vibe
The Vibe machine lives and breathes with the warmth and depth that discerning vibe fans will appreciate. Control over waveshape symmetry, low end response, and headroom allow for precise under-the-hood adjustments.
Phaser
The Phaser machine’s modes ensure that you’re able to easily dial in chewy 2, 4 and 6 stage phasers as well as swirly 8, 12 and 16(!) stage phasers. Each mode was painstakingly tuned for optimum sonic performance.
Filter
The flexible Filter machine gives you Low Pass, Wah, and High Pass filter modes, with resonance control and a host of cool waveforms, including envelope control, to allow for soothing sweeps, funky wahs, and futuristic bleeps.
Formant
Say what? The Formant machine does the talking for you. The Formant machine provides hours of fun as a host of selectable waveforms control the selected vowels. Select random vowels, and who knows what it’ll say next?
Vintage Trem
The Vintage Trem machine provides three historic tremolo sounds. Choose the rich complexity of the Harmonic tremolo, the soothing pulses of the Tube tremolo, or the surf and spy sounds of the Photo tremolo.
Pattern Trem
The Pattern Trem machine allows you to sequence up to eight beats of trem subdivision for some unique rhythmic sounds. Choose from a variety of waveforms, including smooth sinewaves, sharp saws, choppy pulses, and more. Easily re-trigger your pattern with a single press of the tap switch.
Autoswell
The Autoswell machine goes beyond the typical ‘volume swell’ effect, giving you four different types of swell curves to choose from, in addition to a wide range of rise times. The Depth knobs brings in a chorus/vibrato effect to the swelled signal when turned up.
Destroyer
The Destroyer machine combines bit-crushing, sample-rate reduction, and lo-fi filtering alongside vinyl scratches and warps. From an old-timey 78 record, to video-game nostalgia, to a heinously corrupted under-sampled buzz, the Destroyer machine has the power, flexibility and sonic pedigree necessary to really muck things up just right.
Quadrature
The Quadrature machine handles another spectrum of signal corruption. Choose from AM (amplitude modulation), FM (frequency modulation), or Frequency Shifting (single side band modulation) to go where few have gone before. This mode is highly flexible with a variety of waveshapes to modulate the modulation.
Controls and Routing
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Front Panel
- The Display can show LFO speed (in beats per minute), your preset name, or preset bank number. When editing a sound it will display your modulation parameters.
- Value gives you complete control over modulation parameters, global settings, and fine-tuning of LFO speed.
- Each Modulation Machine type has it’s own set of easily tweakable effect parameters.
- Speed provides coarse adjustment over your LFO Speed.
- Depth sets the modulation depth for the current modulation machine.
- Level adjusts the output level from -3dB to +3dB. Set to 12 o’clock for unity gain.
- Type allows you to select your Modulation Machine type.
- Choose from Chorus to Quadrature and everything in between. Press to toggle the display between Bank and BPM. Press and hold to save a preset.
- Param 1 is assignable to any parameter for the current modulation machine, saveable per preset.
- Param 2 is assignable to any parameter for the current modulation machine, saveable per preset.
- A Footswitch activates or bypasses your preset.
- Press A and B simultaneously to Bank Down through your presets.
- B Footswitch activates or bypasses your preset.
- Press B and TAP simultaneously to Bank Up through your presets.
- Tap Footswitch allows you to Tap to set your LFO Speed.
- You can also press once to re-trigger your LFO for Phaser, Filter, Formant, Pattern Trem and Quadrature. For Rotary, this switch is assignable to either tap or speed select.
Rear Panel
- Left Input – Plug your instrument in here. Acts as a mono input when only one channel is being used.
- Right Input – Plug your instrument in here. Acts as Input 2 when the Pre/Post Mode is activated.
- Left Output – Connect to your amp, mixing board, etc. Acts as a mono output when only one channel is being used.
- Right Output – Connect to your amp, mixing board, etc. Acts as Output 2 when the Pre/Post Mode is activated.
- Expression Pedal Input – Connect to an expression pedal and control any knob or combination of knobs. Can also be used for an external tap switch.
- Signal Routing Switch allows you to choose standard Stereo In/Out operation or Pre/Post Mode.
- Pre/Post Mode gives you flexible routing, allowing Mobius to be placed in two different locations in your mono signal chain.
- MIDI Input – Connect to external MIDI controllers.
- MIDI Output – MIDI CCs can be sent out of the MIDI output whenever a knob is turned or a switch is pressed.
- Power – 9VDC (center negative), 300mA minimum.
Features
Presets, Expression Pedal Control, Assignable Knobs, Pre/Post Mode, and MIDI Integration.
200 Presets
Expression Pedal
Assignable Knobs
Pre/Post Mode
MIDI Integration
200 Presets
200 Built-In Presets
Mobius gives you the option to instantly save and recall up to 200 of your own presets. Easily bank up or down through your presets using the front panel switches. Give each preset its own custom name to appear on the display. You can even select presets via an external MIDI controller.
Expression Pedal
Expression Pedal Control
Plug in an expression pedal and control any knob or combination of knobs, all saveable per preset. Or plug in an external momentary Tap switch for remote control of your LFO Speed.
Assignable Knobs
Assignable Knobs
Do you like to tweak some knobs more than others? Mobius gives you the ability to assign custom parameters to the two Param knobs on the front panel, all saveable per preset.
Pre/Post Mode
Pre/Post Mode
Switch to the Pre/Post Mode and now you can place your Mobius in two different locations in your mono signal chain, without having to rewire your pedalboard!
Want to run Mobius before your distortion box for one song and after the distortion for another? Easy! No rewiring necessary.
MIDI Integration
Extensive MIDI Support
Have a more complex rig? Mobius offers a complete MIDI implementation to connect to your MIDI gear.
Sync your LFO time to MIDI clock. Remote control of any knob, parameter, or switch. Select your presets via MIDI.
Specs
Sound Design
Hardware
Ins & Outs
Audio Quality
More
Sound Design
- Studio-class modulation algorithms deliver meticulous and detailed modulation experiences
- Twelve modulation machines to choose from: Chorus, Flanger, Rotary, Vibe, Phaser, Filter, Formant, Vintage Trem, Pattern Trem, Autoswell, Destroyer, Quadrature
- Five front-panel tone shaping knobs: Speed, Depth, Level, Param 1, Param 2 (Param knobs assignable per preset)
- Additional menu-driven parameters deliver extremely flexible tone shaping options and versatility
- 200 easily accessible and nameable presets, save and recall at the press of a switch
Hardware
- Three rugged metal footswitches for preset selection, effect bypass, and Tap
- LED display for preset info, BPM readout, and extended parameter control
- Full MIDI implementation allows extended control for those with more complex rigs
- Sturdy and lightweight dark blue anodized aluminum chassis
Ins & Outs
- Stereo input and output
- Expression pedal input with selectable control over any knob or combination of knobs, saveable per preset (also configurable as external tap input)
- MIDI input and output
- Pre/Post Mode for flexible routing, allowing you to put Mobius in two different places in your mono signal chain
Audio Quality
- Ultra low noise, high performance 24-bit 96kHz A/D and D/A converters
- 110dB typical signal to noise
- 20Hz to 20kHz frequency response
- +8dBu maximum input level easily handles instrument and line signals
- Premium analog front end and output section
Super high performance DSP in a compact form factor - 32-bit floating point processing
More
- True Bypass (electromechanical relay switching)
- Selectable high-quality Analog Buffered Bypass
- Selectable Tap Subdivision, saveable per preset
- Optional Global Tap Tempo mode
- Included 9V DC power supply (300mA required minimum)
- Dimensions: 6.75″ wide, 5.1″ deep
- Designed and Built in the USA
Reviews
Mobius sounds as glorious as its tech-spec suggests, with 24-bit, 96kHz converters, 32-bit floating-point processing and a 110dB signal-to-noise ratio.
...the amount of high-quality effects [Mobius] crams inside is amazing.
Jon Bloomer
GuitarNoize
...Mobius gives you just about every modulation weapon you could ever need.
The quality of the Mobius is superb. It’s dead silent—quiet enough to use for outboard mix buss duties.
This isn't just for guitars, though, as the Mobius can handle up to +8dBu input levels, which means that all manner of signals played live or sent from a DAW are ripe for treatment.
Mobius could conceivably replace a raft of pedals in a guitarist's live rig, adding programmability and its clever pre/post functionality, while recordists will its appreciate its superb sound quality, flexible handling of input levels and sheer range of effects. As a programmable modulation pedal suitable for a variety of instruments both on stage and in the studio, the Mobius ranks among the best of its type.
Mobius boasts the power of a professional-quality rack processor while offering the convenience and immediacy of a stomp box.
Chris Gill
Guitar World
Mobius is rich, warm and detailed, with all of the expressiveness and character of classic analog effects and none of the noisy by-products.
Chris Gill
Guitar World
Mobius is a pedal of very deep capabilities that exponentially widens the sound potential of a pedalboard, opens up studio and production possibilities, and can inspire whole tunes.
...it’s really a rack-style unit with all the flexibility and quality that that implies, hiding in a convenient pedal casing.
...there are things it can do that simply aren’t possible with other modulation stompers.
There are loads of editing possibilities from a nicely laid-out set of knobs that lend themselves to quick onstage tweaks.
Both a workmanlike stage tool and an inspirational creativity machine, the Mobius is onestop shopping for vintage stompbox models, expressive swelling effects, and even some freakier sounds.
Sonically, the Mobius is highly satisfying. The vintage phasers, flangers, and chorusing all sound excellent, and, just as important, they feel right too.
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