Electro-Harmonix最初成立于1967年，可以说是我们与遗产效应踏板品牌最接近的东西。这些传奇的Stompboxes创造的声音在来自吉尔穆尔（Gilmour）和科本（Cobain）到雷姆（Rem）和警察的相应传奇艺术家的作品中展现出来。无论类型如何，EHX踏板无处不在。在这里，我们有一对新单元，旨在提供EHX建立声誉的功能，高音质和价值的功能，高音质和价值。
“This thing is dangerous… It’s bigger than both of us,” yawned pugnacious psychedelic troubadour John Martyn in his song Big Muff. He had a point. The original Big Muff enclosure contained more fresh air than just about any other stompbox to date, but the advent of the EHX’s nano design (with its joyful standard power jack) makes the Big Muff a serious contender for even the most space-conscious pedalboard owner.
This Op-Amp model is the third nano Muff Pi in the EHX range. At first glance the existing Big Muff Pi Nano and Green Russian Pi models might have the grungier end of the sonic spectrum covered. This new pedal, however, was built in tandem with Smashing Pumpkin Billy Corgan (it even says “Your Slice of Pumpkin Pi” on the box) and features switchable Op-Amp circuitry to provide authentic vintage Muff tones. Given that Corgan played a huge role in the resurgence in popularity of the Big Muff in the 1990s, this is significant news.
With a similar design to EHX’s excellent Canyons delay, the Oceans 11 reverb hints at a huge amount of functionality with a total of 11 separate reverb ‘voices’. This impressive selection is further increased with a responsive footswitch (allowing double tap and hold for certain features) a Mode switch and even a jack for an external footswitch, making the Oceans 11 one of the most feature-packed pedals of any kind that we have seen at this price point.
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Given the Pumpkin associations, there’s only one sensible course of action when plugging in the Op-Amp Muff – give it a bit of Billy. Conscious of the fact that he achieved his sound from judicious balancing of master volume and preamp gain stages we do likewise with a tube-driven Marshall amp. With imagined snare drum rolls in our ears, we pound out the iconic clean riff from the Cherub Rock before stamping expectantly on the Op-Amp Muff and basking in the roar. It’s that Siamese Dream sound, or near as damn it.
And yet there’s more – with the Op-Amp engaged it’s a very good Muff sound for any genre. It’s grippy and nuanced enough for Gilmour and can even do early Sabbath tones.
原始踏板经常提出的一种批评是，它可以消失在混合中。在这种情况下，我们发现我们的声音在整个过程中仍然存在。在这个价格点可以使用这种语气的事实是庆祝的原因。今天确实是最伟大的一天……
鉴于海洋11提供的声音众多，我们可以很高兴地将本评论的长度三倍地增加了三倍，但这里是亮点 - 首先是出色的春季混响。在圣杯上发现的明显改进，这种设置甚至为您的所有冲浪需求带来了“踢式混响坦克”的崩溃，并通过双水龙头进行了脚步开关。
REVRS设置（反向混响效应）是怪异和诱人的，尤其是对于铅音。正如名称所表明的Echo为您提供令人愉悦的数字延迟进食板混响的那样，TREM是一种颤音效应，可以通过模式开关进行进一步调整，从微妙的脉冲到几乎是环形调制的疯狂，Mod提供了您希望的一切从合唱和颤音的温和洗涤到经典的EHX Flerb的直截了当的疯狂（对于初学者而言）。将脚步开关降低还触发大多数混响设置的无限设置（例如自振荡的延迟）。
The Dyna setting works like a slow volume for dramatic swells and cello noises (tracking remarkably well) and at six o’clock on the knob we are greeted by Auto-Inf, which listens to your playing and crossfades to a new reverb wash upon every attack. This is particularly atmospheric when coupled with distortion and/or fuzz. Finally we have Shim and Poly, two varieties of pitch shift, the former adding an upper octave wash and the latter giving you two configurable pitch shifts. We find these settings particularly worthy of exploration. It’s worth noting that all the sounds respond well to tweaking, too.
We spend several inspiration-filled hours finding new and musical textures with the Oceans 11 and although some of the sounds are decidedly on the lo-fi end of things (it won’t kick your Strymons or Eventide H9s off the upper left corner of your board based on sound quality alone) it still represents good value.
With this brace of new EHX pedals, we see a company consistently unwilling to coast on its reputation. Like other stompboxes in this now classic range, both units are musical, inspiring and relevant across various genres for not a lot of cash.
主要特征
Electro-Harmonix Op-Amp Big Muff Pi
• DESCRIPTION紧凑的绒毛踏板
• 价格£75
•控件Volume, sustain, tone, bypass switch, Op-Amp selector mini toggle switch
• 特征9V电池或9V PSU（未提供）
• 方面70 x 115 x 54mm
电汉蒙克斯Oceans 11 Reverb
• DESCRIPTION紧凑的数字混响踏板
• 价格£120
•控件Reverb type, FX level, time and tone knobs, mini mode button, double-tap responsive footswitch, additional footswitch input
• 特征仅9V DC PSU（提供）
• 方面70 x 115 x 54mm
• 接触电汉蒙克斯www.ehx.com