NPD: Free The Tone Future Factory

[bluesholyman]

I have yet to plug it in, very busy weekend, but this arrived yesterday. Looking forward to giving it a spin and seeing if it sounds as good in person as it does in the videos. @JuneauMike - this would be a case where That Pedal Show had something, and I bought it purely because of their demo. It was a digital delay episode that asked if Strymon timeline, 10 years later is still king (that video below.) Never been a Strymon fan, because it has "a sound" and I don't care for that. FTT is the only other one I've heard that I think is better than Strymon. Just my take...

I had been looking at the Free The Tone Flight Time as a holy grail acquisition, and when the time came, discovered the newer Future Factory and it sounds even better bigger than the Flight Time. Looking forward to seeing how it does...

 

[burntfrijoles]

Holy crap on a cracker, I’d need an engineering degree to use that!

 

[northernguitar]

Looks like it’s a part from NASA.

 

[RetroTeleRod]

Congrats! Happy NPD.

 

[bluesholyman]

Holy crap on a cracker, I’d need an engineering degree to use that!

Looks like it’s a part from NASA.

I am pretty sure I can launch something with it...

 

[Killing Floor]

I have yet to plug it in, very busy weekend, but this arrived yesterday.

Awesome! Happy NPD.
That’s what I’m talking about! Busy weekends are ok. That’s where the phrase GAS Pedal comes from.

 

[bluesholyman]

Holy crap on a cracker, I’d need an engineering degree to use that!

Whats interesting is that the design is intended for just the opposite. Rather than having to menu dive to find parameters to adjust, everything you can change is right there. Press a button, twirl a dial, listen, save it. I don't have any extensive experience with it yet, but I suspect its quite easy to use and one doesn't have to remember where anything is.

Might need a night light on a dark stage, but it is suppose to be quite straight forward.

 

[burntfrijoles]

Whats interesting is that the design is intended for just the opposite.

Well that's ironic since it has more fields, buttons and lights than the UFO's likely have.
I've never understood why a delay pedal couldn't just be as simple as: a time control with a small display of m-seconds; blend control, repeats, perhaps a modulation control. You could add a toggle for modes (analog, tape, digital). I don't need shimmer, reverse, etc.

 

[bluesholyman]

I've never understood why a delay pedal couldn't just be as simple as: a time control with a small display of m-seconds; blend control, repeats, perhaps a modulation control.

Thats what this is....maybe I am missing something

 

[bluesholyman]

I know....its a bit confusing without the lights....hmm, I think I hear a countdown coming from somewhere...

 

[4pickupguy]

Congrats!