Anasounds | Ages Tremolo

Anasounds Website Link

Model Number or Name:

Ages

Tremolo

Circuit Type: Analog

Original Price: $229

Excellent Used Price: $185

Year Released: 2020

Alternate Version(s)

No Alternate Versions Listed

Harmonic tremolo is one of the rarest and most interesting effects, allowing you to make your sound highly personal. It brings a much livelier motion than a tremolo, it doesn’t have the outdated stigma of the chorus, and it takes up less space than a delay or reverb. Whether you’re looking to give your arpeggios a hypnotic edge or to add some thickness to your melodic lines, the Ages brings you a new take on modulation.

Harmonic tremolo lives under many names:
vibrato, harmonic vibrato, harmonic tremolo, vibe, univibe, and so on. In every instance, the goal remains the same, i.e. to change the pitch of your notes in a cyclic way (rather than changing the volume like a regular tremolo) while putting the lows and highs out of phase. That separation between frequencies evokes the Leslie cabinet, and it’s not just by coincidence: the first harmonic tremolos, including the Univibe and the built-in vibratos from old Magnatone amps, have been designed to emulate the Leslie. But those newer references have of course become sought-after effects in their own right, and a few makers have designed their own version since then.

Choose whether it impacts the rate or the depth according to how hard you hit the strings.
Imagine making the effect faster by strumming harder to make your bridge or solo more intense (and the rate automatically decreases until it reaches the one you originally set up with the tap tempo), or making your tremolo less present by playing softer in order not to make your rhythm parts too busy.
SUBDIVISION, the rotary knob on the bottom right-hand corner featuring four positions. The first position doubles the tempo you’ve set before. The second position leaves the tempo at the speed you tap before. The third position divides by 2 the tempo. The last one divides by 3 the tempo. ATTAQUE, a 3-position switch to set the envelope detector. Up the attack changes the tempo of the tremolo. In the middle position it changes nothing. And down the attack changes the depth of the tremolo.
OUT, the output level for the tremolo. Up to +6dB can be added without additional saturation. DEPTH, the intensity of the tremolo. At minimum settings, there’s almost no tremolo to be heard. At maximum settings, the tremolo cuts off the sound completely. TONE allows you to change the cut frequency of the harmonic tremolo. For a darker or brighter tremolo.