Behringer SM200 Slow Motion Pedal

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Change the pace of your playing with this Slow Motion pedal. It smooths your guitar's attack and swells the volume, creating that classic slow motion effect.

The SM200 effects pedal smoothes out your guitar's attack and swells the volume automatically-letting your guitar sound like a violin. This pedal provides a very classic and famous "slow motion" sound effect.

The SM200 features dedicated Attack and Sensitivity controls for awesome sound shaping. A cool blue status LED for effect on/off and battery check plus a first-class electronic on/off switch for highest signal integrity in bypass mode are included. The SM200 runs on a 9 V battery or a DC power supply (not included).

Get an SM200 and become a smooth talker!

- Make your guitar sound like a violin and experience a real cool 80's effect!
- Filters out the attack and swells the volume automatically
- Combine it with a delay pedal and you'll get the sound of a tape played backwards
- Dedicated Attack and Sensitivity controls for awesome sound shaping
- Status LED for effect on/off and battery check
- First-class electronic On/Off switch for highest signal integrity in bypass mode

For support or warranty questions, please contact the manufacturer:
Web: https://www.behringer.com/service.html

Reviewers gave this product an overall rating of 5 out of 5 stars. (4 ratings)
Submitted April 1, 2008 by a customer from yahoo.com

"Tired of killing your volume pedal? This baby's for you!"

Overall: 5 out of 5 stars
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Super satisfied; I bought it out of a weird curiosity, and now I find myself doing things I hadn't of thought of before...it definitely meets my musical goals; surpasses them, really! Again, a great addition to any pedalboard; try a little delay/echo for super cool rhythymic picking styles & feel your way around the notes; you'll be glad you did!

Sound
Great sound shaping to this thing - I do a lot of old school '70's style volume swells on guitar, and it's cool not to work my Ernie Ball Volume pedal to death. The sensitivity and attack knobs work like a charm & once you familiarize yourself with it (taking a clue from the instruction sheet as to what might NOT sound good for certain playing styles, etc.), you can do all kinds of slow Fleetwood-Mac style swells to quick, violin-sticcato sounds (with a delay after it, think 'Cathedral' by Van Halen)...truly cool IMHO.

Features
As stated above, the attack knob determines how slow or fast the volume swell occurs, and the sensitivity knob sets how quickly it resumes to attack mode (a good idea I found is to first set the knob at around 9:00 - maybe even 8:30ish!)...a word of caution; setting both the knobs all the way counterclockwise will render the effect useless, and, as stated above, the instructon sheet warns you about that.

Ease of Use
Super easy...2 knobs, that's it. This pedal is really a way to give your foot & volume pedal a break, read more but the cool thing about this puppy is that you can play SO MUCH FASTER and still have all your notes swelled depending on technique...and, as with ALL effects, if you suck, then your sounds will suck. Cutting your sustain off between notes really helps to get the most out of this effect; long steady notes won't allow the effect to take place with each & every note; the first attack is swelled, then it's like-your-volume-pedal-stays-down type effect.

Quality
Well, in the context of Behringer, it's pretty good; not exactly tank-tough like a Boss pedal would be, but maybe not as cheap & plastic as, maybe per se, Danelectro pedals; I dunno; the jury's wary on this one, but based on my gut feeling and the fact that my Behringer Compressor/Sustainer pedal hasn't crapped on me yet, I'm giving it a good rating.

Value
Awesome value for $29.99 - again, there's some neat stuff you can do with this thing - I would replace it easily if lost, stolen or broken.

Manufacturer Support
Haven't needed it yet.

The Wow Factor
The deep khaki color ROCKS! It doesn't squirt out an ugly ass pastel or anything like that; fits in real fine with my 22 other stompboxes. Sexy? Well, no, but cute enough to get with, if you know what I mean;-)! The blue LED is the icing on this cupcake!

Musical Background:
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Musical Style:
progressive rock, alternative, ambient, chillout, metal, etc.
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