Description
The Beam Splitter is a powerful single pedal designed to expand your guitar sound like never before. Combining three distinct overdrive voices, it creates a rich, harmonically complex soundscape without losing clarity. Its unique architecture allows parallel operation or split outputs to deliver ultra-wide tonal options for studio or live use.
Main Features
- Triple-drive overdrive/distortion pedal with three independent sections
- Purple section: hard-clipping distortion, providing the pedal’s core gain tone
- Green section: soft or hard clipping overdrive, offering a bright and light character
- Blue section: transistor overdrive with a neutral, responsive mid-gain range
- Individually adjustable gain and volume controls on each drive section
- Time and Decay controls on Green and Blue sections for adjustable delay and feedback effects
- Deviate control to introduce natural delay time variations, simulating doubled players or chorus effects
- Expression (EXP) input for remote control of the Deviate parameter
- Relay bypass switching for transparent true bypass
- Mono input with flexible output options: combined mono or split three separate outputs
- Powered by 9V DC PSU (centre negative, 2.1 mm plug, 150 mA)
- Made in the USA
Expanding Your Sound with Triple-Tracks
Beam Splitter processes your guitar through three parallel gain circuits, each offering different clipping types and tonal qualities. The Purple section is your heavy hitter with hard clipping and rich compression. The Green section provides bright, lighter overdrive with delay and feedback to create subtle flanging or slapback effects. Blue is the most flexible, with a transistor-based overdrive and adjustable gain that reacts naturally to your playing dynamics.
Use the Time and Decay controls on Green and Blue to shape delay effects ranging from tight comb filtering to long, trailing echoes. The Deviate knob introduces slight random variations in delay times, offering a convincing double-tracked feel or chorus-like movement to your sound.
With three separate outputs for each drive section, you can route signals independently for stereo or more complex setups, adding depth and dimension to your rig.
Specifications
- Input: Mono
- Outputs: Purple (mono combined), Green, Blue (individual outputs)
- Control knobs: Gain, Volume, Tone (Purple); Gain, Volume, Tone, Time, Decay (Green & Blue); Gain switch (Blue); Deviate (shared)
- EXP input: Standard TRS expression control for Deviate knob
- Size: Compact pedalboard-friendly enclosure
- Power supply: 9V DC centre-negative, 2.1 mm, 150 mA
Frequently Asked Questions
➤ What types of overdrive does the Beam Splitter offer?
Beam Splitter features three distinct overdrive circuits: Purple hard clipping distortion, Green soft or hard clipping overdrive with delay, and Blue transistor overdrive with adjustable gain. They operate in parallel or split outputs to blend or separate these tones.
➤ How do the delay and feedback controls work?
The Green and Blue overdrive sections include Time and Decay controls to set delay duration and feedback amount. These create subtle doubling, slapback, or comb filter effects, adding richness and movement to your sound without affecting clarity.
➤ Can I use the Beam Splitter for stereo output?
Yes. By using the separate Green and Blue output jacks alongside the Purple out jack, you can create a wide stereo setup with each drive circuit routed independently for immersive soundscapes.
➤ What is the Deviate control for?
Deviate adds random variation to the delay times on the Green and Blue sections, making the doubled tones feel more natural and lively. It can also produce flange, chorus, or broken vibrato effects depending on your settings.
➤ How is the pedal powered?
Beam Splitter is powered by a 9V DC power supply with a centre-negative 2.1 mm plug requiring 150 mA current draw. An external 9V PSU is sold separately.
Delivery
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This item is normally sent to Mainland UK addresses by DPD who generally provide a one-hour window of delivery on the morning of delivery by email or text message.
FREE delivery within mainland UK
UK Non-Mainland: from £12.99
Rep. of Ireland and Mainland Europe: from £35 (calculated at checkout). Please see our international delivery page or contact us for details.
Warranty Information
Old Blood Noise Endeavors Warranty Information: 1 Year
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