Bathing is a liminal delay: perhaps a reverb, or a phaser, or a classic delay, but never exactly any one of these things. It’s a style of effect unique to the Old Blood lineup. You pick the overall delay time, the number of allpass filter stages it runs through to get there, and how you want to modulate the character of those stages. Turn knobs, fear not, and be sure to save that preset when you find it!
For integration into many different rigs, Bathing has:
Stereo in and out with analog dry through
Trails or true bypass switching
Presets
Expression control over every knob
MIDI control over everything in the pedal, including MIDI clock in and out for external syncing
Controls
Time to set the central delay time, as well as choose between six subdivisions when holding the Tap footswitch
Stages to set the number of stages the delay passes through, from two to twelve
Feedback to set the overall feedback amount
Filter to darken or brighten the character of the delay
Rate, Depth, and Shape to determine the motion and character as the delay moves through its stages, with a variety of LFO shapes and two envelope options
Dry to set the volume of the dry signal
Wet to set the volume of the delay
Dimension to add subtle stereo chorus/mono vibrato to the wet signal
Tap/Aux switch to tap in tempo, hold for infinite feedback, or optionally use as a preset switcher
Soft-touch Bypass footswitch with relay switching for minimal switch noise
For more information, see the Bathing manual available here.
Requires 9V DC center negative 2.1mm jack power supply capable of 350mA (not included).
The art of Bathing is by John Salame.
