Who needs sustain when you can just hold out notes forever? At least that’s what the MXR Layers Pedal is offering you.
The MXR Layers Pedal offers sustain and natural decay to up to three layers, meaning you can create some incredibly complex chords and soundscapes all by yourself. Alternatively, you can trigger layers automatically in response to your attack, as set by the Trig knob. So less ambient worldbuilding and more intentional layer that comes and goes.
The MXR Layers Pedal offers a straightforward set of controls to tailor your layers to taste. The Mix knob adjusts the wet signal level for each of the layers. Then there’s the trig knob which we talked about before, the Attack which knob adjusts the fade-in time of each layer, and the Decay which knob sets the fade-out time to mimic the natural vibrations of a physical string by decaying the high frequencies first. There’s also the Sub Oct switch to take one or more of your layers down an octave.
Through the pedal’s programming functions, you can adjust additional parameters, including modulation intensity, delay time, diffusion, and more. You can also use your keyboard’s sustain pedal or another off-board switch such as the MXR Split+ Tap to trigger your layers, blend setting configurations with the Volume(X) 8 Pedal, and run Stereo Input, Stereo Output, and Dry/Wet Split modes.
Get the MXR Layers pedal here for $229.
