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Robert Keeley Engeneering – is an American company run by Robert Keeley. Robert grew up in a music and engineering family. He started in electronics in 1989 and founded his own company in 2001. Roberts became popular among PROs for his mods of Boss and Ibanez pedals.

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All pedals by Keeley Engeneering are handmade. There are several interesting Delay / Reverb / Modulation pedals and most of them, one way or the other, combine these effects. I find Keeley pedals to be excellent creative tools due to this effects combination with carefully designed sound degradation stages.

 

  • Delay Workstation - is a powerful, dual DSP processor delay and reverb machine. Effects Include: Slapback w/reverb, Tape Delay w/tone control, Multi-Head Echo w/3 head control, Analog Delay w/dynamic modulation, Digital Delay w/inverse dynamic modulation, Subdivided Delay w/dotted eighth / eighth / triplet / sixteenth, Ducking w/compression ratio, Pitch Shifting delay with w/octave up/down control, Spring Reverb w/tension control, Chamber Reverb w/filter control, Hall Reverb w/tone control, Plate Reverb w/tone control, Shimmer w/octave up control, Flanged Reverb w/vibrato or random modulation.
  • Loomer - It is a shoegaze dream. Soft Focus Reverb features a dense reverb with two delays in parallel (one set for 250ms, the other set for 380ms.). Reverse / Trem Bar Reverb -sets different delay times with the Decay control which gives you rhythmic reverse. The vibrato in this mode is envelope controlled. Hall / Octave Reverb is a super long ambient wash with the ability to add octave regeneration in the feedback loop. Muffdive.
  • Aurora Reverb - digital reverb with Room, Plate and Hall modes. You can achieve cathedral resonance, enormous surface areas of sheet-metal plate sounds or convincing room decays.
  • Dark Side - Yes, you got it right. Inspired by David Gilmour’s classic guitar sound. The Fuzz side of the Dark Side is a big fuzz style distortion based on a 1977 op-amp style. Select between a multi-head tape delay effect or between a combination of 4 different modulation sounds. 12 different syncopated delays. They are rhythmic and have the tonal quality of the old spinning drum tape delays. The Dark Side has many subtle filters to get the tape delay setting to have the feel and warmth of the original machines, yet gives you range of control to have modern features like expression pedal control for the number of repeats. Modulation modes: Flanger, Rotary Speaker Cabinet, U-Vibe, and Phaser.
  • Super Mod Workstation - With the Super Mod Workstation you can combine 2 effects together to create a nearly endless soundscape of tones. Two banks of eight legendary effects. Super Mod Workstation effects include: Tremolo w/triangle to sine waveform control, Harmonic Tremolo w/presence tone control, Filter Trem w/oscillator and random control, Phaser w/feedback control, ADT w/blend control, Rotary Cabinet Sim w/treble horn control, Digital Delay, Analog Delay w/dynamic modulation, Chorus/Vibrato w/blend control, Flanger w/positive or negative feedback, Hall Reverb, Plate Reverb.
  • Monterey - The Keeley Monterey Rotary Fuzz Vibe has a vintage fuzz, rotary speaker, vibe, harmonic and auto wah, an octave up or octave down, as well an expression control to allow you to create a rich array of new and newer sounds.