Electro Harmonix Freeze Sound Retainer 5-stars Reviews

simple but effective and different allmost organ like in ways and used with a looper as well can be very interesting lie a lot

Quality pedal; with a slight modification.

Being a jazz guitarist this is a great tool for intros, outros and everything in between with a little bit of practise.

The only thing that annoys the hell out of me and the audience is the clicking sound while using the pedal; changing the harmony. In a small club setting it is really noticeable; but with a slight modification at "guitar / effect custom shop" guy I was able to get rid of this annoying clicking sound.

Other then that I have no complaints. It is very well made; great size for already overcrowded pedal board. It need its own powersupply which is included. Be sure to use it; especially if you are also using stereo delay (if you use the same power supply it tends to have a buzzing sound). (*at least this was the problem on my pedal board.)

Otherwise, all in all, a quality pedal.

Incredible

This is exactly what I have dreamed about for ages. It sustains the sound you play. Forever. No matter how many notes you play. It just plays you back the sound you let ring when pressing the button. You can use it to create beautiful soundscapes and use it for some very unique solo playing. I use it with my fretless bass and it's just a blast. The number of possibilities of sounds you can create with this little thing is endless due to the three modes: FAST, SLOW and LATCH.

FAST means that the sustained sound will decay instantly once you let go of the button.

SLOW mean that the decay will be more subtle.

LATCH means that the note keeps on playing once you let go of the button.

The only downside is that the switch button makes a loud click which you can't hear when you play loud or in a big group, but I use it to create soundscapes on a relatively low level so it's a little bummer for me. But with some know how and a little knowledge in soldering you could easily replace the button for something else just as I plan on doing.

Overall. My dreams have come true with this little helper.

Just Amazing!

Definitely, one of the most revolucionary guitar pedal! Excelent for trio and hightly compatible with other pedals

Great versatile pedal

Like all Electro Harmonix products this pedal is a well made durable pedal. It is a nice compact size for fitting on pedalboards etc.

This pedal "freezes" signal into drones; play an E minor chord and press the pedal and you get an E minor drone to solo over etc.

The options available for freeing are great. You can have it gradually fade into the frozen sound or straight away or choose whether the pedal must be held pressed or just toggled to activate function.

I have used it in a variety of live and recording circumstances and it has done me well in all.

Freeze

I've had this Freeze pedal for a good few months now. I had wanted one for a while, but the price tab for what is basically a single feature put me off.

However this pedal is fantastic, the latch mode comes in really useful though I tend to only use the 'Slow' mode. It works really well with an EHX Pitchfork as well, as combined they can create sustained organ sounds.

This pedal is fantastic, and if you're thinking on buying it, just do it.

This pedal is amazing! Have used it for quite some time now and it is perfect for shoegaze-type stuff and crazy glitched out spasms if you do a fast stomp after hitting a chord or the strings behind the bridge. Also great if you want to practice soloing on top of a chord.

Great idea, very well made

This pedal is a great idea by ehx and a very good realization of this idea. The quality is very good and sturdy, nothing rattles when you shake it and the build quality is like a tank.

The freeze function has three modes: Two where you push done the pedal to hold a note or chord and the effect stops when you let go of it, and the "latch" mode where a note is held until you stomp on the switch again. The former two modes have the only difference in the amount of decay after release. Here I would personally like it if the mode with longer decay had a much longer decay, maybe adding another small control knob for this. But actually, I mostly use the latch mode.

The sound of the pedal is very unique, which is kind of organ like, and the sound changes a bit when you hold a note longer, it's something in the overtones and hard to explain, but I really like how this pedal does not just hold the note but has its own sound to it.

I can very much recommend trying this with a tremolo pedal, that's so far one of my favorite ways to use it, but it's also great for practicing, like getting familiar with a new scale. Also you have new possibilities to play cool upper structure chords which would be impossible on guitar without this pedal.

Hours of fun!

Use it love all the time, great for soloing and playing over sustained harmony notes.

Super

The effect with this pedal is a little hard to explain. But as its name suggest it freezes the notes your playing. When you play a note and switch the pedal on, the note keeps singing and you can play on it. The sound of it is a little like an organ. A simple way to use it is, you play a chord, make it sing in the background with the pedal and then play solo on it. It is a very simple effect but very useable and ut gives you a totally new way of playing. The first time I used it I played for hours. Worth every penny!

Recommended

Very solidly built, simple to use and good fun to experiment with.

I like it.

A little wonder

The Freeze pedal was a real discovery for me. It's a very simple pedal with only one feature (usable in three different modes) but you like that feature, you're going to absolutely love this pedal.

You will like it if:

a) You like to create textured/ambient sounds for your songs. The chime-like frozen sustain you can make is great for creating a bed of sound for songs. Alternatively, freezing a single distorted note can add some real grit if that's what you're looking for.

b) You like to indulge a bit in David Gilmoresque solos. Just freeze a single chord and then start soloing over it like there's no tomorrow. You can practically play the first 5 minutes of Shine on you crazy diamond by yourself with a freeze pedal (and an ebow for the first bit).

It's a Electro Harmonix pedal so you can expect the quality to be good. It's very light but feels solid enough. I've found I only end up using two modes (latch and slow decay). The frozen sound you get is very good and clean, chime-like for trebley sounds and droning for the lower notes, though it works best without distortion/OD as too much OD will make it sound too muddy/heavy.

Cool trick I discovered recently: Freeze a note/chord, then activate a pedal with reverse delay on it and play around with the delay/feedback time.