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Digitech Announces iStomp, The First Guitar Pedal That Can Load Any Sound

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Digitech, one of the leading manufactures of guitar pedals, amps, accessories, and more, has announced the iStomp, the world’s first fully programmable guitar pedal. You can check out an image of the pedal below. What you have is a very normal looking stompbox with four knobs, stereo in and stereo out. I’m also 99% sure that it uses a standard 9V power source.
The way the pedal works is that you purchase it for $229.95 (MSRP), which gets you the correct cable to hook it up to your computer, a power adapter, and two initial downloads (Total Recall Delay and Redline Overdrive). Then, you get online and look through the iStomp store through the various effects, of which 24 will be made available upon launch. The effects will range in price from $4.99 to $19.99 and will include exclusive Digitech models, classic Digitech and DOD sounds, and third-party licensed models. Guitarists can test out demos of each pedal by downloading a 10 minute trial.
The idea here is that guitarist will only have to buy one or two pedals and keep their computer with them at gigs, whereupon they can change the sounds with the click of a button. Since the effects are connected to the user account, multiple pedals do not require multiple effect purchases. 

While I’m intrigued by this product (and it really does sound awesome), I’m much more of an analog kinda guy. All this digital processing doesn’t really appeal to me but I can see why it would appeal to the younger generation of guitarists, especially those who are just starting now. Hell, I remember the fuss the Line6 POD made when it first came out. It was unbelievable. I guess what it boils down to is that we live in a new world and, as much as I prefer a good ole’ tube amp with an analog delay pedal, I’m well aware that aspiring guitarists see the world in a vastly different, far more digital way than myself.

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Here’s a full press release.
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“He Walks By Night” – Listen to a Brand New John Carpenter Song NOW!

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It’s a new day, and you’ve got new John Carpenter to listen to. John Carpenter, Daniel Davies and Cody Carpenter have released the new track He Walks By Night this morning, the second single off their upcoming album Lost Themes IV: Noir, out May 3 on Sacred Bones Records.

Lost Themes IV: Noir is the latest installment in a series that sees Carpenter releasing new music for John Carpenter movies that don’t actually exist. The first Lost Themes was released in 2015, followed by Lost Themes II in 2016 and Lost Themes III: Alive After Death in 2021.

Sacred Bones previews, “It’s been a decade since John Carpenter recorded the material that would become Lost Themes, his debut album of non-film music and the opening salvo in one of Hollywood’s great second acts. Those vibrant, synth-driven songs, made in collaboration with his son Cody Carpenter and godson Daniel Davies, kickstarted a musical renaissance for the pioneering composer and director. With Lost Themes IV: Noir, they’ve struck gold again, this time mining the rich history of the film noir genre for inspiration.

“Since the first Lost Themes, John has referred to these compositions as “soundtracks for the movies in your mind.” On the fourth installment in the series, those movies are noirs. Like the film genre they were influenced by, what makes these songs “noirish” is sometimes slippery and hard to define, and not merely reducible to a collection of tropes. The scores for the great American noir pictures were largely orchestral, while the Carpenters and Davies work off a sturdy synth-and-guitar backbone.

“The trio’s free-flowing chemistry means Lost Themes IV: Noir runs like a well-oiled machine—the 1951 Jaguar XK120 Roadster from Kiss Me Deadly, perhaps, or the 1958 Plymouth Fury from John’s own Christine. It’s a chemistry that’s helped power one of the most productive stretches of John’s creative life, and Noir proves that it’s nowhere near done yielding brilliant results.”

You can pre-save Lost Themes IV: Noir right now! And listen to the new track below…

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