TC Electronic Vortex
If you have ever found yourself craving a simple flanger to put on your board, then here is your answer. This stompbox has TC’s well known high quality build and design, and can be cracked open like a treasure chest to find many hidden gems with TonePrint. Do not underestimate this little guy. It has some serious sonic skills.
External Control: APP/TPRINT
Cost: $
HornFX Review
Interface: 4/5
This is about as simple as a flanger gets. The controls are intuitive and simple to understand. Beyond that, a whole new world can be opened up with the use of TonePrint.
Versatility: 3/5
With three very expressive knobs, you can create a variety of different and useful sounds. The multitude of sonic options that are available are not truly accessible with the knobs alone.
Clarity of Effect: 3.5/5
The effect is clear and resonant, but you do lose a little bit of signal. That can be a bit of a detriment and might require a bit of boost elsewhere on your board.
Complexity: Simple
Live application: 3.5/5
Like most TC pedals, this is a reliable and well thought out pedal for live use. It does not take much work to find nice sounds and can be a great addition to your board.
Product Information
Wherever Your Playing Takes You
An endless list of immortal artists have used the flange effect to create musical magic. From The Beatles to Pink Floyd to Van Halen, Metallica and the Red Hot Chili Peppers and beyond – thanks to VORTEX FLANGER, all of those sounds are instantly yours
for the rocking!
• Classic flange and tape flange modes
• Intuitive yet deep control set
• Stereo I/O
Subtle Woosh to 747 Landing
The two modes in VORTEX FLANGER are a classic pedal flanger capable of giving you everything from suble chorus tones to classic Van Halen jet flanger swoosh, and tape mode, which gives you the psychedelic sound of the original flange tones of Jimi Hendrix and Led Zeppelin. And it does fantastic ‘through zero’ sounds too!
Famous Flange Flavors
VORTEX takes the great pioneers of ’60s and ’70s flange and adds a set of deep controls, allowing you to sculpt and time your flange sounds with great precision. This allows you to quickly dial through the rich history of the legendary flange pioneers, such as Hendrix and Van Halen – or sculpt your own twisted sounds!
The I/O You Know
VORTEX FLANGER has stereo ins and outs, which is really cool for dual amp set-ups, or a double combo attack where ultra-wide flange sounds are desired. Awesome – but not for the faint of heart!
Outstanding TonePrint-enabled flanger pedal offers you 2 high-quality flanger effects
Classic pedal flanger and tape mode settings provide you with everything from subtle tones to jet flanger swooshing to create with
4-knob interface allows extensive tonal tweaking while remaining highly intuitive to let you focus on playing
True stereo I/O provides incredibly wide 3-dimensional tones
TonePrint-enabled to let you beam cool signature tones into your pedal with the free TonePrint App
Design your own customized flange effects from scratch with free TonePrint Editor for PC, Mac* and iPad*
True bypass allows for optimum clarity and zero high-end loss when the pedal is off
Optional buffered bypass mode prevents high frequency loss from long cable runs
Analog-Dry-Through maintains total integrity of analog dry signal path even when flange effect is engaged
Kill-Dry feature removes the dry signal path for use with parallel effects loops
Easy "1 screw" battery compartment access
Compact format fits on any pedal board
3-Year Warranty Program*
Designed and engineered in Denmark
TonePrint enabled - load Vortex Mini Flanger with your favorite artist's tone
Free TonePrint Editor to create your own custom flanger pedal
Beam enabled - send TonePrints to Vortex Mini through their free TonePrint for iPhone and Android
Through-zero-flanger - get the authentic psychedelic flanger sound of the sixties
Ultra-small footprint - so wear tiny shoes
True-To-Tone: True Bypass and Analog-Dry-Through
Put it in front of your amp or in the loop, Vortex Mini Flanger is equally awesome
DC adapter sold separately
Product info from the TC Electronics website.