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Electro Harmonix Cathedral Stereo Reverb

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Brand Electro-Harmonix
Style Reverb
Color Multi-Color
Item Weight 0.9 Kilograms
Voltage 9 Volts

About this item

  • 24 bit AD and DA converters
  • True stereo inputs and outputs
  • 8 programmable reverb styles with the ability to load and save
  • Tap Tempo to set pre-delay section
  • Damping/Tone control available for each reverb mode

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Product Description

Enter the Cathedral and surround your music with the aria of divine presence. True stereo reverbs reveal your inspirations while programmability recalls your spirit of creation. The Cathedral is the performer's mantra creating the perfect space for your instrument or voice while offering an elegance that takes your music to a higher ground.


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Cathedral Stereo Reverb

Enter the Cathedral and surround your music with the aria of divine presence. True stereo reverbs reveal your inspirations while programmability recalls your spirit of creation. The Cathedral is the performer's mantra creating the perfect space for your instrument or voice while offering an elegance that takes your music to a higher ground.

Blend knob

The BLEND knob is a wet/dry control for the effect outputs. Turning the BLEND knob to its minimum counter-clockwise position will yield 100% dry signal with no wet. Turning the BLEND knob to its maximum clockwise position will give you 100% wet signal with no dry. A mix of wet and dry signals will occur when BLEND is set anywhere in between the extreme settings.

Reverb time knob

In all modes except GRAIL FLERB and ECHO, the function of the REVERB KNOB is to control the length of the reverb decay. As you turn the REVERB knob clockwise the reverb time will increase from a very short decay to an infinite decay at the full clockwise setting. When the REVERB knob is set to infinite, the reverb will not decay; adding new notes will make the reverb sound more complex.

Dampening / Tone knob

The DAMPING/TONE knob controls frequency shaping in all modes except GRAIL FLERB, giving the musician the ability to fine tune the sound of their reverb or echoes. The knob acts as a damping control for HALL, ROOM and PLATE modes, a standard tone control for GRAIL SPRING, ACCU SPRING and REVERSE modes, a low pass or high pass filter in ECHO mode and a resonance control in FLERB mode.

Feedback knob

The FEEDBACK knob controls the amount of signal that is sent from the output of the delay block back to the input of the delay block. With a delay time long enough to hear discrete echoes, turning the FEEDBACK knob clockwise will cause the delay block to produce multiple echoes from one note. Each echo then goes into the reverb block producing multiple reverb washes from one note.

Pre-delay knob

In all modes except ECHO mode the PRE-DELAY knob sets the pre-delay time for the reverb block. Pre-Delay allows the musician to put a time delay between playing a note and hearing the onset of reverb for that note. In ECHO mode, the PRE-DELAY knob sets the delay time for the echoes. The total range pre-delay and delay is from 0 to 2 Seconds. As you turn the knob clockwise, the delay time will increase.

Please Note: the pre-delay time for all modes can also be set by the TAP/INFINTE footswitch. The control that takes precedence is the one that is last touched. If you tap in a delay time, then turn the PRE-DELAY knob, the tap time will be erased and the new delay time will be determined by where the PRE-DELAY knob is set.

Mode knob

This is the white knob located in the upper right corner of your Cathedral. The MODE knob is a rotary encoder enabling the user to scroll through the 8 Modes of the Cathedral. Turn the knob clockwise to progress up through the modes: from ECHO to GRAIL SPRING mode. Turn the knob counter-clockwise to progress down through the modes: from GRAIL SPRING to ECHO mode.

The MODE knob also has a push switch to save and load presets. To load a preset, turn the MODE knob to select the desired mode and then give the MODE knob a quick tap: push it down then release it. To save a preset, push down and hold the MODE knob for 3 seconds. You will then see all of the mode LEDs blink rapidly. Continue to hold down the MODE knob until the LEDs stop blinking. At this point the preset is saved and you can release the knob. Only one preset is saved per mode and the preset you save is based on the current mode.

Mode descriptions

GRAIL SPRING — This mode is the Spring setting taken directly from the Holy Grail. The Cathedral gives you additional control over the Reverb Time and the Tone of the spring sound; both of these parameters are preset on the Holy Grail. If you would like to set up your Cathedral’s GRAIL SPRING mode to sound exactly like a Holy Grail spring, turn the REVERB TIME and DAMPING/TONE knobs to 12 o’clock and the FEEDBACK and PRE-DELAY knobs down to zero (full counter-clockwise). Set the BLEND knob wherever you like for your ideal wet/dry mix.

ACCU SPRING — Is a new spring reverb model designed specifically for the Cathedral. For ACCU SPRING mode, we emulated a medium decay, 17” Accutronics spring tank with 6 springs. You can adjust both the Tone of the ACCU SPRING and the Reverb Time to suit your exact needs.

HALL — uses a smooth and lush sounding reverb algorithm. You can set the Reverb Time to obtain the exact decay rate that works perfectly for your music. The DAMPING/TONE knob works as a damping control in HALL mode allowing you to control the sound of the reverb from both a tonal and spatial perspective.

ROOM — is medium sized room algorithm, similar to HALL mode except meant to produce a smaller sounding space. The DAMPING knob again will allow you to control the sound of the reverb from a tonal and spatial perspective.

PLATE — is an emulation of a metal plate reverb commonly found in high end recording studios during the 1960’s and 70’s. The Cathedral’s Plate reverb is a very smooth, tonally balanced sounding reverb. Works great on many different instruments and is wonderful on vocals. The DAMPING knob will again allow you to control the sound of the reverb from a tonal and spatial perspective.

REVERSE — Reverse Reverb is an emulation of the reverse reverb trick commonly performed in studios, where a note’s reverb fades-in, in reverse of course, before the note is actually struck. The Cathedral works in real time and cannot create backwards reverb for a note before it is actually played so the REVERSE reverb in the Cathedral will create reverse reverb after a note is played. The length of time between playing a note and hearing the reverse reverb completely fade in is set by the REVERB TIME knob (in addition to PRE-DELAY). The further you turn REVERB TIME clockwise the longer the note will take to fade-in. In REVERSE mode, the DAMPING/TONE knob works as a tone control, allowing you to increase or decrease the high frequency response of your reverb.

GRAIL FLERB — This mode is the Flerb setting taken directly from the Holy Grail. On the Holy Grail, the rate of modulation and resonance of the flanger block is fixed but the Cathedral brings out these parameters onto their own knobs. The REVERB TIME knob

controls the flanger’s modulation rate. The DAMPING/TONE knob controls the flanger’s resonance.

ECHO — turns your Cathedral into a digital echo. You can tap in the delay time using the TAP/INIFINITE footswitch, or dial it in using the PRE-DELAY knob. Set the number of echo repeats by using the FEEDBACK knob. The DAMPING/TONE control can be used to either low pass or high pass filter the echo repeats. The REVERB TIME knob can be used to smear the repeats so that it sounds more like a reverb than an echo effect.

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4.3 out of 5 stars
4.3 out of 5
82 global ratings

Customers say

Customers like the sound quality, quality, performance, ease of use, and options of the sound and recording equipment. For example, they mention that it sounds like church, has a full spectrum of reverberation, and performs all functions as are stated. That said, they appreciate the clear Cathedral directions and the fact that it has countless options.

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14 customers mention12 positive2 negative

Customers like the sound quality of the sound and recording equipment. They say it has an awesome sound, tremendous reverb, and sounds like a church. Customers also say it's an excellent re-verb pedal with many clever variations on sound output. They also mention that the delay sound wonderful.

"...Weird effects. There's a reverse, delay, etc. This delay actually sounds wonderful. I like it a lot. Easy to change the tap tempo too...." Read more

"...The quality of the sound is equal to and usually exceeds in quality that of similar pedals...." Read more

"...It's quite an awesome sound; the wash just continues on and on and the un-reverberated guitar plays over it. Sweet...." Read more

"...atmospheric landscapes to subtle in room, this is a full spectrum of reverberation, spot on control, with ease dial in that classic surfer reverb..." Read more

6 customers mention5 positive1 negative

Customers like the quality of the sound and recording equipment. They say it's a good unit, but the cons outweigh the pros at this price.

"...This pedal is flat-out awesome." Read more

"Awesome." Read more

"Good Unit. Read why I chose it..." Read more

"It's nice, but the cons outweigh the pros at this price..." Read more

4 customers mention4 positive0 negative

Customers are satisfied with the performance of the pedal. They mention that it is a durable metal unit that performs all functions as stated, and is an excellent pedal with more functionality than a typical guitarist would use. The controls also allow the pedal to work as an echo unit.

"...Overall, an excellent pedal with probably more functionality than a typical guitarist would use. Easy to use, easy to figure out." Read more

"Durable metal Unit. Performs all functions as are stated and appear on YouTube demonstrations. Easy to use...." Read more

"Tremendous reverb, lots of options and controls, actually will work as an echo unit...." Read more

"Works great, got it used for $150. One of the best purchases by mobile pc! Thanks" Read more

3 customers mention3 positive0 negative

Customers find the sound and recording equipment easy to use. They mention that the Cathedral directions are clear.

"...Easy to use, easy to figure out." Read more

"...Easy to use. (If you're not familiar with these types of effects pedals, the Cathedral directions are clear--read 'em.)..." Read more

"Get it. Amazing sounds and easy to use. Can also use tap-tempo with all reverbs, not just the echo mode." Read more

3 customers mention3 positive0 negative

Customers like the options and controls of the sound and recording equipment. For example, they mention it has a lot of options and can work as an echo unit.

"Tremendous reverb, lots of options and controls, actually will work as an echo unit...." Read more

"This pedal can make some nice sounds and it has a lot of options, but......" Read more

"This pedal is making a incredible reverb, lots of possibilities, remembers your presets, it s perfect!..." Read more

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5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing clean sound
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