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Electro-Harmonix KEY9 Electric Piano Machine Pedal

BH #ELKEY9 • MFR #KEY9
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Electro-Harmonix KEY9 Electric Piano Machine Pedal
Key Features
  • For Guitar or Keyboard Effects
  • Emulates Electric Piano Tones
  • 9x Presets
  • Dry, Keys, CRTL 1, and CRTL 2 Knobs
The KEY9 Electric Piano Machine Pedal from Electro-Harmonix transforms the tone of your guitar or keyboard into that of an electric piano and other vintage keyboards such as Rhodes and Wurlitzer, as well as percussive instruments such as marimba and steel drums. The nine presets are tuned to emulate some of the most popular and classic tones.
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Electro-Harmonix KEY9 Overview

The KEY9 Electric Piano Machine Pedal from Electro-Harmonix transforms the tone of your guitar or keyboard into that of an electric piano and other vintage keyboards such as Rhodes and Wurlitzer, as well as percussive instruments such as marimba and steel drums. The nine presets are tuned to emulate some of the most popular and classic tones.

General Features
  • Transforms the tone of your guitar or keyboard
  • 9 presets that were carefully crafted to emulate classic Wurlitzer and Rhodes sounds, plus more
  • Presets provide control of the fundamental parameters that help define that instrument's sound
  • Many presets include adjustable modulation such as tremolo, phaser and chorus
  • Fast and flawless tracking
  • EHX 9.6DC -200 PSU included
Preset Descriptions
  • Dynamo: An evocation of the “Dyno My” modified Fender Rhodes electric pianos of the 1970s and 1980s
    • Ctrl 1 adds bass to the lower strings of your guitar
    • Ctrl 2 adjusts the “tine” or high-end overtones
  • Wurli: The classic sound of the Wurlitzer electric piano
    • Ctrl 1 adjusts tremolo depth
    • Ctrl 2 sets tremolo speed
  • Suitcase: This preset pays tribute to the sound of a Fender Rhodes electric piano routed through a phase shifter
    • Ctrl 1 adds a bass octave and adjusts the “tine” or high-end overtones
    • Ctrl 2 sets the phase shifter speed
  • Mallets: The sound of a wood marimba
    • Ctrl 1 adjusts chorus depth
    • Ctrl 2 sets chorus speed
  • Eighty Eight: This preset emulates a Fender Rhodes 88 electric piano with built-in tremolo
    • Ctrl 1 adjusts tremolo depth
    • Ctrl 2 sets tremolo speed
  • Tri-Glorious: The sound of a Dytronics/Dyno My CS-5 Tri Stereo Chorus
    • Ctrl 1 adjusts chorus depth
    • Ctrl 2 sets chorus speed
  • Vibs: The sound of a metal vibraphone with motorized tremolo
    • Ctrl 1 adjusts the high pitch attack
    • Ctrl 2 sets tremolo speed
  • Organ: This preset offers a highly touch-responsive percussive organ
    • Ctrl 1 adjusts the high frequencies (treble)
    • Ctrl 2 sets the rotating speaker speed
  • Steel Drums: This preset conveys the metallic sound of a steel drum
    • Ctrl 1 adjusts chorus depth
    • Ctrl 2 sets chorus speed
UPC: 683274011783

Electro-Harmonix KEY9 Specs

Presets
Dynamo, Wurli, Suitcase, Mallets, Eight-Eight, Tri-Glorious, Vibes, Organ, Steel Drums
Controls and Indicators
1 x Knob: Dry volume
1 x Knob: Key volume
1 x Knob: Control 1
1 x Knob: Control 2
1 x Knob: Preset
1 x Footswitch: Bypass
1 x LED: Status
Connectors
1/4" phone jack, input
1/4" phone jack, dry output
1/4" phone jack, key output
DC power jack, power input
Impedance
Input: 1 MOhm
Output: 500 ohms
Current Draw
100 mA
Bypass
Buffered
Compliance
FCC
Dimensions
4.00 x 4.75 x 2.25" (10.2 x 12.1 x 5.7 cm)
Packaging Info
Package Weight
1.55 lb
Box Dimensions (LxWxH)
7.2 x 6.2 x 3.2"

Electro-Harmonix KEY9 Reviews

Interesting Effect

By Bnutz
Rated 5 out of 5
Date: 2015-09-25

The EHX series of organ pedals are a breath of fresh air in an industry that seems content recycling the same basic stompbox designs. You can get a wide range of sounds that go from subtle organ texture to bizarre voicings. Having a dry signal out is fantastic for players like me (bass) who want to keep an uneffected signal to my bass rig. Meanwhile I can run the organ sounds into a separate amp and/or series of pedals and tweak to taste. I'm not sure I'll use it in a live setting much, but its a blast to record and play with.

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