Catalinbread Soft Focus Deluxe

The Soft Focus Deluxe installs the missing delay function from the original FX500 patch, giving you exacting control over every parameter across 6 different programs. Dip your toes into a vast array of shoegaze textures and soundscapes with an integrated footswitchable distortion circuit, giving you the option to run it in series with or in parallel with the Soft Focus patch. Also added is a multi-function jack capable of expression control or tap tempo. Your shoes will never look the same again.

- Mode switch:
1. Soft Focus: Standard patch from original unit.
2. Long Reverb Tails: With increased decay time to infinite.
3. Deep Modulation Warble: Adds an additional voice to the modulation, extending into pitch-bending.
4. Shimmer Soft Focus: Juiced reverb decay to modulation, and added shimmer.
5. Pitch Delay with Strong Shimmer: Focuses on pitch-shifting and adds an octave up to the delay repeats.
6. Expression Pedal Input Control: Standard Soft Focus patch with expression for input Volume (note: Time and DLY controls are swapped).
- Controls for Mod, Verb, Dly and Time depend on the selected mode.
- Mix: Blends between wet and dry signals.
- Dst Lvl: Op-amp driven high-gain distortion with fixed gain and volume.
- Parallel / Series switch: In Parallel position, dry becomes a high-gain distortion. In Series position, distortion occurs before the Soft Focus for massive distorted reverb and modulation.

Controls:

Mix, mod, verb, dly, time, dst lvl, switch prgm (6 positions), switch parallel / series.