Electro-Harmonix Freeze Sound Retainer Pedal
Capture a frozen moment and turn it into a tonally unique sonic foundation.
The Electro-Harmonix Freeze Sound Retainer pedal delivers infinite sustain of any note or chord at the press of a momentary footswitch. Release the footswitch and again... read more
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According to this article Jonny Greenwood uses an Electro Harmonix Freeze Pedal, which can be seen on the photo of his pedalboard on the ... more

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"We've got the Freeze here. Josh likes non-guitaristic appraoches to guitar playing. Sometimes he'll just flip between that and the DD-6 ... more

In this instagram photo, we see the Electro-Harmonix Freeze Sound Retainer as part of Matty's rig. more

At 2:57 minute mark of this rig rundown, the "Freeze" pedal by Electro-Harmonix is visible on his board. more
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Cool effect
A really cool effect with plenty of possibilities, but not for me unfortunately

This Freeze will give you chills...bad pun intended.
I’ve had this pedal for sometime and I love it, it’s pretty useful in creating ambient drones and textures. This pedal is pretty straight forward and fun to use,

EHX Freeze
A cool concept, though im not sure how much longer it'l be on my board. I have yet to find a use for it live, and really just mess around with noodling over pedal notes.

Not much fun on its own, but paired up....?
It only does one thing! It does it well though. It uses granular synthesis to freeze the spectral bins of whatever you've just played, and then it plays it back to you forever in latch mode. Initially I thought, 'that's nice...but how can I actually make use of it?'. The answer for me was to get some sort of looper. Then, using the Freeze pedal, it becomes possible to build up huge layers of synth guitar, note-by-note. I think EHX actually want you to do this; they probably envisioned that players would couple this with all sorts of other effects like modulations, delays and reverbs so that we could all do Brian Eno impersonations in our bedrooms. Which, it seems, is exactly what we're doing! Of course, it works just as well with synths etc.

You have any issues when you engage & it causing a tick or blip? I swapped out for a different toggle & it’s all fixed up. Eno the fuck out indeed!

Great fun, and pretty sounding pedal.
I've had the EHX Freeze for a couple of weeks now and I've loved it. I haven't messed around too much with the fast and slow settings as I've only been using it to sustain chords for the intros in songs and to use in conjunction with delay to make noise.
But what I have been using it for has been great. It's done exactly what I want it to and I'm keen to see how much more I can do with it

Great
A game changer. Excellent for drones. Its great too for improvising on chords.

Interesting pedal!
This is an interesting pedal that i do use often, primarily when i go for huge crazy ambient sounds. I will often use this with reverb, delay, chorus, phaser, distortion, and volume swells.

Little pricey, find a used one
Pricey pedal, but I found one used for $60 (Canadian). Great for creating a soundscape. I use it live and in the studio to fill the sound, and is great for practicing on your own to have something to play over. Also great for sustaining notes in a solo (if youre into that). Works best for my shoegaze-style playing, or ambient stuff

edited about 2 years ago
Great for drone/ambient base
With dry-only output and less-clicky button mods, it is perfect.
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Description
Capture a frozen moment and turn it into a tonally unique sonic foundation.
The Electro-Harmonix Freeze Sound Retainer pedal delivers infinite sustain of any note or chord at the press of a momentary footswitch. Release the footswitch and again you are sample-ready. The Freeze Sound Retainer pedals' 3 selectable decay rates-including a latch mode-guarantee liquid smooth tonal transitions. Hook the E-H Freeze Sound Retainer to your favorite pedals for a sonic collage unlike anything you've ever heard. The Freeze Sound Retainer is almost like Electro-Harmonix adding an extra musician to your band.
Specifications
- Real-time sample capture with perfect looping
- Latch mode for infinite sustain at the touch of a momentary switch
- Fast decay mode
- Slow decay mode
- Latch mode for infinite sustain of sample capture
- Smooth tonal transitions between captures
- Optional 9.6DC 200 power supply
El arma secreta para tríos
Uno de mis favoritos. Lo adquirí no estando del todo convencido. Ideal para crear colchones atmosféricos en donde se generan vacíos incómodos.