AC noises available now at Southern Guitars

by Brian Pearson July 6, 2021

Southern Guitars is proud to now offer AC Noises!

"Respira" is an Italian verb which means "breathe" in second person imperative (tu, respira = you, breathe).

This percussive ambient machine consists in 2 effects in 1 pedal unit, and it’s something that we dreamed about for a very long time here at AC noises due our true love for movie soundtracks, cinematic soundscapes and atmospheric music in general: a shimmer reverb in front of a multimode lfo tremolo.

AMA is an Italian verb which means "love" in second person imperative (tu, ama! = you, love!).

The first version of this effect pedal was released in early 2018 and it quickly became the top seller of the AC noises catalogue. In fact, during the consecutive two years, the AMA has been chosen from many alternative, post-rock, shoegaze and ambient artists (including some well known ones) and it's been featured (and mentioned several times) on the gear encyclopedia "Pedal Crush" in late 2019.

This new version (simply marked as V.2) is the result of the feedbacks we received from all around the world during the past two years and it's been created to provide the most exciting experience to all the sonic adventurers out there who love a gently modulated and oscillating spring reverb in front of a bit crusher.

The AMA V.2 offers up to 4 different control parameters for the reverb (OSC, MIX, REVERB and RAMP) and 2 for the re-worked and now more musical bit crusher which is still placed after the reverb (RESOLUTION and SAMPLE RATE).
Note: About the bit crusher, there is also an internal trimmer which controls the effect's gate. Anyway, we suggest to leave that as it comes from the factory.