Electro Harmonix Pico Freeze

The meeting of the original Freeze and Superego pedals results in the Pico Deep Freeze Sound Retainer. With the ability to freeze a moment in sound, the Deep Freeze can serve as a sustain pedal to hold chords and notes as accompaniment for your performance, or as a platform to manipulate your sound into new, impossible tones with a standard guitar. In addition to the capabilities of the original Freeze, the Deep Freeze features layering, adjustable attack/decay speeds, glissando, dedicated volume controls, and three modes: Latch, Moment, and Auto, making it a powerful pedal well beyond its size.

The Deep Freeze allows for instant sound freezing in three operating modes. Latch freezes the sound each time the footswitch is pressed until the effect is bypassed, while the Moment mode freezes the sound only while the footswitch is held down. The Auto mode automatically captures the sound whenever it detects a signal above the threshold, allowing for virtually hands-free operation. These three modes simplify the operation of the Deep Freeze in a way that caters to any style.

The controls on the Deep Freeze allow you to further customize the effect's operation. Separate Dry and Effect volume controls let you blend signals from a subtle background to 100% effect experimentation. Gliss adjusts the morphing time between frozen sounds, creating otherworldly soundscapes. The Speed/Layer knob regulates the attack/decay time of the effect in Moment and Auto modes, or the amount of layering possible in Latch mode, making it feasible to play impossible chords.