Origin Effects Halcyon Green Overdrive Pedal

Name: Origin Effects Halcyon Green Overdrive Pedal
Brand: Origin Effects
Price: 252.5 USD
Availability: Discontinued

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Key Features

One the most dynamic drives available
Responds to your playing thanks to adaptive circuitry
Tonnes of sounds offered through multiple voicings and "dry" control knob
An improvement upon one of the most popular overdrive circuits out there...

Origin Effects Halcyon Green Overdrive Pedal Overview

The Origin Effects Halcyon Green Overdrive Pedal is a roaring drive stompbox with an all-new adaptive circuitry. Based on one of the most popular overdrive circuits out there, this ingenious pedal takes it a step further by placing you firmly in control of your drive. It's got that mid-forward, low-gain boost with a dash of clean signal that many players adore. But thanks to Origin Effect's clever engineering, an adaptive circuit means you can roll back the volume for a fully detailed cleaner tone, and the pedal adjusts the mid-bump along with you.

Essentially, you can leave the Halycon on, crank your settings for some flamethrower tones, then lower your guitar's volume or adopt a softer pick attack to enjoy some full-bodied cleans. Simplicity at its finest. That said, there's a lot you can do with this pedal! A dry signal control matches with a voicing switch so you can really shape the sound to your taste. The 808 voicing is the classic mid-bump howl, while the MOD setting introduces a brighter peak to the output. Complete with high-quality components and an excellent buffered bypass that will preserve the strength of your signal, you've found your next performing pedal.

Product Ref: 232592

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Adapted for you

The star of the show. This all-new circuitry is built to grant you dynamic control of your sound while using overdrive, so you can roll off the saturation without having to switch off the pedal. On classic overdrives you could cut your volume, but you were sometimes left with a nasal-like, thin clean sound.

The adaptive circuit of the Halcyon solves this by gradually fading away as the pedal cleans up, so if you're playing softly or reducing the guitar volume, you still gain the rich spectrum of clean tones to sample - without having to adjust anything on the pedal! In essence, your pick attack and volume settings control how "on" the pedal is.

Let your amp scream

Furious howls. It's a classic overdrive that's famed for pushing amps to breaking point, and rewards players with that mid-focused tone bump to blast through a mix. All those sounds are present and correct on the Halcyon, but it goes further than just being a simple tone clone. You've got that classic crunch, sure, but with a dry control and voicing switch you can access a whole new set of sonics.

The dry control allows to you let more of your clean signal pass through, great for tightening up the sound and revealing the natural character of your guitar. Along with that are settings for the adaptive circuitry two voicings, 808 and MOD. 808 is the standard, familiar mid-hump roar of classic drives, whereas MOD introduces brighter presence peaks that can focus high-gain outputs. It also works great with humbuckers, granting extra bite to thicker textures.

Gig ready build quality

Ready for the road. Whether you're gigging, jamming or recording, you can be sure the Halcyon is up to the task. A sturdy housing and durable, high-quality switch ensure reliable performance, no matter how hard you push it. Along with that, buffered bypass means your signal is preserved in those long FX chains, and together with top mounted jacks and a compact design, it'll slot right into your pedalboard.