Uploaded November 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Guitar Effects Pedal Demo - Subdecay M3
Monophonic Guitar Synthesizer
Based on the Korg MS-20, the M3 brings the sounds of 70s monophonic synthesizers without the modular complications.
Instead of dual oscillators, the M3 employs 3 digitally controlled oscillators for super fat synth sounds that never go out of tune.
Eleven oscillator combinations cover string sounds, analog bass, bell tones, fifths and more. The algorithm knob’s eleven settings further shapes the sound controlling everything from the filter, two envelope generators, LFOs, portamento and more.
70s inspired
The 1970s saw a massive expansion of electronic music instruments. Much like early electric guitars some didn’t know what to make of these electronic synthesizers. Some of these electronic noise makers were almost affordable. (insert if you can afford a truck, you can afford a synthesizer meme)
Ease of use and portability improved as well, but MIDI wasn’t coming until 1983. Saving patches usually meant writing them down in a notebook. This was still a vast improvement from earlier interconnected cabinets in studios that needed constant tuning and maintenance and were near impossible to use live.
This era created some of the most iconic synthesizers of all time. We’ve packed the essence of 70s analog monosynth into the M3. Don’t let the simplified controls deceive you. The M3 incorporates the following: (Synth Speak warning)
Guitar Effects Pedal Demo - Subdecay M3
Monophonic Guitar Synthesizer
Based on the Korg MS-20, the M3 brings the sounds of 70s monophonic synthesizers without the modular complications.
Instead of dual oscillators, the M3 employs 3 digitally controlled oscillators for super fat synth sounds that never go out of tune.
Eleven oscillator combinations cover string sounds, analog bass, bell tones, fifths and more. The algorithm knob’s eleven settings further shapes the sound controlling everything from the filter, two envelope generators, LFOs, portamento and more.
70s inspired
The 1970s saw a massive expansion of electronic music instruments. Much like early electric guitars some didn’t know what to make of these electronic synthesizers. Some of these electronic noise makers were almost affordable. (insert if you can afford a truck, you can afford a synthesizer meme)
Ease of use and portability improved as well, but MIDI wasn’t coming until 1983. Saving patches usually meant writing them down in a notebook. This was still a vast improvement from earlier interconnected cabinets in studios that needed constant tuning and maintenance and were near impossible to use live.
This era created some of the most iconic synthesizers of all time. We’ve packed the essence of 70s analog monosynth into the M3. Don’t let the simplified controls deceive you. The M3 incorporates the following: (Synth Speak warning)









![Orion Effekte - Schwarzweiß
Anyone can do white, and black even more. But true art is created when black meets white. When parallel worlds like these collide and when something greater than the mere sum of both sides is created from nothing.
Black [SCHWARZ] stands for overdrive – the best Orion Effekte ever made?
White [WEISS] stands for (treble)booster, a pedal that Orion had never built before.
Black houses the actual overdrive circuit. „PEGEL“ controls the volume, „KLANG“ the tone as usual, „VERZERRUNG“ the amount of distortion and „SÄTTIGUNG“ influences the sound in various, mostly very subtle ways, but can produce oscillations in extreme settings.
White comes with two controls – „PEGEL“ for the volume and „FILTER“ for damping the bass part, e.g. to achieve a TrebleBooster effect.
Redefine your own grey zone with the Orion black and white [Schwarzweiss] effects! And notice that in the tension between black and white a new, sometimes oscillating, iridescent and in any case fascinating new overdrive world is waiting for you.
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Gear used:
PRS Custom 22 w/ Humbucker
Blackstar Artisan 30
ZOOM Q8
Shure SM58
Monster Cable
Ibanez Power Supply
Sony Alpha a5000
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