I want to make a simple preset that holds the dry signal when the CC is triggered.
I set the shaper to blend=0 and turn off every other effect (amp, fx, cabinet, etc..). When I turn on the HOLD function, no sound is held. Is this normal?
If I add some synth signal (shaper blend > 0), that part of the signal can be held.
If I set the blend to 100%, I can't seem to dial a dry neutral tone with the shaper, there is some chorus-y phase-ish sound that I can't get rid of (the FX section is off).
I'm currently using the beta iOS version from testflight through AUM.
(Aside from this, what a great app you have made, the octaver alone is much better than a 300$ EHX micro/nano/pico POG)
Hi Iwi,
Tha is correct: only the shaper signal can be hold.
To hold normal guitar pitched guitarsounds,
- you can set the BLEND somehere in the middle to get a balance between dry and hold guitar.
- CHROMATIC should be gray, (OFF)
- Upper row "ATTACK", "DOUBLER", "TRESHOLD" should be set to 0, THRESHOLD all the way to the left.
- Lower row "HX OFF" TREM/DETUNE/VIB to OFF
You can send both the dry and the shaper guitar through its own AMP, by selecting appropriate mode in SETUP tab, top row to the left.
Feel free to question everything, I'm here for it!
Best, Paul
Quote from: lwi on Mar 28, 2026, 06:07 PMI want to make a simple preset that holds the dry signal when the CC is triggered.
I set the shaper to blend=0 and turn off every other effect (amp, fx, cabinet, etc..). When I turn on the HOLD function, no sound is held. Is this normal?
If I add some synth signal (shaper blend > 0), that part of the signal can be held.
If I set the blend to 100%, I can't seem to dial a dry neutral tone with the shaper, there is some chorus-y phase-ish sound that I can't get rid of (the FX section is off).
I'm currently using the beta iOS version from testflight through AUM.
(Aside from this, what a great app you have made, the octaver alone is much better than a 300$ EHX micro/nano/pico POG)
Thanks for the tips, but it doesn't quite achieve the sound I'm looking for.
You have mentioned somewhere that the plugin expects a clean instrument signal, I now see why. My incoming 'dry' signal that I want to hold is not clean at all... it's a beefy bass with some distortion. The shaper does strange spectral things with it.
In my setup I split the signal from a bass into 2 signal paths: one path goes through a pedal board for a typical rock/metal bass tone. The other goes to Space Guitar for an octave-up distorted tone to emulate a fake guitar à la Royal Blood, this is my main usage for Space Guitar. The hold function for this application works very well. I wanted to be able to hold both signal paths independently, but I will need another solution for the 'bass' part.
But I don't want a reverb that has a hold function, more like the EHX Freeze pedal. This is apparently hard to find.
I'm gonna try to do this with Loopy Pro using retrospective recording to a very short loop with crossfades, but I don't expect it to sound like I want it to.
If you were so inclined, Space Guitar's hold function as a stand-alone plugin would be an amazing tool. I haven't seen any existing plugin that does this.
Cheers and keep up the good work!