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Everything You Love About The Classic Colorsound Tremolo With A Modern Twist

A Short History Of The Colorsound Tremolo

In the 70’s, brothers Larry and Joe Macari of Sola Sound developed the Colorsound Tremolo, modeled after the tremolo of a VOX^® AC30 tube amp, using only 4 transistors. You can read more about the history of the Colorsound Tremolo [HERE].

Due to its immense success, you can still buy the hardware version from Macaris [HERE].

The Martinic Colorsound Tremolo is modeled closely on the original tremolo, offering the same features (and flaws) to perfectly preserve the character of the original effect.

The Controls (Plus Fine-tuning/Value Entry)

You can adjust controls by clicking and dragging them up or down using the mouse. To fine-tune a parameter to a more exact value, hover your cursor over it, hold the Ctrl key (Mac and Windows), and scroll the mouse wheel.

You can also right-click on a knob to enter a value using the computer keyboard. Double-clicking a knob or fader will reset it to its default value.

FX View And Settings View

The Colorsound Tremolo can be used in either FX view or Settings view. FX view allows you to control some of the Colorsound Tremolo’s parameters, as you would on a physical version of the device.

Settings view provides an abstracted set of controls for the plugin, giving you control over every parameter on the Colorsound Tremolo.

Here you can access all the controls, including Master volume, Drive volume, Width and Tempo Sync of the tremolo speed.

Martinic Additions

Martinic Colorsound Tremolo includes Tempo sync, Stereo width, Drive volume and Output volume controls, which were not present on the original tremolo.

You can adjust these knobs by dragging them up/down using the mouse, or you can use the mouse wheel.

You can also right-click on a knob to enter a value using the computer keyboard. When you double-click on a knob, its value will be reset to its default.

• Tempo Sync – the Sync toggle switch synchronizes the Colorsound Tremolo to the tempo of your DAW and switches the Speed knobs from a number to predetermined time signatures.
• Stereo Width Control –  the Width knob allows you to control the stereo width, going from mono (0%) to full stereo (100%).
• Input Drive – The Drive knob allows you to control the subtle saturation inherent to the Colorsound Tremolo, going from -60dB to +24dB.
• Output Volume – The Volume knob is an overall output control. It ranges from -36dB to +24dB.

1974 And 1996 Modes

The Martinic Colorsound Tremolo can operate in 1974 or 1996 mode by double clicking on the desired pedal in the FX view or by switching the Model in the Settings view.

The 1996 model was a revived version of the successful original, but was manufactured using updated internal components, though some people preferred the sound of one over the other.

Default Presets

Colorsound Tremolo comes with 16 default presets. These include 1974 and 1996 presets, which are modeled on the two incarnations of the original stomp box.

In the VST version of the plugin, the top bar allows you to select between the Default Presets that will be shown in your DAW. You can navigate between these 16 spaces using the left and right arrow keys either side of the name.

If you have a DAW that uses the AU plugin format, the above selection method will be unavailable but the default presets can be selected through your DAW’s interface and will be read-only.

For more information read the [User Manual].