Collision Devices TARS - Epic Fuzz and Filter in One Pedal

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Collision Devices TARS joins the iconic fuzz circuit from their Black Hole Symmetry with a MS-20 inspired low-pass filter for amazing synthy tone explorations. I seriously dig this pedal, and I'm honored to have it in stock over at thepedalzone.com
Gear used:
Guitars and Synths:
Baum Wingman
Yamaha VSS-30
Korg SQ-1 Sequencer
Pedals:
Collision Devices TARS - thepedalzone.com/tars/
Source Audio Collider Stereo Delay/Reverb - thepedalzone.com/collider/
Red Panda Tensor - thepedalzone.com/tensor/
KMA Machines Queequeg 2 - thepedalzone.com/queequeg-2/
Old Blood Noise Endeavors Expression Ramper - thepedalzone.com/expramper/
Mission Engineering EP-25 Pro - thepedalzone.com/ep-25-pro-bk/
Boss IR-200 - thepedalzone.com/ir-200/
0:00 Intro
0:35 Controls
01:23 The Fuzz
03:15 Expression
05:09 Parallel Filter Tricks
06:36 Automated Expression
07:29 Summed Filter Tricks
08:33 Let's add an Analog Octaver
09:21 CV Control
11:01 Conclusion
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@wulf67 6 ай бұрын

I was only 15 when a friend convinced me to try a tube screamer. It gave me a feeling of freedom and control, and I was able to express myself in creative new ways. Soon I was experimenting with distortion and reverb, and I started to spend hours alone in my room with an analogue delay. I promised myself that I would never touch modulation, because I had seen its effects. But one night at a rehearsal I tried a little flange. It seemed harmless, like it hardly even did anything but take the edge off a little. But soon I had tried phaser and univibe, and was even dabbling in ring mod. My life began to spin out of control. I wasn’t using the pedals anymore; the pedals were using me. I had developed a $500 a month boutique habit. Everything came to a head when I got caught with a bag full of Chase Bliss. I tried to say that it wasn’t mine, but they had the transcript of all my activity on Reverb, including ratings and reviews that were pretty incriminating. They offered me a deal if I would give up the name of my Sweetwater sales rep, but I was no rat (which is a great pedal, by the way, for under $100). But they had the call log and the voicemail recording of Big Chris checking to see how the new Strymon pedal was working out. I did my time and I eventually paid my debt to society and Capital One. I’m clean now and it’s been over 3 months since I’ve bought an effects pedal…but what harm could one little fuzzy analog filter do? I won’t even put Dual Lock on it, and I’ll only use it on the weekends. I can get rid of it on Reverb any time I want. I owe it to myself.

@DurvalLacerda 10 ай бұрын

I don't even watch your videos for the pedals, but for your playing. It's so inspirational, it makes me want to pick up my guitar. Please, consider doing a video about it one day, where you talk about your references/inspirations, scales, tunning, musical instincts etc.

@ARCPedalboards 7 ай бұрын

This guy really knows how to get the best out of a pedal/effect.

@thepedalzone 7 ай бұрын

Hey! Thank you so much 🙏❤️

@carbivore 10 ай бұрын

I know this is a pedal focused channel, but I would love to see a video about your guitars and all the alterations / customisations you have made to them. Thanks for all the fun content you create!

@EllyTaliesinBingle 6 ай бұрын

TARS, set fuzz to 90%

@racheltyrellcorp9694 10 ай бұрын

Very cool indeed ! TARS is a reference to the brick like robot in the movie Interstellar

@thepedalzone 10 ай бұрын

Happy you like it!

@collisiondevices 10 ай бұрын

Thank you Stefan ♥♥♥ Really loved the moment with the octave! that's sweeet!

@thepedalzone 10 ай бұрын

Cheers, gang! Means a lot to me that you enjoyed the demo. Had a blast discovering all of TARS’ filthy filtery depths

@riffswamp 10 ай бұрын

Dude, I looove the music and riffs you come up with for these videos! I also love a good filter sweep and that expression control is game-changing! Thanks for sharing!! \m/

@thepedalzone 10 ай бұрын

Thank you so much, man! Means a lot to me that you enjoyed the demo. And yes, a perfectly tuned low-pass filter sweep is hard to beat, and This filter is just so well voiced

@dsrecords22 5 ай бұрын

Tars all day baby!

@thepedalzone 5 ай бұрын

Heck yeah!

@digiwaves 10 ай бұрын

That just may be exactly what I’ve been needing. The filter function is amazingly versatile and the fuzz sounds great Thanks for the demo Stefan! 😎🎸

@thepedalzone 10 ай бұрын

Happy you like the tones and tunes. The filter is indeed amazing. Sounds super rich.

@robinmarien4595 10 ай бұрын

Hey Stefan, Thanks for the great review and your channel in general. You really changed the way I play guitar and write songs by showing the awesome possibilities you got with all these great pedals. My board and music wouldn't be the same without your videos and I'm really grateful for that. Keep on rockin' mate, you're an awesome human being 🤘 Cheers, Rob ✌️

@thepedalzone 10 ай бұрын

Gosh, Rob! I don't know what to say... I hope that a humble THANK YOU will suffice. Just deeply honored and humbled by your sweet words. The fact that you've found inspiration and motivation from them makes all the work worth it to me ❤

@rustyshacklefrench 10 ай бұрын

Bro you make the best demos. They really help me with making decisions or at least coming to an understanding on things. Thanks for your work!

@thepedalzone 10 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! That makes me so happy to hear. Makes all the hours that go into making these videos totally worth it 🙏

@JJT007hero 10 ай бұрын

TARS is the robot from the outstanding sci fi movie, INTERSTELLAR, and that was his mission to go into the black hole …. Great demo, thnx.

@thepedalzone 10 ай бұрын

Happy you liked the demo :) Yeah, I watched Interstellar in cinema when it launched back in 2014, but it's been the music that stuck with me all of these years after and not the characters and robot names. Cool reference though. I dig it.

@copernicansun744 10 ай бұрын

Love your playing, really brings out the mood and highlights the pedal while staying musical

@thepedalzone 10 ай бұрын

Gosh! Thank you so much. Makes all the work worth it ❤️

@adamdavis106 10 ай бұрын

Wow. You made some serious use of its entire capabilities. This was perfect

@thepedalzone 10 ай бұрын

Gosh!! Thank you so much ❤️🙏

@vit.khudenko 10 ай бұрын

Your channel is a special art. ❤❤👌👌

@thepedalzone 10 ай бұрын

Awwwww, man. That really warms my heart. Thank you ❤️

@Lodit24 10 ай бұрын

Damn, I already wondered when Collision Devices was gonna drop the next banger of a device, and indeed, they did not disappoint! As always, love love love your playing and the tones you come up with, even for something as simple as a fuzz and filter!

@collisiondevices 10 ай бұрын

Oh 😚😚

@thepedalzone 10 ай бұрын

They definitely made something special with this one. Looks, tones and feel are on point. Happy you enjoyed the demo. Means the world to me!

@delivrance3961 10 ай бұрын

awesome!

@thepedalzone 10 ай бұрын

Happy you like it. Super rad pedal. I love the filter so much

@matt07644 10 ай бұрын

Holy shit that sounds soo good.

@thepedalzone 10 ай бұрын

Happy you like. It’s a phenomenal pedal

@demolitionblimp 10 ай бұрын

Aside from its sound, this is aestheically *very* pleasing pedal, the product design is excellent. And it references possibly the true hero of the film «Interstellar» to boot (sorry Matthew McConaughey / Joseph Cooper! 🤫😉) 🤩

@thepedalzone 10 ай бұрын

Yup, Collision Devices always nail the visual designs! Just so good.

@AlbusBand 10 ай бұрын

GD this looks and sounds good…both you, your playing and of course the excellence that is Collision Devices new sonic machine!?!?! Hope alls well my friend, love youuuuuu 😘

@thepedalzone 10 ай бұрын

Thanks, bud. Always appreciate your kindness and support so much ❤

@etie10 10 ай бұрын

GORGEOUSSSSSSSS

@thepedalzone 10 ай бұрын

Happy you like it! Definitely a gorgeous pedal, both visually and sonically.

@etie10 10 ай бұрын

@@thepedalzone especially in your hands, pretty much any pedal can take the listener to space! Haha

@IsaiahGrande 10 ай бұрын

Excellent demo! Great sounding filter. We need an expression pedal that acts as the LFO. We can then choose what waveform (sine,square,rdm) the pedal is controlling. Have it on auto run and the pedal can control the depth or ramp the speed. Your music always inspires me to use the gear I have and see if I can get the same sounds you are creating with the new piece of gear you are reviewing.

@thepedalzone 10 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for all the kinds words. Means a ton to me ❤ And that's a nice expression device idea. I love my OBNE Expression Ramper, but would be nice with more LFOs and a way to further manipulate parameters on the fly.

@IsaiahGrande 10 ай бұрын

@@thepedalzone I’m going to have to try the tamper it’s rad what you did with it in this video

@fuzzblender 10 ай бұрын

Whoa

@thepedalzone 10 ай бұрын

Pretty much sums up my first reaction when I plugged into this pedal 👌

@marcusmaynard1526 10 ай бұрын

Do you have any original music? I listen to guitar players all day and you genuinely might be one of my favorite. Beautiful songs you make for these demos.

@bobdoerr9536 5 ай бұрын

Hey so I got an expression romper and a tars and the ramper seems to only do its thing when I have the res cranked on the tars. Was wondering if you can't shoot the settings you have? I'm kind of afraid I got a damaged one lol. Great demo, thank you!

@thepedalzone 5 ай бұрын

The expression range of the Ramper is also dependant on where you have the CUTOFF slider set on TARS. If you want to be able to program a full filter sweep via the ramper, then the CUTOFF should be set to minimum (bottom position), and then you set you A and B point via the Ramper. The filter sweep will of course be more pronounced the higher you have RES set as it introduces resonance into the filter. Hope this helps.

@airtondia 10 ай бұрын

Hey! Nice work. Im How is your chain? Where did you plug every single pedal you test?

@thepedalzone 10 ай бұрын

Thanks! Main chain is Guitar -> TARS -> Boss IR-200 (which is my stereo amp sim) -> Source Audio Collider in IR-200’s stereo fx loop. The expression devices in use get plugged into TARS’ expression port.

@wesmitchem825 10 ай бұрын

I love your guitar in this where can I get one in trying to find something unique to fill the shoes of a Kramer focus I bought that just isn't cutting it

@thepedalzone 10 ай бұрын

It's a Baum Wingman. Really cool guitar. I like it a lot.

@partymarty6969 10 ай бұрын

🤘👽🤘

@thepedalzone 10 ай бұрын

🙌❤️🛸

@keithb5612 10 ай бұрын

Thanks Stefan.... Do you ever stack fuzz pedals?

@thepedalzone 10 ай бұрын

My pleasure! Happy you liked the demo. No, I very rarely stack fuzz pedals. But I like to stack lower gain drives with fuzz pedals.

@Saycheeseanddie84 6 ай бұрын

How does that filter section compare to a Moog MF-101?

@thepedalzone 6 ай бұрын

Don't know. The filter in TARS is inspired by the MS-20

@divisionmonarchy 8 ай бұрын

Great video! Is it possible to control this via MIDI from a Zoia?

@collisiondevices 8 ай бұрын

Nope not midi ! but it takes CV from Zoïa ! :)

@thepedalzone 8 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! Yeah, like Collision Devices said, it doesn't accept MIDI, but you can get devices that convert MIDI to Expression, like the Old Blood Noise MTET for instance. Zoia will also do the job, but is maybe a bit more than most people need, if you're just looking for a MIDI to Expression converter

@regaudieguillaume 10 ай бұрын

Hey, you are back in the room, isn't it?

@regaudieguillaume 10 ай бұрын

That's a rich sounding filter, I love it!

@thepedalzone 10 ай бұрын

Yes, all of this demo was filmed in the classic TPZ room :) Happy you liked the sounds of the filter. It's an expertly voiced one.

@CaryDepartmentofWorks 10 ай бұрын

And if you had to pick between this and the ac noises urla?

@thepedalzone 10 ай бұрын

Haven't played URLA, so can't really say. But from demos, URLA sounds way more glitchy and chaotic, since the distortion is based on CMOS, whereas the distortion in TARS is more smooth and classic sounding, in the vein of Big Muff. So it all depends on what kind of vibe you want, I guess.

@michaelhiggins777 10 ай бұрын

Great demo as always. Your videos make me fear for my wallet! Do I need this one?

@thepedalzone 10 ай бұрын

Thank you so much ❤ I think you and your wallet need to have a sit down and look each other in the eyes. That should give you the answers you're looking for 😊

@mmmitza 10 ай бұрын

How do you find this compared to Death by Audio Evil Filter?

@collisiondevices 10 ай бұрын

Hey ! We compared both and their fuzz is way more violent than ours. TARS is more a huge distortion. And for filters, they have LP, BP, HP, where we only have LP but you can put it in // to shape your sound as an EQ. Both resonances are cool but quite different. TARS resonance is more synth-ish as you can produce a real note with it and control the cutoff attenuation curve. They're different even if it's around the same concept! :)

@mmmitza 10 ай бұрын

@@collisiondevices thanks alot.U are doing great stuff.Keep walking the road folks.

@R1GAMBLER 10 ай бұрын

can you run the filter without any fuzz?

@thepedalzone 10 ай бұрын

Yes you can. There’s a segment in the demo dedicated to that 😊👍

@EuphoricJungleLofiAmbience 10 ай бұрын

guiTARS

@thepedalzone 10 ай бұрын

👏👏👏

@montazownianr1 10 ай бұрын

Rammestein used it in Match album?

@thepedalzone 10 ай бұрын

Don't think so

@RyanHarris77 10 ай бұрын

I just bought an RML Jekyll n Hyde and now I find out about this…

@thepedalzone 10 ай бұрын

Well, you can never have too much dirt and filter, right? :)

@duanekogut757 10 ай бұрын

Your playing in this made me subscribe. Give us some good Blade Runner esqe pedal recommendations!

@thepedalzone 10 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for subscribing! Means a ton to me. I guess that thee current quintessential Blade Runner pedal would be the Meris Mercury7. It's directly inspired by the sounds and atmospheres created by Vangelis for that soundtrack. I have a demo of that pedal on my channel as well :)

@coffeedudeguy 10 ай бұрын

Coincidence Starfield got released around the same? I’m surprised Msoft decided to promote a pedal with a game 😂 Jokes aside, the aesthetics match

@collisiondevices 10 ай бұрын

Oh I wanna play Starfield!!

@thepedalzone 10 ай бұрын

❤❤❤

@jayjones2821 10 ай бұрын

What’s that guitar? V cool.

@thepedalzone 10 ай бұрын

It’s a Baum Wingman. Awesome guitar. I love it 😊

@tomhunter2342 10 ай бұрын

@@thepedalzonemine is coming in October ❤

@RandomTuber782 10 ай бұрын

Serious question. Why not buy a fig fumb used for about half the price?

@collisiondevices 10 ай бұрын

The fig fumb sounds so good! it's very different as it's not the same concept! but indeed it does some things TARS does too. Not the filter thing, not the parallel filter, not the add fuzz thing, but it has a noise gate + a really cool parametric eq so both are very nice!

@RandomTuber782 9 ай бұрын

@@collisiondevices Much respect for this objective and honest response from a clear fellow guitar nerd.

@collisiondevices 9 ай бұрын

@@RandomTuber782 no problem♥

@chambre466 10 ай бұрын

is it mono? it should be mentioned right from the start

@thepedalzone 10 ай бұрын

Yes, it’s mono. If it was stereo I would have highlighted it

@chambre466 10 ай бұрын

yes, you re right. I consider that these days any pedal should have at least stereo out. I love that very much in my KMA Horizons or my TC Chorus +, that doesn't t require double circuits as a stereo pedal. The manufacturers should consider that some consumers like me wouldn t even watch a video demo of a mono pedal,. Anyway keep up with the good work@@thepedalzone