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Effects processing pedals are often called "stompboxes" (referring to the player's usual mode of operating the device). These pedals are typically devoted to a single processing function, and fascinating effects can be created by freely re-ordering the boxes in the processing chain. Hector Urtubia's StompBoxes2 is a virtual set of pedals that can be chained in arbitrary order, easily simulating the common arrangements used by guitarists.
Currently available modules (virtual pedals) include distortion, volume, delay, flanger, chorus, equalizer, noise gate, mono-to-stereo and stereo-to-mono mixers, and even a unique "reverse" effect. Operation is as simple as the original design: connect outputs to inputs (with any ordering of effects modules), right-click on a module to adjust its parameters, then click the On button to start the chain (see Figure 17). Check your audio mixer to be sure you've selected the appropriate input channel, and start playing. StompBoxes2 has some good DSP algorithms, but the proof is in the hearing, so you should download StompBoxes2 and check it out for yourself.
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Figure 17. StompBoxes2.
StompBoxes2 is great fun, but I found myself wishing that the effects parameters could be controlled in real-time without having to stop playing my guitar, perhaps via a MIDI fader box. However, that is standard operating procedure for most real pedals anyway -- the player sets the effect parameters on the device and does not alter them during play. StompBoxes2 is a highly enjoyable software substitute for a floor covered with real pedals and cables. In fact, it's realistic enough that I caught myself stomping on the carpet more than a few times while testing StompBoxes2