Very few instruments offer as much harmonic and dynamic flexibility as a sitar. Electro-Harmonix has streamlined the essence of the sitar into a compact enclosure that offers a polyphonic lead voice and tunable sympathetic string drones that dynamically react to your playing. Create your own custom scales for the sympathetic strings while you set the decay time for the lead voice. Two expression pedal inputs allow you to bend the pitch of the lead voice and control the volume of the sympathetic strings simultaneously. These unique controls offer the player the ability to program the Ravish to become a totally unique and organic instrument unto itself. The Ravish is a truly new design with the flexibility to be a crossover tonal wonder.
Get the most out of your Ravish Sitar with these suggested settings!
Click on this link to see the different settings: Ravish Sitar Presets
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Posted 2/20/2012
The Deli serves up a review of the mouth watering Ravish Sitar. Please pass the mango chutney. Read the review here.
Posted 2/15/2012
Craig Anderton is Editor in Chief of Harmony Central and Executive Editor of Electronic Musician magazine. He also plays the classical Indian sitar. Craig created this audio file with the EHX Ravish Sitar pedal, and we love it!
We asked him what he used and Craig filled us in:
“it was a Firebird X guitar set for Les Paul emulation, and two different sample libraries - one for the tabla and one for the hip-hop drums. I recorded the tracks in Sonar X1. There were two tracks of guitar, one for the drones and one for the sitar lead.”
Click here to listen to the track
For more on Craig, check out his website:
http://www.craiganderton.com
Posted 2/7/2012
Vintage Guitar checks out the EHX Ravish Sitar Pedal and Stereo Talking Machine. See it here.
Posted 1/31/2012
The Norweigan artist, Magnus Tveiten, visited EHX at the NAMM Show. Magnus plays in a tapping, lap-guitar style. Here is a quick video showing him playing through the Ravish Sitar pedal. It was shot on an iPhone and at times you’ll hear that the signal is overloading the phone, but we thought people would dig seeing it anyway. Magnus is playing factory preset #4 on the Ravish which lets his original guitar signal come through a lot.
Posted 1/18/2012
AXE Magazine created a terrific video for the EHX Ravish Sitar pedal, with English sub-titles . Bravo!
Posted 1/16/2012
The new Ravish Sitar pedal scores an Editors’ Pick Award from Guitar Player magazine.
Read Guitar Player’s review here.
Posted 1/4/2012
Guitar Buyer magazine describes the new Ravish Sitar pedal as, “The most unique and innovative effect we’ve seen in the last 12 months.”
Read the entire, in-depth review here
Posted 12/20/2011
Music technology guru, Craig Anderton, reviews the new Ravish Sitar pedal for Harmony Central and gives it high marks.
Click here to read the review
Posted 12/14/2011
From exotic drones to fretless flights of magic, the Ravish Sitar pedal will transform your bass guitar. (Bass & programming by Bill Ruppert)
Posted 12/1/2011
New EHX Ravish Sitar pedal earns Guitar World GOLD AWARD! Read GW’s complete review entitled “The Inner Delight.”
Click here to read the review
Posted 11/23/2011
Music Toyz does an excellent demo on the new Ravish Sitar pedal.
Posted 11/18/2011
Premier Guitar magazine reviews the new Ravish Sitar pedal and says: “Don’t let the sitar pedal handle mislead you—-this thing is a deep bag of tricks and treats.”
Click here to read the review
Posted 11/15/2011
Posted 11/8/2011
Total Guitar magazine checks out the new Ravish Sitar pedal.
Click here to read the review
Posted 10/28/2011
My Morning Jacket’s, Carl Broemel, with his new EHX Ravish Sitar pedal.
Carl says: “It’s so crazy! Once we started using it, we didn’t take it out of the chain. I used it with acoustic, combining the natural acoustic sound with the pedal into a tape echo and an old Fender Princeton amp. It’s also great on electric baritone guitar and pedal steel, too. I love using an expression pedal to control the volume of the sympathetic drone sound. That is super useful.”
For more about Carl and My Morning Jacket, visit these websites:
http://carlbroemel.com/web/
http://www.mymorningjacket.com/gogo/
Posted 9/15/2011
Wanna jam with Anoushka?
Get an EHX RAVISH and soon you’ll get down with her!
To learn more about the artist, visit her website at: http://www.anoushkashankar.com/
Posted 8/30/2011
Effects guru, Bill Ruppert, takes us on an exotic sonic expedition. In his latest installment of Effectology, Bill focuses on the new Ravish Sitar pedal.
Join him as he explores its potential and power. In addition to incredible sitar emulations, Bill shows that the Ravish is capable of creating other truly mind bending sounds. The flexibility of the Ravish Sitar pedal is truly stunning!
Please note: Bill will be in the EHX Forums to discuss his sounds, settings, and process. We hope you join us there.
Previous episodes:
Stay tuned, more Effectology episodes coming soon!
Posted 8/4/2011
The exciting new Ravish Sitar pedal transforms your guitar into a Sitar! From raga to rock, the Ravish is a truly new design with the flexibility to be a crossover tonal wonder.
Posted 7/29/2011
Taj Mahal tones and ethereal drones infuse your guitar with the exotic sound of a sitar. Raga to rock, Bollywood beckons.
The Ravish was Premier Guitar Editors Pick on day 1 of the 2011 Summer NAMM show. Click here
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