Antarctic Sustainer
The EHX Deep Freeze is a sound retainer pedal designed to capture and sustain notes or chords, allowing guitarists to layer ambient textures and pads over their playing. It features controls for effect level, fade-in, and sustain, as well as multiple modes for different sustain behaviors, including latch and momentary operation. The Deep Freeze is notable for its ability to create lush, atmospheric soundscapes and is ideal for experimental, ambient, and post-rock styles.
Fender Model Guide
Expands the sustaining capabilities of Arctic Sustainer with layering, pitch manipulation and automatic capture options for deeper ambient exploration.
- FREEZE SWITCH Triggers sample capture of current audio input.
- DRY Adjusts dry signal level.
- WET Adjusts level of the wet-effected signal.
- ATTACK Adjusts swell-in time in Standard and Auto modes.
- DECAY Adjusts decay time of the frozen sound once it has been released. Also affects volume of previous layers when stacking in Layer mode.
- PITCH Adjusts pitch of the frozen sound.
- GLISS Adjusts pitch slide time between frozen sounds.
- MODE Select among Standard, Layer and Auto settings TIP: Antarctic has additional modes that will alter the way footswitches are assigned. Leave the effect enabled and control the FREEZE switch with a parameter change footswitch assignment: Standard Mode: Antarctic works just like the Arctic Sustainer; follow instructions above for options 1 and 2. Auto Mode: Assign Active Value to Trigger A and Inactive Value to OFF. When FREEZE is on, effect will automatically detect chord changes and sample/sustain them. To auto-sample with the option of playing over the top without resampling, assign Active Value to Trigger A and Inactive Value to Trigger B. Trigger A will auto sample and Trigger B will disable auto-sampling while retaining sample playback. Layer Mode: Assign Active Value to Trigger A and Inactive Value to Trigger B. While playing, successive presses of the FREEZE switch will sample additional layers on top of the original sample loop.
From the Fender Tone Master Pro Model Guide
- Based on
- Electro-Harmonix Deep Freeze
- Effect type
- Freeze/Sustain
- Real gear released
- 2024
Unofficial fan reference by Worship Calling. Not affiliated with or endorsed by Fender. Tone Master Pro is a trademark of Fender Musical Instruments Corporation. Other product names belong to their owners and are used only to identify the gear each model is based on. Details are a guide, so check the Fender manual for exact controls.