Tell me about Koma pedals

[BoatRich]

I saw someone on tumblr using the BD101 earlier today and now I'm incredibly interested. It seems to be more modular synth focused than guitar/bass focused though? What exactly does the gate do to the delayed signal? Could I use it to only add delay in parts with softer picking then shut off when i play loudly? Basically, I'm really intrigued by but absolutely clueless about their stuff.

[Uncle Grandfather]

I use mine equally with synth gear and with my guitar/bass setups. It's nice and easy to patch it with moogerfoogers etc. I read that they made some changes to make it more guitar friendly, but as far as I know I have an earlier version and it works just fine. The noise gate allows for interesting textures but can't really be set up like you describe. The infrared sensor is patchable to control different parameters and is a lot of interesting. It also has an f/x loop. Build quality is pretty nice.

Here is a demo where I'm playing guitar with the Koma bd101s expression controller set on the delay.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNYIu25d_j4[/youtube]

Here is another demo showing the bd101 with guitar
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3An8XHNzqBo[/youtube]

Here it is with an masf osc03
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_sxKt-BPak[/youtube]

Here it is patched with a Moogerfooger playing guitar.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qY01CGze7g[/youtube]

[Disarm D'arcy]

Did you mean you saw me on Tumblr using a BD101?

[BoatRich]

Did you mean you saw me on Tumblr using a BD101?

I thought it was you!! I honestly couldn't remember your username on here. (Even though i'm pretty sure it's the same...)

@UG- Thanks, the demos/explanation was really helpful. I'm definitely still interested but much more clear on what it does. This will definitely be more useful in my synth/noise rig which is exactly what I was hoping.

[Uncle Grandfather]

Did you mean you saw me on Tumblr using a BD101?

I thought it was you!! I honestly couldn't remember your username on here. (Even though i'm pretty sure it's the same...)

@UG- Thanks, the demos/explanation was really helpful. I'm definitely still interested but much more clear on what it does. This will definitely be more useful in my synth/noise rig which is exactly what I was hoping.

You'll Love it and find a lot of interesting uses for it in a synth/noise setup
You might want to look into their Koma Kommanders infrared expression pedals too, they're SO amazing if you have gear with multiple expression inputs.