Eventide has simplified getting the right modulation effect for the song while saving players from an endless string of noisy, tone-degrading stompboxes and patch cables.

FOR: Guitarists and keyboard players who need world-class phasers, tremolos, filters, wahs, flangers, vibratos and more onstage as well as in the studio. In a compact housing that’s built like a tank, ModFactor gathers 10 different categories of time-based effects and offers 40 positions to save the most perfected blends of swirling, swishing and swimming for instant recall. Using handy USB 2.0 to back up presets as MIDI files on a computer expands the memory to virtually unlimited.

NOT FOR: Players who need broad, safe modulation sounds. The degree of control can be overwhelming.