Benidub - FX-ONE Live Dub Unit

Benidub have been building dub sirens, spring amps and echo units for a while now, and the FX-ONE rolls a good chunk of those ideas into one tabletop box. Four sound generators, a mic channel, an aux input and a central echo — all wired up internally, so there's nothing to patch before you start. Power up, hit a trigger, ride the echo. That's the whole idea.

The four generators each have their own character. Dub Siren and Lickshot are the classics you'd hope for, FM Square does square-wave modulation across a wide rate range, and Sonar is a clean sine. Four controls shape each one: Gain for output level, Tune for pitch, Rate for the LFO, and Sweep, a rising envelope on both, so a sound can climb as it plays. Triggers B, C and D are momentary; the first one latches too, for when your hands need to be somewhere else. Every generator feeds the echo at a fixed amount — the wet trail comes along for free.

The echo is where you'll spend most of your time. Filter sweeps low-pass to high-pass with a flat spot in the middle, Feedback piles up the repeats, and grabbing the Delay knob bends pitch the tape way — that familiar wobble mid-phrase. Loop holds whatever's in the buffer and repeats it; Cut drops the output and feedback in an instant — but fret not — internal limiting keeps the feedback from running off on its own. Rounding things out: a mic channel with balanced XLR, always-on soft-knee compression and an anti-pop filter for dynamic mics, plus an aux that switches between line and an external spring tank — if you're aiming for traditional.

A focused box for live FX — sirens, echo and a mic, ready to go without a screen in sight, just dub away -ay -ay -ay...

Features:

• Four dub sound generators: Dub Siren, FM Square, Lickshot and Sonar (sine)
• Gain, Tune, Rate and Sweep controls per generator
• Sweep applies a rising envelope to pitch and LFO rate
• FX B/C/D momentary triggers; FX A momentary or latched
• Sound generators routed to the echo at a fixed amount
• Central dub echo with tape-style pitch behaviour on delay-time changes
• Echo filter sweeps low-pass to high-pass, flat at centre
• Feedback control for repeat amount and intensity
• Loop/Cut for indefinite repeats or instant echo cut
• Internal limiting for controlled feedback
• Mic channel: balanced XLR, always-on soft-knee compression, anti-pop high-pass; mic echo send and mute
• Aux switchable between line input and external spring tank
• Dedicated Echo In jack feeding the echo engine directly
• 1/4" TRS balanced/unbalanced mono master output with level meter
• 12VDC 1A centre-positive power
• Dimensions: 47 × 22 × 12 cm
• Weight: approx. 1 kg