Artec RSV-3 Resovibe vs Audiocade 1974 Colorsound Tremolo Clone
The Artec RSV-3 Resovibe and the Audiocade 1974 Colorsound Tremolo Clone are both pedals sharing harmonically rich, spring. The Artec RSV-3 Resovibe leans transparent and warm. The Audiocade 1974 Colorsound Tremolo Clone leans smooth.
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Blended from circuit-archetype lineage, dynamic feel, tone-signal overlap and tone-vector distance — the tone vector itself is derived from editorial description text, not a measured acoustic signal, so this reflects how similarly the catalog copy describes the two, not a lab measurement. Shown only within a gear class, and only where there's enough evidence to be meaningful.44% — somewhat different
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Genres both listings are associated with.- Blues
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Derived from overlapping tonal signals across both listings.- harmonically rich
- spring
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Citation/mention fame — how often this gear is cited across artist rigs and gear discussion.The Artec RSV-3 Resovibe is a South Korean analog optical tremolo and vibe pedal. An optical control circuit electrically isolated from the LFO and VCA eliminates the vibe-noise common in competing designs, producing clean vintage tremolo and vibrato tones with optional Resonance control for a signature harmonic character. A Low Level Sensor shifts the pedal into Mute Mode during silent passages, eliminating LFO bleed noise between notes. DC 9V, 7mA active, 6mA bypass, 93W x 123H x 48D mm, 360g. Available from artecsound.com and multiple retailers at budget price points around $62 to $75 USD.
The Audiocade 1974 Colorsound Tremolo Clone is a handcrafted recreation of the vintage Colorsound Tremolo pedal originally built by Sola Sound London in the early 1970s, designed to reproduce the soft throbbing organic tremolo character of a Vox AC30 tube amplifier onboard tremolo circuit. The original Colorsound circuit used four transistors and was prized for its soft wave decay and musical throb rather than the choppy square-wave character of American-style amp tremolo circuits. The result is a rich vintage tremolo with natural undulation that complements clean and lightly overdriven guitar tones. Joe Bonamassa and Phil Manzanera are among the players associated with the original Colorsound Tremolo circuit this pedal replicates.
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Genres this gear is documented as being used in.- Rock
- Classic Rock
- transparent
- warm
- edge of breakup
- smooth