Walrus Audio Canvas Volume Effect Pedal, Gray

A truly unsung hero of the board, today the humble volume effect gets its flowers with the Walrus Audio Canvas Volume Pedal. Designed from the ground up by the crack team at Walrus, the Canvas Volume Pedal turns the traditional volume pedal design on its head for uncompromising playability and response that won't let you down.

There is somewhat of a precedent when it comes to pedalboard staples like the volume pedal where the thought is, "If it ain't broke..." Walrus, masters of their domain and challenge-seekers that they are, approach their Canvas series volume effect with bold, new, modern ideas. This all starts with an all-analog signal path that circumvents the mechanical compromises of more traditional volume pedal designs. No strings, pots, or gears means there's nothing on this Canvas pedal to wear out, get old, scratchy, or inclined to fail mid-set. With a contactless position-sensing design and rugged metal chassis, the Canvas Volume pedal is made for those already in love with the volume pedal formula and could absolutely use some modern features to really put the experience over the edge.

While the Canvas Volume Pedal centers its design around an all-analog signal path, it utilizes digital enhancements to precisely track changes in volume to match the tone and feel of your classic volume pedal experience with the modern consistency and control players crave. Playability also plays a prominent role in this Canvas series entry. The Canvas Volume Pedal strikes a new frontier of playability focusing in on taper, where the Canvas Volume Pedal can play with eight different volume taper sweeps inspired by classic brand archetypes (Seven and Eight being inspired by models favored by specifically lapsteel players):

• Taper One: Walrus Audio Canvas Taper
• Taper Two: Lehle Model Taper
• Taper Three: BOSS Model Taper
• Taper Four: Dunlop Model Taper
• Taper Five: Ernie Ball Model Taper
• Taper Six: Hotone Model Taper
• Taper Seven: Hilton Model Taper
• Taper Eight: Goodrich Model Taper

The Canvas Volume Pedal doesn't stop there, though. Discreet and out-of-the-way underneath the heel, the Canvas Volume features a control interface where you can set your preferred parameters for your volume-shaping experience. Settings available through this control interface include minimum signal threshold settings, maximum signal threshold settings with up to nine decibels of boost past its preset maximum, and a lag control that allows you to set your volume changes to respond with a delay that can last up to two seconds for dramatic, delayed volume adjustments.

The Canvas Volume features a number of signal routing options with mono in/out (with dedicated tuner out connection), stereo in/out, and mono in, dual mono out capabilities. An onboard USB-C connection for optional firmware updates down the road and a standard nine-volt DC center negative power requirement at 300mA also appear.

As a veritable love letter to the quite unsung, humble, but nonetheless beloved archetype of effects, we're reminded by Walrus that silence is golden.