Krakenheart Vibe

This takes a UniVibe to a whole different level. Search no more buying endless UniVibes, cuz this really does it all. The fidelity of this pedal is incredible. Whereas most UniVibe types tend to suck out tone and compress the output, the Krakenheart is clear and articulate. Plus, it’s incredibly well built. I’m confident that this will stay on my pedalboard forever.

Great Vibe, nice adjustment choices to tweak the throb. Lovely and creamy! Really good company to deal with too. So helpful with shipping enquiry. Highly recommend.

This is an amazing vibe. Me and Krozz had a back and forth conversation about it because I couldn't exactly get the sound I was looking for, because compared to another vibe I have, this definitely has a lot more throb and even with the extra controls it will still be more of a square wave when you crank that depth knob. So I would keep that in mind. But nonetheless I think the addition of a ramper on a univibe is very unique, and this pedal has a lot of headroom, and is great for bass given the internal trim pot. I recommend actually dialing the bass back on the pot so your amp doesn't get too woofy. I still deifnitely think krozz should come out with a v3 that has a symmetry control that lets you sweep from a sine wave to a square wave and is completely independent from the depth control, so that way the throb can be dialed way back when you just want light/smooth modulation, but it still is a really fantastic pedal.

As a happy Airborn Flanger owner it was easy to pull the trigger on the Krakenheart. I guessed a preset I would like it and it was almost spot on with how I set my vibes pedals. I've owned many vibes and this tops em all in my opinion. Great work Krozz team!

Full disclosure… this is my 8th univibe I currently own. I have a real problem.

Great tweak ability, excellent tone/eq balance through the range of knobs, and just generally sounds great.

My only beef is that in chorus/dry mode (traditional univibe Hendrix-esque mode) the waveform is a little too balanced for my liking. It doesn’t have that super lopsided throb vibe of the original univibe circuit; it’s closer to a sine wave. This probably won’t translate in text… but think wah-wah-wah-wah vs old school wuh-wah, wuh-wah, wuh-wah. Still a very usable and toneful swirl, just a different character and I find myself missing the older style tone.

BUT the same symmetry that you hear in chorus mode, is present in vibe/wet mode. And it’s phenomenal. This pedal in vibe mode, with speed set to 25% and depth set to 50% has been an absolute revelation to my clean/slightly dirty tone. I put it in the effects loop and literally have left it on for the last week. It yields a subtle warble-shimmer that no one hears until I turn it off. A rare piece of gear that inspires you to create new music and play things you wouldn’t have otherwise.

So, overall, I don’t use this pedal how I expected to, but it’s been worth every penny and then some.