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Vertex Buffers: Tone Preservation at its Finest





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Every guitarist at Sweetwater knows what it's like to try and track down that elusive perfect guitar and amp tone combination. When you do find it, that's why preserving your sound in your effects chain should be a priority, which is where Vertex Effects comes into play. Their Pedalboard Buffer Interface is your ideal solution for drastically reducing capacitance across your board, preventing high-end loss and keeping your carefully crafted tone in the spotlight, no matter your pedal configuration. This versatile unit incorporates proper buffering with the most common pedalboard setups including: mono, stereo, 4-cable method (amp with FX loop), 5-cable method (stereo amps with FX loops), wet/dry, and wet/dry/wet signals. Handcrafted by Vertex's devoted technicians in Lancaster, Calif., the Pedalboard Buffer Interface includes four total buffers. Rest assured: with this interface in tow, it will be easier than ever to outfit your pedalboard with a high-quality buffer that will keep your tone at the forefront.





Note: This version of the Pedalboard Buffer Interface is mountable onto a Vertex Pedalboard as a module, and is compatible with all models of the MKII Vertex Pedalboard. Contact your Sweetwater Sales Engineer if you have any questions.





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The Pedalboard Interface Buffer module contains an impressive four internal buffers: input buffer, separate left and right output buffers, and a third output buffer for FX return. Additionally, the interface includes a galvanically isolated output with an isolation transformer (on the right output), which effectively removes ground loops for when you're using a multi-amp setup. And Vertex's polarity switch goes a step further, ensuring that all of your amplifiers are functioning in phase with each other so that your tones and effects project evenly across your setup.





Convenient pedal cooperation with low-output impedance





If you're using pedals that are sensitive to impedance, such as vintage fuzzes and treble boosters, the FX Send becomes incredibly useful as a passive, non-buffered input into the system. You can collect the input buffer by patching it in after the pedals that don't get along with the buffers. Each individual buffer inside the Pedalboard Interface Buffer has a 1M ohm input impedance, which is the industry standard for both tube and solid state amplifiers ? Vertex is essentially matching the guitar loading the same way as it would be plugged into an amp. And the extremely low output impedance of 100 ohms can drive over 100 feet of high-capacitance guitar cable with absolutely zero changes to your tone!





Vertex Effects Pedalboard Buffer Interface Features:


Reduces capacitance across your pedalboard, prevents high-end loss and preserves your carefully crafted tone


Incorporates proper buffering with the most common pedalboard types: mono, stereo, 4-cable method (amp with FX loop), 5-cable method (stereo amps with FX loops), wet/dry, and wet/dry/wet signals


Module houses 4 internal buffers: input, output left, output right, and output FX return


Galvanically isolated output with isolation transformer removes ground loops in multi-amp setups


Polarity switch ensures your amps are running in phase


FX Send functions as a passive input, offering cooperation with impedance sensitive pedals in your effects chain


Industry standard 1M ohm input impedance and extremely low 100 ohm output impedance allows over 100 feet of high-capacitance cabling with no tone loss