Untiefe

Nautical Multi-modulated Reverb

## Description

### Graphic

The faceplate depicts a nineteenth century diver on a coral reef with a black sea nettle jellyfish. Daniel's girlfriend supplied the artwork.

### Controls

* Rate - LFO frequency
* Depth - LFO amplitude
* Decay - Length of reverb trails
* Level - Master output volume
* Mix - Master wet/dry mix (0-100%)
* Dampen - Darkens
* Rmp switch - Selects whether the Rmp footswitch controls the Rate or Feedback
* Siren/Phase/Shiver - Switches between Siren (Soft Focus inspired reverb with chorus and shimmer), Phase (big room reverb with Mu-Tron inspired four-stage phaser), and Shiver (large plate reverb with tremolo) modes
* Trails switch - Toggles spillover on and off when effect is bypassed
* Rmp footswitch - SmartRelay footswitch, momentarily maximizes Rate or Feedback
* Bypass footswitch - SmartRelay footswitch, engages or bypasses effect

### Jacks

#### Top

* In - Signal input
* 9v - 9 volt, center negative power adaptor input
* Out - Signal output

#### Right

* Rmp - External Ramp footswitch input
* Exp - Expression pedal input, replaces Depth control

#### Left

* Rtn - Return signal of the FX-loop
* Snd - Sends wet signal to external effects

### Webstore Description

> Dive into vernesque depths
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> The Untiefe is a huge and lush sounding ambient reverb that creates uniquie textures by blending natural sounding reverbs with different classic modulation effects:
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> - phase is a big room reverb with the option to send the reverb through a classic Mu-Tron inspired 4-stage phaser: create liquid sounding textures or otherworldly space reverbs with the help of of smooth and warm phase-shifting
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> - shiver is an even bigger sounding plate reverb that can create meandering movements with the help of a classic tremolo: everything from smooth swaying verbs to choppy on/off-style tremolos are available here
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> - siren is based on the absolute shoegaze classic: the soft focus patch that utilizes a chorus which is controlled with the rate pot and a shimmer that can be blended in with the depth pot
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> The Untiefe is capable of both subtle room-reverbs and endless washes of reverb with it’s endless decay, 0-100% mix control: create big pads or extreme momentary modulations with the ramp switch or replicate freeze-style effects by utilizing our SmartRelay-System!
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> The reverb trails can be modified with both the dampen knob for bright or dark and moody feels and the exp-controllable modulation creates sounds that are normally only accessible through parallel fx-chains. If you want to add external effects into that mix just create your own modulated verbs with the fx-loop.
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> Of course we also added switchable spill-over and a level control to make the Untiefe work in any setup and even as a boost!
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> So dive in and let it take you 20.000 leagues beneath the sea!
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> For more information check the manual!
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> Features:
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> * Lichtlaerm Audio Smart Relay technology
> * depth-control to blend in modulation into the reverb
> * rate controls the modulation-speed/sample-rate
> * decay adjusts the length of the reverb tails (infinite is possible)
> * level can work as a boost or master volume
> * mix control adjusts the wet/dry-mix 0-100%
> * dampen applies an analog low-pass filter to the wet signal
> * assignable ramp-switch (rate or decay for freeze effects)
> * switchable spill-over
> * fx-loop for the wet-signal
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## History

### 2018

The first appearance of the Untiefe was in a photo posted on September 7, 2018 of three prototypes that Daniel was selling to support Hambach Forest activists. It is described as "a multi modulated (chorus/vibe, phaser, tremolo) Reverb with Infiinite-Switch." The controls are labeled "Weather," "Depth," "Decay," "Mix," and "Volume." The two center switches are not labeled.

On September 20, 2018, Untiefe was featured as the first third-party demo video to be posted to the Lichtlaerm Facebook page.

The official MKI versions of Untiefe and Leuchtfeuer were posted on November 19, 2018 in an announcement of a January launch of Altar MKII as well as a change in enclosure provider for The Key and the Gate.

### 2019

On February 12, 2019 Daniel offered to make one more batch Untiefe and Leuchtfeuer MKI pedals noting that the first batch had sold through quickly.

A MKII prototype Untiefe circuit board was posted on September 9, 2019.

The graphic intended for the new Untiefe was posted on November 12, 2019 as part of an announcement of a sale meant to raise money for its and Leuchtfeuer MKII's production.

Untiefe MKII prototype circuit board, 2019/09/09Untiefe MKII graphic, 2019/11/12
### 2020

The first sighting of a completed Untiefe MKII was in a demo video by @thepedalzone and shared to Lichtlaerm's Facebook page on March 29, 2020.

### 2023

The relaunch version of the Untiefe was announced and released on April 24th, 2023. In a social media post, the word "untiefe" itself is explained to mean both "the depths" and "shallow water," in keeping with the pedal's chorus and phase modulation effects. A new graphic by yarkovytsya replaced the previous design. The full post read:

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> The UNTIEFE!
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> Named after the German word for “the depths” and “shallow water” alike we released the first version of this years ago and had more requests to re-release this one than for any other pedal! We took our time and truly believe we managed to bring this ambient machine to a whole new level!
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> Dive into vernesque depths of tone with this lush ambient reverb!
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> Three distinct reverb algorithms allow you to set sail to uncharted waters, travel the pelagic fields or underwater caves where no light ever shines.
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> Waves of lush phasing, shivering tremolo or the distant shimmer of light from the surface where the sirens sing their twisted melodies: each reverb type can be enriched by tasteful modulation, manipulated via expression pedal and sent through external effects via the Untiefes FX-Loop.
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> Total creative freedom is what we had in mind here!
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> Of course you’ll also get switchable spillover, ramp-functions, a dampen-control to darken the reverb tails, a 0-100% mix control and a level control well capable of boosting your signal for lead lines.
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> We paid extra attention to the compatibility of the reverb with distortion of all kinds: create Post Rock leads, shoegazey walls of sound or just add some ambience and depth to your crunch sounds - the palette of sounds offers you everything from subtle rooms to huge cave like pools of reverb: all in a compact and easy to use pedal!
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Untiefe relaunch, 2023/04/27Untiefe relaunch, 2023/04/27Untiefe relaunch, 2023/04/27

On September 17, 2023, in a post on Lichtlaerm's social media pages regarding Guitar Summit 2023, it was revealed that all pedals in production going forward would feature white text and pedals with dual footswitches (except for the two reverb pedals, the Transcendence and the Untiefe) would feature dual bi-color LED indicators rather than a single bi-color LED.

## Videos

### 2019

* May 11 - Purple Dawn (with Leuchtfeuer)

### 2020

* May 29 - Ponderer Sounds (with Trugbild)

### 2023

* April 27 (Relaunch Day) - Ambient Endeavors, collector//emitter, dots.sounds, Mark Johnston, SHOEGAZER, sp3ct3rs d3mos
* May 6 - dots.sounds (with Transcendence)
* June 18 - dots.sounds (with Yamaha FX500, and Catalinbread Soft Focus)
* October 4 - Mad Steex (feature explanation by Daniel with full Guitar Summit 2023 line)
* November 3 - Eastside Music Supply