Micro Vibe (NOS)
“Sounds astonishingly big… This elegant little box delivers a rich, bright sound that stands up to any we’ve heard.”
– Guitar Player Magazine
“Capable of producing a more authentic tone than other Uni-vibe copies.” – Guitar Shop
“Sounds great! I use it all the time.”– Michael Landau
The Voodoo Lab Micro Vibe delivers the same juicy, swinging tone as an original 1968 Uni-Vibe.* Designed as a Leslie® rotating speaker simulator, the original Uni-Vibe circuit is a variation of a four-stage phase shifter. While it didn’t do so well with keyboard players, its unique sound achieved legendary status when Jimi Hendrix used the effect on his Band of Gypsys record, and his landmark Woodstock performance of “The Star Spangled Banner.” Numerous recordings by guitar heroes like Robin Trower, David Gilmour, and Stevie Ray Vaughan also helped make the Uni-Vibe a tone classic.
The Lost Videos
Sometime in 1997, a few friends of Voodoo Lab got together for a “tone party” at the LA home of guitarist Joey Brasler. Players like session great Tim Pierce, Jamie Kime (Zappa plays Zappa, Michelle Branch, Jewel), Blues Saraceno (solo artist), and Randy Jacobs (Was Not Was, Boneshakers) all took turns dialing up tones on the entire Voodoo Lab stompbox line. Everything was recorded on video and the tapes were packed away for safe keeping...
Well for nearly a decade, those tapes were essentially lost until a “former” employee found one of them in a box. Unfortunately some tapes are still missing, but we made digital transfers of whatever we could find. While this footage was never meant to be the definitive demo of these products, we felt like it would be fun and educational to put them out. We hope you enjoy them and we’ll be releasing clips as we find them so stay tuned!
Micro Vibe includes the same sinewave oscillator, incandescent lamp, and photocells, which give the original Uni-Vibe its groovy swagger. Thanks to Voodoo Lab’s dedicated, guitar playing engineers, our Micro Vibe gives you the same lush, psychedelic colors of the original, but in an ultra-compact, pedalboard friendly 9V stompbox!
CLASSIC SETTINGS
- Elementary Psychedelic - Set the Intensity at about 4:00 and the Speed around half or a little more. In general, as you increase the speed you should decrease the intensity
- Leslie Speaker - Set the Intensity around half and the Speed all the way up.
Micro Vibe Features
- Authentic, pure analog Vibe sounds that swing
- True bypass switching via high-reliability gold-contact relay
- Compact, pedalboard-friendly size
- Runs on a 9V battery
- Hand-built in the U.S.A.
Micro Vibe Specifications
Dimensions
4.75” x 3.75” x 2” (121 x 95 x 51mm)
Weight
0.85 lbs. (386g)
Power Requirements
9V DC, 20mA
Power Input Type
5.5mm x 2.1mm barrel connector, center negative polarity
Product ID
VM
Warranty
5-year limited warranty in North America. Please contact your region's authorized Voodoo Lab distributor for warranty service outside North America.
Soundbites and Recording Notes
70s Warm Glow
Based on the recording style of David Gilmour, the opening clean rhythm, background slide guitar, and end lead all have a slow, deep Micro Vibe setting. There's also a double-tracked Martin D-41 acoustic in there just for fun. Groovy, man.
Signal Path:
’58 Fender Stratocaster (Custom Shop)
Sparkle Drive
Micro Vibe
Amp-Mics-Pre:
50-watt (modified) late-‘60s Fender Twin Reverb head
4x12 late-‘60s stock Marshall cab (25-watt Celestions)
Close mic’d with a Rode NTK Tube Microphone (Mic Pre: Avalon 737sp)
Vibey Chords
Various clean and overdriven guitar tracks with Micro Vibe all blend together in this jazz/rock-based track. The end lead has a very subtle setting on the Micro Vibe just to add a bit of depth and thickness to the single-note lines.
Signal Path:
’58 Fender Stratocaster (Custom Shop)
Sparkle Drive
Micro Vibe
Amp-Mics-Pre:
50-watt (modified) late-‘60s Fender Twin Reverb head
4x12 late-‘60s stock Marshall cab (25-watt Celestions)
Close mic’d with a Rode NTK Tube Microphone (Mic Pre: Avalon 737sp)
FillmoreFastVibe
A Hendrix-inspired track based on his work with the Band of Gypsys.
Signal Path:
58 Fender Stratocaster (Custom Shop)
Sparkle Drive
Micro Vibe
Amp-Mics-Pre:
1966 50-watt Marshall JTM-50
4x12 late-‘60s stock Marshall cab (25-watt Celestions)
Close mic’d with a Shure Unidyne III SM57 (Mic Pre: 1073 Repro)
Room mic’d with an AKG 414 (Mic Pre: Avalon 737sp)
General Recording Gear
Apogee Rosetta 800 AD/DA, Apple G5 dual 2.7, Apple Logic Pro 7, Universal Audio UAD-1 (X2), Audio Ease Altiverb 5 (convolution reverb), Drums courtesy of Spectrasonics Stylus RMX (w/ all expansion libraries), and Reason Drums refill. All guitar pickups are Dimarzio Virtual Vintage Series. Written/Recorded by Middle Name Music (ASCAP).
