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Walrus Audio Announces the Melee

Walrus Audio Announces the Melee

With the flip of the order switch, run the distortion into the reverb or reverb into distortion.


The Melee was designed to unapologetically use a joystick to meld reverb and distortion into one massive blaze of sound. With the flip of the order switch, run the distortion into the reverb or reverb into distortion; signal chain is your call now. For the explorer, the Melee can run one of three different reverb programs Ambient, Octave, and Reverse.

In a "less is more" approach, Walrus has intentionally decided on controls that are fun to use and will inspire a wealth of creative output. Use the joystick to control the amount of distortion by moving it up and down. Moving the joystick left and right will adjust your reverb mix. The tone and decay toggles have low, medium, and high settings. Modulation can be added to the wet signal by holding down the bypass switch and moving the decay toggle. The left position is no modulation, the middle is a slight modulation, and the right is a high modulation.

Walrus Audio is offering The Melee for a retail price of $299 and is available now at walrusaudio.com and with our authorized dealers all over the world.

For more information, please visit walrusaudio.com.

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