Catalinbread Soft Focus Deluxe

The Soft Focus Deluxe is a powerful reimagining of the iconic FX500 Soft Focus patch, now with full control over delay, reverb, and modulation parameters across six immersive modes. Designed for shoegaze enthusiasts and ambient explorers, it captures the lush, dreamy textures of the original while expanding the sonic palette with enhanced programmability and flexibility. The newly added delay function—missing from the original patch—offers fine-tuned control over repeats and timing, while the Mode switch gives access to everything from infinite reverb tails and deep pitch-bending modulation to octave-rich shimmer and pitch delay.

An integrated, footswitchable op-amp distortion circuit brings massive gain and added grit, and with the Series/Parallel switch, you can choose whether to run distortion into the Soft Focus engine or side-by-side for layered textures. The Mix knob blends your wet and dry signals, while the multifunction jack allows for either tap tempo or expression pedal control depending on the selected mode. Whether you're crafting walls of sound or subtle modulated ambience, the Soft Focus Deluxe brings studio-grade shoegaze tone to your pedalboard—with enough tweakability to lose yourself in for hours.