大多数效果踏板对您的吉他声音都有非常特定的作用。有一种可以增强信号的音量，一种可以通过削波声波来使信号失真，另一种可以通过人形的歌声来叠加声音。基本上，您确切知道每个踏板盒可以为您的曲目添加什么样的声音。另一方面，RaingerFX迷你吧使每个声音都令人惊喜。

Most effects pedals do a very specific thing to your guitar sound. There’s one that boosts the signal to make it louder, one that distorts the signal by clipping the sound waves, and one that layers the sound with a humanoid singing voice, among a whole host of others. Basically, you know exactly what kind of sounds each pedal box can add to your repertoire. The RaingerFX Minibar, on the other hand, makes each sound a surprise.

它被称为“液体分析仪踏板”，它是一个实验性的踩踏箱，可以处理通过放置在人体小室内的任何液体接收到的声音信号，从而使液体的性质能够改变产生的声音。从水和葡萄酒到糖浆和油，您可以放入任何想要的液体混合物，以查看每种混合物如何塑造您的音调。

Billed as a “liquid analyser pedal,” it’s an experimental stomp box that processes the sound signal it receives through any liquid you put inside a small chamber in its body, allowing the properties of that liquid to alter the resulting sound. From water and wine to syrups and oils, you can throw in whatever liquid mixes you want to see how each one shapes your tone. It’s fun.

RaingerFX Minibar的设计非常简单-您可以踩踏板来控制功率，旋钮可以控制音量，水密室可以倒出液体。空时，腔室内没有任何信号可通过。但是，将任何液体倒入该插槽中，您会听到吉他声音中各种不同程度的削波，从轻微的过载到硬的失真，这取决于内部化合物的特性。

The RaingerFX Minibar has a very simple design – there’s a pedal you can step on to control the power, a knob that controls the volume, and a watertight chamber where you can pour your liquids. When empty, there is nothing in the chamber for the signal to pass through, so the darn thing won’t make a peep. Pour any liquid into that slot, however, and you can hear various levels of clipping in your guitar sound, from a gentle overdrive to a hard distortion, depending on the characteristics of the compound inside.

根据装束，盒子通常会制作出“令人满意的带通音”，这些音未经压缩并充满了令人满意的谐波。当然，每种音调的细节都会根据您调制的液体混合物而有所不同，我们认为这是其中很大一部分。顺便说一下，您无需投入大量液体，因为您只需投入足够的液体即可完全覆盖腔室底部的两个螺钉触点。听到声音后，只需清空容器，擦干，然后倒入您要使用的任何液体。顺便说一句，实际效果盒是防水的，因此，如果有液体溅到踏板上，您不必担心它会损坏。

According to the outfit, the box generally makes “satisfying band-pass tones” that are uncompressed and filled with plenty of satisfying harmonics. The details of each tone, of course, will vary based on the liquid mixes you concoct, which, we’re guessing is a big part of the fun. You don’t need to put a lot of liquids, by the way, as you only need to put enough to completely cover the two screw contacts at the bottom of the chamber. And once you’re done with a sound, just empty the container, wipe it dry, and pour whatever liquid you want to use next. The actual effects box is water-resistant, by the way, so if any liquid spills off onto the pedal, you don’t have to worry about it taking damage.

尽管RaingerFX Minibar确实建议了一些起点，但没有关于每种液体在RaingerFX Minibar上发出什么样声音的详细指南。具体来说，他们说去离子水会产生出色的失真声音，因此您可能希望将其作为常规主食，同时在高端去离子水色调中加入一些红酒或咖啡，同时增加一些低音。从您的Jagermeister瓶中倒出几滴，据说会给它带来“巨大的黑暗冲击”，而可口可乐中的几滴则会产生轻度的过度冲击，并产生许多下半音。在您所放入的液体中加盐也可以增加增益。最后，他们指出，某些液体（例如橄榄油）可能根本不会发出声音，因此可以进行一些有趣的实验。

There’s no detailed guide about what sounds each type of liquid makes on the RaingerFX Minibar, although they do recommend some starting points. Specifically, they say deionized water produces an excellent distorted sound, so you might want to keep some around as a regular staple, while adding some red wine or coffee to the deionized water tones down the high-end while adding some bass. Pouring some drops off your bottle of Jagermeister will supposedly give it a “great dark drive,” while some drops of Coca-Cola will produce a mild overdrive with plenty of lower mids. Adding salt onto the liquid you put in supposedly enhances the gain, too. Lastly, they point out that some liquids, such as olive oil, may produce no sound at all, so this could make for some fun experimenting.

RaingerFX Minibar现已上市，价格为99.17英镑。

The RaingerFX Minibar is available now, priced at £99.17.