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Delicious Audio-SonicScoop Pro Audio Giveaway!

Your Chance to Win 1 of 3 Scarlett 2i2 Studio interfaces! For decades, Focusrite has been creating state-of-the-art preamps and interfaces and now you have the chance to have that incredible legacy of sound in your home studio. Scarlett 2i2 Studio gives you everything you need to get better recordings every…Click on the title for more

Delicious Audio-SonicScoop Pro Audio Giveaway!

Strymon Dig V2 Digital Delay

An homage to the digital rack delays of the '80s, the Strymon Dig is a stereo, dual multitap delay offering three emulations of digital classics (ADM, 12-bit and 24/96) and two modulations modes (off, light and deep). Tap Tempo and subdivisions round up the features. V2, released in 2022, adds…Click on the title for more

Strymon Dig V2 Digital Delay

Krozz Devices Krakenheart Uni-Vibe

The Krozz Devices Krakenheart is a modern take on the vibe circuit by a Brazilian company that already received a lot of praise for another analog modulation pedal, their Airborn flanger. The control set immediately conveys the idea of a circuit that goes beyond traditional Uni-Vibe tones. Besides the expected…Click on the title for more

Krozz Devices Krakenheart Uni-Vibe

Meris Ottobit Jr. Bitcruser/Sequencer/Stutter Pedal

The Meris Ottobit Jr. is presented as 'a maniacal little machine, inspired by vintage gaming consoles' - or, if you wish, an 8-bit pedals on steroids: a stereo “Audio In >> Video Game Out” device that lets guitarists employ synthesis techniques and bitcrushing to create new audio textures. Sample-rate and bit-reduction…Click on the title for more

Meris Ottobit Jr. Bitcruser/Sequencer/Stutter Pedal

The Best Binson Echorec Pedal Clones in 2024

This article was updated on May 02, 2023 – For a more comprehensive article about delays organized by type, see our Best Delay Pedals article. --- --- A Guide to the Best Binson Echorec Pedal Clones When it was released in the '50s, the Binson Echorec was pretty much a game-changer…Click on the title for more

The Best Binson Echorec Pedal Clones in 2024

New Pedal: Lauren Audio B100 Console Fuzz

Before fuzz pedals existed, expert engineers with experimental inclinations could achieve fuzzy sounds by massively overloading their console preamps. The Lauren Audio B100is a fuzz inspired by the sound of a Neve B100 preamp card, found in the 1053 and similar channel strips. The topology of those preamps resembles a…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Lauren Audio B100 Console Fuzz

Airis Merciless Drive V2

The Airis Merciless Drive V2 is an updated version of the Canadian company's hybrid and metal-oriented dirt box including a clean boost, a Rat-based ultra high gain distortion, and a boosted HM-2 EQ section, which can be all combined to taste. The EQ section is particularly useful including a Low and…Click on the title for more

Airis Merciless Drive V2

Weird Noise What The Fuzz

Based in Astoria, OR, Weird Noise Pedals chose a name that leaves no room for misunderstanding: these folks aren't afraid to get loud and quirky. Their provocatively named WTF pedal (don't worry, it's an acronym for "What a Fuzz!") is a simple 3-knob/2-mode fuzz with a noteworthy range. Those three…Click on the title for more

Weird Noise What The Fuzz

Way Huge Swollen Pickle Smalls MKIII Fuzz

Way Huge's Muff-style fuzz series has gotten a new smaller version, the Way Huge Swallen Pickle Smalls, aka MkIII, which replicates the venerable fuzz circuit adding - you guessed it - more tone-shaping possibilities. Instead of the standard Muff "tone" knob, the typical Loudness and Sustain controls are integrated with a…Click on the title for more

Way Huge Swollen Pickle Smalls MKIII Fuzz

New Pedal: Stoll Effects Mullet Two Channel Drive

A sturdy and transparent pedal hand-made in Germany, the Stoll Effects Mullet Drive is a two-channel overdrive offering a wide range of tones, from smooth vintage overdrive to aggressive modern sounds, designed to sound great with both single coil and humbucking guitars. The Yellow Channel leans towards the in-your-face rock'n'roll…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Stoll Effects Mullet Two Channel Drive

New Pedal: Carl Martin Tone Tweaker Boost/EQ

The Carl Martin Tone Tweaker has been in development for a considerable time and stands as one of the final projects influenced by Søren Jongberg, the man behind the Carl Martin brand who is also known as Mr. Tone Tweaker, in collaboration with house engineer Thomas Guldmann. Sturdy and shiny,…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Carl Martin Tone Tweaker Boost/EQ

EarthQuaker + Death by Audio Time Shadows II

Released in limited numbers in 2021 as a marketing stunt to promote Reverb.com’s The Pedal Movie, the Time Shadows is a filter pedal engineered by two of the edgiest stompbox brands in the US: Ohio’s EarthQuaker Devices and NYC’s Death By Audio. The two companies are now unveiling an update, Time Shadows II, which adds welcome features such…Click on the title for more

EarthQuaker + Death by Audio Time Shadows II