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Best New Pedal Releases: October 2023

October 2023 was not a particularly busy month in terms of pedal releases, but it brought us a number of very interesting new devices. On the creative side of things, Meris upgraded their Mercury reverb with the MercuryX, whose modular engine is inherited by their flagship LVX reverb. Old Blood…Click on the title for more

Best New Pedal Releases: October 2023

Beetronics Seabee Harmochorus

The Beetronics Seabee Harmochorus is a creative (and intensely deep!) take on the chorus effect designed and assembled in LA by those mad geniuses at Bettronics FX. The Seabee is presented as a multi-chorus delivering analog bucket brigade chorus tones that goes a few steps farther than your regular modulation…Click on the title for more

Beetronics Seabee Harmochorus

Win 3 Sets of Electro-Harmonics of Pico Pedals [ENDED]

We have one last giveaway linked to our Brooklyn Synth & Pedal Expo, which was a couple of weekends ago and was truly awesome (check out the pics of the pedal area, we had almost 2,000 visitors over the weekend!).Click on the title for more

Win 3 Sets of Electro-Harmonics of Pico Pedals [ENDED]

New Pedal: Universal Audio UAFX Brigade Chorus

Released together with the Teletronix LA2A and the Flow tremolo, Universal Audio UAFX Brigade is (about) one-third of the company's big sibling multi-modulation pedal Astra. It's voiced after the iconic, vintage BOSS CE-1 Chorus Ensemble, and it's mono just like it (the Astra is stereo). This digital recreation of an…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Universal Audio UAFX Brigade Chorus

New Pedal: Rainger FX Dr. Freakenstein Chop Fuzzz

The Rainger FX Dr. Freakenstein Chop Fuzzz (with three zs) belongs to a family of appropriately monstrous fuzz devices built by London-based mad pedal scientist David Rainger. One of those was the Chop Fuzz with just two zs, the predecessor of the Chop Fuzzz, which is a rather deep, still…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Rainger FX Dr. Freakenstein Chop Fuzzz

Old Blood Noise Beam Splitter

The Old Blood Noise Beam Splitter marks the return of the Oklahoma-based company to larger, more tweakable and creative "organic" multi-effect pedals, after a 3-pedal foray into quirky compact releases (aka the BL Series). Although "quirky" and "creative" are part of this builder's identity. This very "knobby" unit consists of…Click on the title for more

Old Blood Noise Beam Splitter

New Pedal: Two-notes Opus Cab Sim

Shaped exactly like their very successful C.A.B. M+, the Two-notes Opus takes things a little farther by offering amp simulation on top of DI/cab simulation capabilities, and an Impulse Response system that lets you recreate any real-life cabinet or combo amp you can put your hands on. Opus lets you…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Two-notes Opus Cab Sim

Best Pedals for Synths: Multi-Modulation Stompboxes, Reviewed

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KebaD63Fn6k Modulation effects such as Chorus, Phaser, Flanger, Vibe, and Tremolo can infuse your synth sounds with rich character, especially when experienced in stereo. In this video/article combo, we'll delve into a comparison of seven top-notch multi-mode modulation pedals available in the market. "Multi-mode" signifies that these pedals are exceptionally…Click on the title for more

Best Pedals for Synths: Multi-Modulation Stompboxes, Reviewed

MixCon 2023 Mega Giveaway!!! [ENDED]

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MixCon 2023 Mega Giveaway!!! [ENDED]

New Pedal: TWA Octoverdrive

Those looking for scary tone might have a new option on the table with the Halloween-themed TWA Octoverdrive, a limited edition, dual-channel drive pedal made for guitar and bass based on obslete, or - to remain in theme - "back from the dead" Selenium diodes. The two footswitchable channels are…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: TWA Octoverdrive

New Pedal: Matthews Effects The Botanist

The thing about modulation effects, is that you normally don't use more than one at a time, which makes a pedal like the Matthews Effects The Botanist - a simple 3-knob multi-modulation pedal offering Phaser, Chorus, and Harmonic Tremolo - very handy. The controls are as straightforward as it gets, with…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Matthews Effects The Botanist

Dunlop Cry Baby DareDevil Fuzz Wah

The Dunlop Cry Baby DareDevil is a hand-built combo wah/fuzz developed in collaboration with Johnny Wator, owner and designer of Daredevil Pedals and frontman of Chicago's hard rockers The Evictions. A fan of aggressive fuzz tones, Wator forged a circuit that marries a modded Cry Baby Wah with a gnarly…Click on the title for more

Dunlop Cry Baby DareDevil Fuzz Wah