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Win an Elektron Model:Samples

We've got one last synth giveaway linke to our Brooklyn Synth & Pedal Expo, for all the musicians out there who like to think outside the box in term of drun sounds and grooves.Click on the title for more

Win an Elektron Model:Samples

MXR FOD Drive

MXR has been releasing a string of well-received overdrive pedals in the last couple of years, and the FOD Drive shows a continued interest in continuing this trend. The company presents this pedal as a dual mode overdrive modeled after "a pair of heavily customized guitar amplifiers of legendary make…Click on the title for more

MXR FOD Drive

CopperSound Gravity Bomb V2

The CopperSound Gravity Bomb V2 updates the original mini boost by adding a Mid-enhance toggle that allows to boost lower mids (750 Hz) mids or mid mids (1 kHz) - ore neither in the center position. Powered by a Burr Brown Op Amp, this pedal can add 20db of clean…Click on the title for more

CopperSound Gravity Bomb V2

CopperSound Renegade Multi-Bias Fuzz

Sporting a circuit inspired by the Tone Bender MK1.5, the CopperSound Renegade Multi-Bias Fuzz is a simple mini-fuzz with a Bias toggle that allows to choose between two different bias voltages, delivering slightly different tone. The up position offers a classic, full bodied-fuzz, while the down one a more modern…Click on the title for more

CopperSound Renegade Multi-Bias Fuzz

Jam RetroVibe Mk3

The Jam Retrovibe Mk3 is a two-knob Uni-Vibe recreation featuring original NOS 2SC828 transistors and carbon comp resistors. Like the vintage unit, it offers both Vibrato and Chorus modes and lets you dial in anything from slow-rate wavy sounds all the way to fast Leslie-speaker effect, which can be controlled…Click on the title for more

Jam RetroVibe Mk3

The Brooklyn Pedal & Synth Expo Brings Gear-Partying Back to NYC

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3Hk6T1Y6Ls Thanks to Electro-Harmonix for shooting and producing this incredible video of our event! --- This past weekend, the 2022 edition of the Brooklyn Synth and Pedal Expo returned for the first time after the COVID-19 lockdowns, and it filled our hearts to see that many NYC musicians are still…Click on the title for more

The Brooklyn Pedal & Synth Expo Brings Gear-Partying Back to NYC

Electronic Audio Experiments Longsword Drive

The Electronic Audio Experiments Longsword is an op-amp based drive circuit where cascaded gain stages allow for tones ranging from clean boost to dynamic distortion to massively clipped fuzz, all with serious output volume available for driving the front end of an amp. The equalizer combines bass and treble shelving…Click on the title for more

Electronic Audio Experiments Longsword Drive

NativeAudio Makoyii Drive

Deceptively simple-looking, the NativeAudio Makoyii Drive hides sophistication under its three-knob layout: it's an amp-like overdrive/distortion with adaptable compression able to deliver a variety of tones including sustained cleans, tight crunch, and wooly distortion - sometimes even bordering on fuzz. With its circuit delivering asymmetrical clipping, it features a unique…Click on the title for more

NativeAudio Makoyii Drive

Pedal Update: SolidGoldFX 76 Mk II Octave Fuzz

A Silicon fuzz pedal with switchable octave-up inspired by the Ibanez Standard Fuzz circuit and sporting a JFET Preamp stage and a quartet of (new) high-gain Toshiba transistors, the SolidGoldFX 76 Mk II updates a versatile circuit that had an important role in raising the profile of the Montreal-based company.…Click on the title for more

Pedal Update: SolidGoldFX 76 Mk II Octave Fuzz

Flamma FC02 Mini Reverb

Flamma is an up-and-coming builder from China that has released some interesting multi-mode pedals in 2020 and it's now focused on the mini-format market, with a new series of stompboxes as affordable as $39. The Flamma FC02 is their new Mini Reverb pedal, featuring three modes (Studio, Church and Plate)…Click on the title for more

Flamma FC02 Mini Reverb

MXR Timmy Overdrive

The MXR Timmy is a faithful recreation (in mini format) of the Paul C Audio Timmy Overdrive, designed in collaboration with the original engineer, Paul Cochrane. The (hand-made) original is one of the most popular overdrives out there, and this MXR version will allow the Timmy's tone to be more…Click on the title for more

MXR Timmy Overdrive

The Brooklyn SYNTH+PEDAL EXPO is this weekend!

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The Brooklyn SYNTH+PEDAL EXPO is this weekend!