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MXR Joshua Ambient Echo

The MXR Joshua Ambient Echo bears that name for a particular reason: it aims to offer, in a compact case, the legendary sound of U2's The Edge as heard in The Joshua Tree, a 1987 album that featured a signature guitar sound drenched in a rhythmic yet ambient delay. Extremely…... Click for more

MXR Joshua Ambient Echo

Noise Engineering Batverb Stereo Reverb

Emerging from the Eurorack module-ridden offices where the Noise Engineering team devises their circuit, the Batverb is a stereo reverb and synthetic tail generator that defies convention. Built on the powerful algorithm from the company's Desmodus Versio module, this pedal is a treasure trove of delay and reverb textures, all…... Click for more

Noise Engineering Batverb Stereo Reverb

Bleak District Electric Wondertow

The Bleak District Electric Wondertow is a creative multi-effects pedal combining reverb, overdrive, and tremolo in a single compact unit designed for creating unconventional, textured, and often chaotic sounds. The reverb section uses a Belton Brick circuit—a cascaded PT2399 chip configuration—producing a unique, modulated ambience that falls between spring-like textures…... Click for more

Bleak District Electric Wondertow

Endorphines Ghost Multi-Dimensional FX

To further remind us that pedals are a modular format just like Eurorack, the Endorphines Ghost is a rare example of a synth company venturing into the stompbox format (there are plenty of reversed cases including EQD, Strymon, and Empress Effects, just to mention a few). While the original Ghost…... Click for more

Endorphines Ghost Multi-Dimensional FX

Walrus Audio Qi Etherealizer

The Walrus Audio Qi is a stereo multi-effects pedal designed for immersive atmospheric soundscapes, created in collaboration with the truly amazing guitarist/influencer Yvette Young. It's a creative stompbox that offers creative flexibility and inspiration through an organic blend of effects including Chorus, Delay, Granular effects, and Reverb. Powered by the…... Click for more

Walrus Audio Qi Etherealizer

Updated Pedal: NEON EGG Planetarium v3

The Planetarium, from UK builder Neon Egg, recently updated to V3, is an adorably vintage-synth-shaped, non-reroutable creative multi-effect. It consists of a stereo modulated reverb running into an echo (with stereo modulation) and then into a compressor (with external sidechain). As abundantly clear from its form factor, this is a…... Click for more

Updated Pedal: NEON EGG Planetarium v3

Spaceman Voyager II Dynamic Tremolo

The Spaceman Voyager II, released almost exactly 10 years after the first version, is an optical tremolo that offers a wide range of possibility, including some rather unusual (but mighty cool) ones. The interface offers the usual tremolo controls: the Speed and Strenght knobs control LFO rate and intensity, while the…... Click for more

Spaceman Voyager II Dynamic Tremolo

Death By Audio Space Bender Chorus Modulator

Hand-made in NYC, the Death By Audio Space Bender is a chorus pedal that doubles down on intensity, NYC style. Besides your usual Speed and Depth knobs, this pedal features three nifty old-style two-way switches that adjust Delay Time, Modulator, and Intensity. As any pedal geek knows, the chorus is an effect resulting…... Click for more

Death By Audio Space Bender Chorus Modulator

Gamechanger Audio Auto Series

If one thing can be said about the folks at Gamechanger Audio is that they don't do normal, and their recently unveiled new products confirm that habit: a stereo, semi-modular pedal series called Auto (originally promoted with the "Mod" name) with a dynamic angle. The Latvian company unveiled three pedals…... Click for more

Gamechanger Audio Auto Series

Cosmodio Instruments Gravity Well

Handmade in Massachusetts by a promising up-and-coming builder, the Cosmodio Instruments Gravity Well is an analog tremolo and wavefolder pedal that combines two effects into one unit. It features a tremolo on one side and a wavefolder on the other, with the option to combine them into a unique modulation…... Click for more

Cosmodio Instruments Gravity Well

New Pedal: SoundLad Liverpool Sketchy Tremolo

The SoundLad Liverpool Sketchy is by far the most fun pedal released so far in 2025 - and maybe this whole decade. Inspired by the immortal 'Etch A Sketch' toy, this is a tremolo pedal like no other. And, of course, a retro sounding one. If you wonder if this…... Click for more

New Pedal: SoundLad Liverpool Sketchy Tremolo

New Pedal: Pigtronix Cosmosis I – Morphing Reverb

A compact take on its bigger brother, the Pigtronix Cosmosis I packs the lush, immersive soundscapes of its predecessor into a pedalboard-friendly design, without giving up the stereo feature, offered here via TRS jacks. It features three distinct reverb modes, each of which can store its own preset: Theater, Temple,…... Click for more

New Pedal: Pigtronix Cosmosis I – Morphing Reverb