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Old Blood Noise Dweller Phase Repeater

All of a sudden there seems to be a lot of interest, among stompbox manufacturers, in taking the phaser effect to new places. Old Blood Noise Endeavors just introduced the Dweller, presented as a six mode "phase repeater," which, we gather, means that there's a sample stretching circuit inside the phaser, which…... Click for more

Old Blood Noise Dweller Phase Repeater

The Best Pedals for Synths with CV in/out in 2022

You may be also interested in our article about the best analog-style synth pedals for guitars and the one about the best creative pedals for synths that accept line in. --- Updated on May 03, 2022 A Guide to the Best Pedals for Synths with CV Compatibility CV (an acronym…... Click for more

The Best Pedals for Synths with CV in/out in 2022

Dwarfcraft Devices Treeverb

At NAMM 2019 Dwarfcraft Devices announced two new pedals, unexpectedly hosted in compact cases (the company's latest pedals all defied the current minaturization trend of effects. The Treeverb is a 3-mode reverb that offers deep but intuitive controls. Hall is a traditional, long reverb, with controls for Tone, Pre-delay (Character),and Length.…... Click for more

Dwarfcraft Devices Treeverb

Alexander Pedals Super Neo-Matic

The Pefftronics Super Rand-O-Matic is a rather unique and semi-obscure pedal that appeared in the early '90s. It used a hybrid analog/digital circuit to produce a very particular modulation sound, described by some as "flange, chorus, doubling, and slapback plus alien blips and even the sound of a Huey chopper."…... Click for more

Alexander Pedals Super Neo-Matic

Cooper FX Outward V2 Delay / Sampler

The Cooper FX Outward V2 is a digital sampling device that records audio and plays it back in different ways (freezing, stutter, and time stretching effects) depending on the mode. V2 adds a new line of mini-knobs to fine-tune Clock, Tone, Mix and Volume and a new PIT l DIR…... Click for more

Cooper FX Outward V2 Delay / Sampler

MOOER A7 Ambiance

At a time when the mini-pedal mania seems a little long in the tooth, we are happy to report that the company that the Chinese started this trend, MOOER, is still churning out very increasingly tempting mini-pedals. The Mooer A7 Ambiance is a new addition to the Chinese company's New…... Click for more

MOOER A7 Ambiance

Audio Disruption Devices Failed Transmission Fuzz/Overdrive

The Audio Disruption Devices Failed Transmission is the latest pedal, a fuzz, from this Mooresville, Indiana boutique pedal builder, that declares to be focusing on building "small quantities of weird things." The Failed Transmission keeps faith to this intent: it's a creative fuzz/overdrive with a separate and blendable noise oscillation…... Click for more

Audio Disruption Devices Failed Transmission Fuzz/Overdrive

What is Montreal Assembly? A Pedal Builder For Non-Purists

Updated on 05.15.2020 [foogallery id="29358"] Montreal Assembly: Builder Profile In the summer of 2007, Montreal based electrical engineer Scott Monk bought a bunch of cheap, second-hand microphones from a stranger, in Toronto. Six months later, on December 30th, that seemingly meaningless experience became the subject of his new blog's first post: he had opened…... Click for more

What is Montreal Assembly? A Pedal Builder For Non-Purists

Dwarfcraft Devices Ghost Fax Phase Computer

After a couple of decades of declining "fashionability," phaser pedals seem to be all the rage again, although the new models present twists that make them a lot more interesting and multi-faceted than your classic old-style phasers. Dwarfcraft Devices is not a company interested in rehashing what's done before, and…... Click for more

Dwarfcraft Devices Ghost Fax Phase Computer

Dwarfcraft Devices Hax 2 Ring Modulator

During NAMM 2018 Ben from Dwarfcraft Devices came to see us at our Stompbox Booth to shoot the video of the Hax 2 you can see at the bottom of this post (we kept the blurb we wrote at the time, under this one). The pedal is finally officially out and…... Click for more

Dwarfcraft Devices Hax 2 Ring Modulator

Alexander Pedals Syntax Error

This is a quirky, creative sampling audio mangling stompbox by Alexander Pedals that got a lot of attention at Summer NAMM. An enhanced "Arcade Game" style effect inspired by the 8-bit sounds of the early videogames, the Syntax Error delivers grainy, lo-bit tones reminiscent of vintage videogames, and includes many…... Click for more

Alexander Pedals Syntax Error

BOSS SY-1000 Guitar Synth Pedal

Pedal companies in the last couple of years have been frantically competing to make synth guitar pedals more compact and feature-heavy. BOSS, by all measures the leading manufacturer in this niche, just came out with a new, polyphonic synth pedal (the SY-1000) that looks and sounds like a bold statement:…... Click for more

BOSS SY-1000 Guitar Synth Pedal