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Animals Pedal Double Spy Mission is Impossible Filter

It's always fun to wake up to a new Animals Pedal release, with their adorable graphics and bizarrely interminable names. Today the Japanese stompbox maker unveiled the Double Spy Mission is Impossible Filter. This is a classic auto-wah (or envelope filter, if you prefer) with controls for Sensitivity and Range,…Click on the title for more

Animals Pedal Double Spy Mission is Impossible Filter

TWA Wahxidizer Envelope Controlled Fuzz

The TWA Wahxidizer is a Univox Super Fuzz-inspired circuit with a host of filtering and tone sculpting features, an envelop controller linked to the filter, and two footswitchable filter settings. Its design was inspired by the bass fuzz sound of Beastie Boys' Adam Yauch in the band's song Gratitude -…Click on the title for more

TWA Wahxidizer Envelope Controlled Fuzz

Death By Audio Germanium Filter

The Germanium Filter, by our friends at Death By Audio, is uncharacteristically low on controls, but as noisy a pedal as the NYC company has gotten us used to. Inspired by the "ripped speaker" type of fuzz loved by the seekers of impure and corrupt tone, the Germanium Filter offers…Click on the title for more

Death By Audio Germanium Filter

Hungry Robot Wardenclyffe Deluxe

The Hungry Robot Wanderclyffe Deluxe is an expanded version of the company's original lo-fi modulation/ambiance effect, one of the most popular by the North Carolina manufacturer. The added features are a handful, here's the list, in order of importance: The three new small knobs on top control a new Vinyl…Click on the title for more

Hungry Robot Wardenclyffe Deluxe

TWA Triskelion Mk III Harmonic Energizer

New Jersey's TWA (an acronym for Totally Wicked Audio) unveiled the Triskelion Mk III Harmonic Energizer, a midrange booster with adjustable gain based on the vintage Systech Harmonic Energizer used by the likes of Frank Zappa, Greg Lake, Joe Walsh and other 70’s icons. Acting as a cocked wah pedal with…Click on the title for more

TWA Triskelion Mk III Harmonic Energizer

Rainger FX Bleep Fuzz

In all likelihood, you are familiar with Rainger FX's Dr. Freakenstein Fuzz and its little Igor pressure controller; even a quick look at it tends to generate a lasting impression. The London based builder recently unveiled a new fuzz called Bleep that uses that pedal's same "full-on" fuzz circuit but fits…Click on the title for more

Rainger FX Bleep Fuzz

Emmergy FX Dial-Up Filter Fuzz

Hailing from the UK, the Emmergy FX Dial-Up Filter Fuzz is a playful fuzz + filter pedal that will lead the player as easily to sonic discovery or aural disintegration. The left side of the pedal, controlled by the left footswitch, consists of an overdrive circuit with Volume and Gain…Click on the title for more

Emmergy FX Dial-Up Filter Fuzz

3Degrees Audio Bygones V3 Stereo Nostalgia

3Degrees Audio is the pedal company of Mark Seel, the dude who does most of the DSP programming at Chase Bliss Audio. The Bygones is the builder's first release (and only, to date). It's a stereo, "nostalgic" multi-effect with presets that adds all sorts of degrading effects to your tone.…Click on the title for more

3Degrees Audio Bygones V3 Stereo Nostalgia

Mastro Valvola OFF1 – Octave Fuzz Filter

Italian pedal maestro Mastro Valvola has gotten us used to some very elegant and flexible devices, and the OFF1, an octave fuzz with filter, sits neatly within this tradition. Intriguingly, this fully analog pedal can deliver both octave up and down, which is quite unique for a fuzz. Two footswitches…Click on the title for more

Mastro Valvola OFF1 – Octave Fuzz Filter

FTelettronica Envelope Follower/Triggered Filter

The FTelettronica Envelope Follower/Triggered Filter is a faithful, affordable, made in Italy recreation of the Lovetone Meatball, a beast of a filter pedal selling for well over $1,500. It only costs $310. In a few words, this is the ultimate auto-wah/envelope filter pedal, have a listen to it in the…Click on the title for more

FTelettronica Envelope Follower/Triggered Filter

Cascade Harmonic Energizer

Recently highlighted by the JHS Show, the Interchange Noises On Air is the second clone of the Harmonic Energizer filter/drive/fuzz we stumble upon in a few months, although, to be perfectly honest, the other one (the TWA Triskelion), is more than just a clone. Used by revered masters of the…Click on the title for more

Cascade Harmonic Energizer

New Pedal: Rainger FX DFST-1 Stealth Distortion/Fuzz

Among all pedal builders out there, London's Rainger FX stands out as a true experimenter: you won't find a "normal" effect in the company's roster, and, in most cases, the "abnormality" of its devices is immediately evident from the shape of the cases that host them, like for the new,…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Rainger FX DFST-1 Stealth Distortion/Fuzz