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Filter Pedals

SolidGoldFX 76 Plus – Octave Up Fuzz & Filter

We first saw SolidGoldFX's new 76 Plus Octave Up Fuzz and Filter at our Montreal Pedal Expo (aka Sonic Circuits). Today a bunch of videos popped up on YouTube - the beast is out! The fuzz side of this pedal is inspired by the beloved Univox Super Fuzz, Shin-Ei Companion…Click on the title for more

SolidGoldFX 76 Plus – Octave Up Fuzz & Filter

Alexander Pedals Wavelength Tremolo

Alexander Pedals presented a new compact multi-mode modulation pedal called Wavelength, an expanded version of the company's Waveland Multi-Modulator with more engines and tap tempo, and some cool surprises like selectable waveforms. Included modes are Vibrato, Tremolo, Phaser, Flanger, Filter, and Chorus. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHbymOAi5gI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqFE8YGk1hU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KW6KEnPFg6UClick on the title for more

Alexander Pedals Wavelength Tremolo

Yellowcake Psychotropia – sample/hold filter + glide

We first noticed the Yellowcake Psychotropia this past July at Summer NAMM 2019, and we are glad to see the first official videos of it. The device is presented as a "sample/hold filter," but that soundbite can be confusing. This ain't no audio sampler nor a looper, but - to…Click on the title for more

Yellowcake Psychotropia – sample/hold filter + glide

SolidGoldFX introduces two new Fuzz prototypes: Communication Breakdown and 76 Plus

This past weekend, Montreal's SolidGoldFX unveiled two new prototypes at our Sonic Circuits' Stompbox Exhibit - they are both fuzz pedals. The Yellow 76 Plus seems to be an evolution of their 76 Octave Fuzz with an extra Filter Footswitch and several extra controls - to be precise: new Mode, Clip…Click on the title for more

SolidGoldFX introduces two new Fuzz prototypes: Communication Breakdown and 76 Plus

Walrus Audio Kangra Filter Fuzz

Filter fuzz pedals - often counterfeited by manufacturers as "Synth pedals" - are all the rage these days, with Keeley, Seymour Duncan, and SolidGoldFX having unveiled a bunch of similar devices since the 2019 Winter NAMM show. The guys at Walrus Audio, who've released their fair share of "synthy" and…Click on the title for more

Walrus Audio Kangra Filter Fuzz

Glou-Glou Moutarde

French company Glou-Glou will be one of the synthiest additions to our NAMM 2019 Stompbox Booth, a 250 square feet pedal lovers' paradise shared by 23 emerging effect manufacturers. After releasing the filter/modulation pedal Pralines at the end of 2018, the builder has begun the new year with a bang, unveiling another new…Click on the title for more

Glou-Glou Moutarde

Catalinbread Coriolis Effect

The Catalinbread Coriolis Effect blends a glitching effect, and octaver, wah, filter and harmonizer into one all-encompassing, yet easy-to-use box. Just three knobs and two footswitches combine to give you one of the most expressive boxes at this year's NAMM show. Named after a phenomenon in physics in which one…Click on the title for more

Catalinbread Coriolis Effect

The King of Gear’s prototypes at the BK Stompbox Exhibit ’19: Oxford Drive and Filter

At the latest Brooklyn Stompbox Exhibit, David from The King of Gear showed us some prototypes of upcoming pedals, check out the video below! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkZDi-7vg5AClick on the title for more

The King of Gear’s prototypes at the BK Stompbox Exhibit ’19: Oxford Drive and Filter

New Pedal: TWA Mini Morph, Dynamic Waveshaper

At our NAMM 2018 Stompbox Booth, the guys at Totally Wicked Audio (aka TWA), showed us the prototype of an then-upcoming pedal called Mini Morph - see video at the bottom of this post. Almost one year later, the pedal is finally ready for shipping. This is a stripped down…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: TWA Mini Morph, Dynamic Waveshaper

Death By Audio Evil Filter

The Evil Filter from Death By Audio, like all DBA pedals, is weird, unpredictable and undeniably cool. Despite just being a fuzz and a filter, it’s unlike any other fuzz by any other company. With every sputtering, choking, fuzzed out note drowning in static and breaking apart at the seams,…Click on the title for more

Death By Audio Evil Filter

Death By Audio Disturbance LFO Modulator

The Death By Audio Disturbance appeared at NAMM 2023 out of thin air! Presented at as a "lockable LFO Modulator," the Disturbance is another extreme device by the NYC company known for making uncompromisingly noisy stompboxes. It has three modes (Filter, Flanger, and "Fazer") five LFO options, and an extra…Click on the title for more

Death By Audio Disturbance LFO Modulator

SubDecay Octave Theory Octave Modulator / Synthesizer

Portland Oregon's Subdecay was one of the first boutique manufacturers to predate the "synthification" of guitar pedals in the beginning of the decade with models like the Octasynth and the Promotheus DLX filter. After a few years spent on focusing on more "normal" effects (although always approached in very personal ways),…Click on the title for more

SubDecay Octave Theory Octave Modulator / Synthesizer