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Red Panda Bitmap 2 Stereo Bitcrusher

Among the (not easy to navigate) content of Believe in Music 2021, we somehow missed that Detroit's experimental pedal maker Red Panda had released version 2 of their Bitmap, a Stereo bit crusher with fractional bit reduction and sample rate modulation. The new version features one extra footswitch, an entirely…Click on the title for more

Red Panda Bitmap 2 Stereo Bitcrusher

Wonderful Audio Fuzz Lands

The Wonderful Audio Fuzz Lands is an original circuit comprising a combination of JFET, germanium, and silicon transistors and features two knobs and three toggles to provide a wide range of fuzzy options, with a knack for keeping the performance's dynamics, something fuzz pedals are notorious for squashing to death.…Click on the title for more

Wonderful Audio Fuzz Lands

Chase Bliss Audio MOOD MkII

Chase Bliss has just announced an update to its popular supercreative, granular ambient loop + reverb pedal: the Chase Bliss MOOD MkII, which will start shipping in late April but can be ordered now. The original version, the product of a collaboration with Old Blood Noise and Drolo, was very…Click on the title for more

Chase Bliss Audio MOOD MkII

Updated Pedal: Death By Audio Octave Clang V2

The Death by Audio Octave Clang V2 is a re-engineered version of one of the earliest pedals by the noisy NYC-based builder, brought back to life after popular demand. It's a rather simple but uniquely gnarly octave-up fuzz. V2 adds a footswitch to toggle the octave circuit and refined the…Click on the title for more

Updated Pedal: Death By Audio Octave Clang V2

Keeley Super Rodent Ovedrive/Distortion

Dropped within a release including three pedals adopting the same form factor as the Noble Screamer (a hybrid overdrive mixing the character of a TS and a Nobles ODR-1), the Keeley Super Rodent embeds in the same pedal two circuits inspired by two other classic stompboxes: the Rat and the…Click on the title for more

Keeley Super Rodent Ovedrive/Distortion

New Pedal: Catalinbread Sinkhole Ethereal Reverb

The Catalinbread Sinkhole is another take of the Portland-based company at the ethereal, modulated reverb sought by ambient and shoegaze guitarists, after the very successful release of the Soft Focus. But while the latter was inspired by a preset of an old digital rack unit from the '90s, the Sinkhole…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Catalinbread Sinkhole Ethereal Reverb

Bolt & Forge Appaloosa Germanium Overdrive

Bolt & Forge is the on-man project of Jason Lily, an ex newspaper editor with a big passion for guitar pedals. The Appaloosa Germanium overdrive is one of the four pedals currently offered by his company, three dirt boxes and an optical compressor. It's a low-to mid-gain overdrive that's very…Click on the title for more

Bolt & Forge Appaloosa Germanium Overdrive

Keeley Blues Disorder Overdrive/Distortion

Dropped within a release including three pedals adopting the same form factor as the Noble Screamer (a hybrid overdrive mixing the character of a TS and a Nobles ODR-1), the Keeley Blues Disorder embeds in the same pedal two circuits inspired by two other classic dirt boxes: the Blues Breaker…Click on the title for more

Keeley Blues Disorder Overdrive/Distortion

Origin Effects Cali76 Compact Deluxe

Brand new video by Sweetwater of the Origin Effects Cali76 Compact Deluxe, the supercharged version of their very well regarded 1176-style compressor, featuring a Dry blend control. The Cali76 Compact Deluxe is an 1176-style studio-grade FET compressor Featuring high-current, low-noise, discrete Class-A circuitry and a dedicated parallel compression control… all contained…Click on the title for more

Origin Effects Cali76 Compact Deluxe

Gamechanger Audio Light Pedal Reverb

The Latvian inventors behind Gamechanger Audio don't like to do things the "normal" way. After releasing a bolt-of-light-driven distortion pedal and an engine-based synth, they are launching at NAMM the first "analog optical spring reverb," called Light, where an optical sensor is employed to "harvest the timbral and harmonic range…Click on the title for more

Gamechanger Audio Light Pedal Reverb

Caline Old School Reverb

The Caline Old School Reverb is a 3-mode digital pedal with Room, Hall and Church algorithms, which in conjunction with knobs for Decay, Mix and Tone offer a simple way to dial in the perfect reverb for any needs. We added it to our list of the best multi-mode reverb…Click on the title for more

Caline Old School Reverb

Electro-Harmonix Mainframe Bit Crusher + Filter

Despised by tone connoisseurs, Lo-Fi pedals are fun devices reserved for those guitarists invested in playful and creative musical genres. Electro-Harmonix has plenty of creative pedals in its arsenal - as a matter of fact, they pioneered the similarly quirky ring modulator - but the Mainframe is their debut in…Click on the title for more

Electro-Harmonix Mainframe Bit Crusher + Filter