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Delay+Modulation

Eventide Blackhole Reverb

Eventide just released a stompbox version of their popular reverb plugin - the Blackhole! The pedal is presented as an ambient device and features six knobs, all offering an alternate function. Gravity is the most original control here, affecting the direction of the decay (forward or inversed), and replacing in…... Click for more

Eventide Blackhole Reverb

Pigtronix Constellator Mini Analog Delay

The Pigtronix Constellator is one of three new mini-pedals released by the NYC-based company at (virtual) NAMM 2021. Based on a MN3005 bucket brigade device chip, this is an analog delay with modulation that can get rather spacey. It provides tape-like saturation and it's prone to self-oscillation at maximum feedback…... Click for more

Pigtronix Constellator Mini Analog Delay

Xvive Echoman Delay

Clones are nothing new in the stompbox-sphere, but it's always a little surprising to stumble upon pedals that look and sound so similar to classic ones we are so familiar with. In the case of the Echoman, though, the story is more nuanced than you may expect... The Xvive Echoman…... Click for more

Xvive Echoman Delay

Ibanez ES3 Echo Shifter

At NAMM 2020 Ibanez presented an upgrade to their classic Echo Shifter pedal, the ES3, which adds a digital mode for crisper repeats and as Oscillation mode if the tap tempo footswitch is held. The effect's modulation can now be controlled more in-depth thanks to the new Speed knob.…... Click for more

Ibanez ES3 Echo Shifter

Keeley Halo Stereo Dual Echo

The Keeley Halo is the latest delay pedal to pack a true stereo path into a compact enclosure - which is no easy feat. But it's also a dual-echo delivering up to 1500ms per channel with a ton of features for its size, including presets, tap tempo, delay rhythms, optional…... Click for more

Keeley Halo Stereo Dual Echo

Laney Black Country The Difference Engine Delay

The Laney Black Country The Difference Engine is a 3-mode delay pedal by a British builder that had made a name for itself through quality amps and stompboxes since 1967. It's the company's first pedal to feature more than one mode, to have presets, stereo in/out and an LCD screen, and…... Click for more

Laney Black Country The Difference Engine Delay

Electro-Harmonix Nano Deluxe Memory Man

The Memory Man saga just added a new (analog) chapter, named Nano Deluxe - courtesy of NYC's Electro-Harmonix. This new iteration of what's in all likelihood the most famous delay pedal of all features a simple layout with six knobs, and delay times from 30mS up to 550mS. There are no…... Click for more

Electro-Harmonix Nano Deluxe Memory Man

Dreadbox Raindrops Delay

The Dreadbox Raindrops delay was unveiled by the Greek synth veterans at NAMM 2022; it's a full stereo hybrid analog + digital pitch shifting delay. It delivers delay times from 50ms to 1000ms with lo-fi sounds above 700ms. Key features include: Three algorithms: modulated delay, pitch shifting delay, and reverb…... Click for more

Dreadbox Raindrops Delay

BOSS RE-2 Space Echo

Since BOSS worked on a new version of their legendary RE-201 Space Echo (the RE-202), while they were at it they also developed a smaller version of it that retains the most crucial features: enter the BOSS RE-2 Space Echo, compact version! This digital echo is a virtual multi-head tape…... Click for more

BOSS RE-2 Space Echo

Wampler Metaverse Multi-Delay

The list of feature-packed delay pedals keeps growing as Brian Wampler has released his second digital multi-mode pedal, the Metaverse, which features 11 delay algorithms, which are: ANLG - Analog delay WET - Modulated analog BBD - ‘Bucket Brigade’ delay JET - Analog flanger delay DOC - Wampler ‘The Doctor’…... Click for more

Wampler Metaverse Multi-Delay

Alexander Pedals Superball Kinetic Modulator

We saw the Alexander Pedal Superball at NAMM 2020 and it's now officially out! It's an echo pedal that's as unpredictable as its name. It delays. It pitch shifts. It filters. It modulates. It combines these things, and much more, to make something that has to be heard to be…... Click for more

Alexander Pedals Superball Kinetic Modulator

Harley Benton Sugar & Spice Delay/Chorus+Reverb

Of all the two-in-one pedals released by the German company, the Harley Benton Sugar & Spice is the one that might get the interest of creative guitarists, thanks to its flexibility and wide sonic palette. As with all the other pedals in this line, there are two digital effects placed…... Click for more

Harley Benton Sugar & Spice Delay/Chorus+Reverb