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2021 UPDATE! The Best Glitch, Stutter and Granular Pedals

Last updated on 10.12.2021 A Guide to the Best Granular, Glitch and Stutter Pedals The musical genre known as glitch has been around since the late 1990s. It embraces all sorts of electronic noises that are typically produced through error, such as the skipping of portable CD players and the…Click on the title for more

2021 UPDATE! The Best Glitch, Stutter and Granular Pedals

Mattoverse AirTrash Fuzz

"The brand new AirTrash from Mattoverse Electronics is pedal for guitar or bass that sounds like absolute garbage" - and if you hear this from none other than the manufacturer, you can sure believe it's true! Fortunately, the AirTrash is not a Klon's clone or a refined Tube Screamer evolution,…Click on the title for more

Mattoverse AirTrash Fuzz

Hologram Microcosm Multi-Mode Granular Looper/Delay

Knoxville's Hologram Electronics has been at the forefront of creative (or rather, "out there"!) effects pedals since the release of their debut device, the Dream Sequence, followed by the even more popular Infinite Jets. They recently announced their third creation, which, from the looks of it, seems to take things…Click on the title for more

Hologram Microcosm Multi-Mode Granular Looper/Delay

Chase Bliss Audio MOOD

While the folks at Chase Bliss Audio were publicly working on two ambitious projects (the automatic-fader-driven Preamp MkII and the uber-documented looper Blooper) they were also secretly designing a new two-channel granular micro-looper called M O O D, which they unveiled today (06.20.2019) through a video of their favorite Toronto…Click on the title for more

Chase Bliss Audio MOOD

Pladask Elektrisk Baklengs Granular Synth/Glitch Delay

Thanks to a bunch of forward-thinking builders, in recent years, granular and glitch pedals have experienced an exponential growth comparable to no other effect niche. Norway's Pladask Elektrisk has been at the center of this phenomenon and their new release BAKLENGS continues and develops it. Presented as the final release…Click on the title for more

Pladask Elektrisk Baklengs Granular Synth/Glitch Delay

Meris Ottobit Jr.

The Meris Ottobit Jr. is presented as 'a maniacal little machine, inspired by vintage gaming consoles' - or, if you wish, an 8-bit pedals on steroids: a stereo “Audio In >> Video Game Out” device that lets guitarists employ synthesis techniques and bitcrushing to create new audio textures. Sample-rate and bit-reduction…Click on the title for more

Meris Ottobit Jr.

Drolo Stamme[n] V4 Glitch Pedal

The Drolo Stamme is a rather unique, Belgium-made granular looper/creative reverb with Tap Tempo that's now in its fourth version. Featuring a rather simple user interface, the Stamme(n) packs 8 operational modes, which have : 4 LOOP MODES • ML (tap tempo micro looper) The length of the recording can…Click on the title for more

Drolo Stamme[n] V4 Glitch Pedal

Flamma FS05 Stereo Multi-Modulation

After writing of the other Flamma stereo, multi-mode, extremely affordable pedals, we kind of saw this one coming: a multi-modulation unit with 11 modes (from the classic to the experimental) storable in 7 presets. The controls couldn't be simpler, with fixed Rate and Depth knobs and two extra controls whose…Click on the title for more

Flamma FS05 Stereo Multi-Modulation

RPS Effects Bit Reactor Bit Crusher Downsampler

The RPS Bit Reactor is a bit crusher and downsampler that takes whatever signal you give it and crunches it up into digital atoms. The central Crush knob selects the number of bits for the crunching, from 1 to 8, while the Sample one deals with reducing the sample rate.…Click on the title for more

RPS Effects Bit Reactor Bit Crusher Downsampler

Champion Leccy The Swan Hunter LoFi Echo+Reverb

Blending layers of delay and reverb is the favorite hobby of a fair slice of guitarists into stompboxes, and - as you can see from our article about the Best Delay + Reverb Combo Pedals article - effects makers are fully aware of that. Philly's boutique builder Champion Leccy, run…Click on the title for more

Champion Leccy The Swan Hunter LoFi Echo+Reverb

Caroline Guitar Somersault LoFi Chorus/Vibrato

The Caroline Guitar Somersault is an '80s inspired, wide-ranging and creative Chorus/Vibrato with two LFO waves (the classic Triangle the glitchy and pulsing Square) and a Tone knob that can dial in lo-fi tones. Modulation can get extreme at high depth settings, approaching pitch-bended slapback chorus territory. A momentary footswitch…Click on the title for more

Caroline Guitar Somersault LoFi Chorus/Vibrato

Polarbear Effects Drowner Fuzz/Bitcrusher/Reverb

Croatian pedal builder Polarbear Effects sure likes to mix things up a little. The two stompboxes on the company's roster are very creative devices wisely blending several circuits, with the goal of creating very musical and unique effects. Enter the new Drowner, a fuzz/bitcrusher/shimmery reverb. The circuit starts with a…Click on the title for more

Polarbear Effects Drowner Fuzz/Bitcrusher/Reverb