Sample Crusher

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

Red Panda Bitmap 2

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 a 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…Click on the title for more

Red Panda Bitmap 2

New Pedals: 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

New Pedals: Hungry Robot Wardenclyffe Deluxe

New Pedal: 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

New Pedal: Electro-Harmonix Mainframe Bit Crusher + Filter

4 Track Syndicate – Niagara Bitstortion

The 4 Track Syndicate Niagara, the fruit of a collaboration between Rare Buzz Effects, SoundsliceFX and Shoneswood Effects, is presented as a "Bitstortion," i.e. a bit crusher / distortion combo. While the controls for the overdrive (on the top right of the pedal) as pretty straightforward, the two knobs for…Click on the title for more

4 Track Syndicate – Niagara Bitstortion

Chase Bliss Audio / Cooper FX Limited Edition Generation Loss

We celebrated in this very blog several of the pedals by Cooper FX, a one-man "cult" builder whose devices seem to be constantly sold out. One of the fans of this manufacturer is obviously Chase Bliss Audio's Joel Korte, who has never been shy about his affinity for the…Click on the title for more

Chase Bliss Audio / Cooper FX Limited Edition Generation Loss

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