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Multi-Effect

Chaos Audio Stratus

Available for pre-order after a successful Kickstarted campaign, the Chaos Audio Stratus is a do-it-all pedal that can load any kind of effect through your smartphone. The beauty of this product is that its flexibility allows for endless creativity during the songwriting or sound designing process, while in a live…Click on the title for more

Chaos Audio Stratus

Eventide H90 Stereo Multi-FX

The highly anticipated new Eventide upgrade to the popular H9 Multi-FX harmonizer is finally out: it's the H90. The most important detail about the H90 is that it can run two H9 effects at once. Another obvious and important upgrade is the number of hardware controls: five knobs vs 1…Click on the title for more

Eventide H90 Stereo Multi-FX

GFI System Synesthesia Dual-Engine Modulator

These days, dual-engine pedals seem to be the way forward in a scene constantly striving to devise effects that offer new textures and unheard sonic combinations. Indonesian builder GFI System is, with a few other companies, ahead of the game in the digital effects' engineering field, and their new stompbox…Click on the title for more

GFI System Synesthesia Dual-Engine Modulator

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. Their third creation, which, from the looks of it, seems to take things to a new…Click on the title for more

Hologram Microcosm Multi-Mode Granular Looper/Delay

Alexander Pedals Rewind Stereo Delay

The Alexander Pedals Rewind is the new, compact, digital, stereo, multi-mode echo by a company that already has a noteworthy number of delays under its belt. It's the new flagship multi-mode delay in the builder's pedal line, replacing the History Lesson, which featured 6 modes versus the 10 of the…Click on the title for more

Alexander Pedals Rewind Stereo Delay

Line 6 HX Stomp Multieffect Processor

Line 6, the company that introduced amp, effect and even guitar modelling to the masses, just unveiled their latest product in the Helix multi-effect line, the HX Stomp, which packs all of the Helix's amps, cabs, and effects into a stompbox roughly the size of a BOSS Space Echo. The…Click on the title for more

Line 6 HX Stomp Multieffect Processor

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 on the title for more

Harley Benton Sugar & Spice Delay/Chorus+Reverb

Sonicake Rockstage Multi-FX Bar

To never be found unprepared is a determining quality of professionals. For this reason, an increasing number of guitarists have been carrying around a multi-fx bar like the Sonicake Rockstage next to their regular pedalboard, just in case anything went wrong with their main rig. Ultra-small (it's only 8" wide) and…Click on the title for more

Sonicake Rockstage Multi-FX Bar

Alexander Pedals Fever Pitch Stereo Pitch Shifting Multi-FX

The Alexander Pedals Fever Pitch might be one of the first digital/DSP-based pedal releases of 2022 (a year marred by a continued chip shortage) but it's a device bound to keep players busy as if they bought half a dozen new pedals. At its core, this is a creative pedal…Click on the title for more

Alexander Pedals Fever Pitch Stereo Pitch Shifting Multi-FX

NUX Amp Academy

It seems like amp and cab modelers have been getting better and more feature-rich by the day since the turn of the decade. The next challenge is to keep that quality and features and bring down the price, which is what the NUX Amp Academy, a $189 fully-featured device, is…Click on the title for more

NUX Amp Academy

Otis Audio Love Beams Cosmic Echo

Hailing from a small builder based in Mittagong, Australia, the Otis Audio Love Beams Cosmic Echo Unit is a quirky and super-creative take on the multi-mode pedal, offering four delay modes, two filter modes, and two "?" modes - which are mostly reverb-based. The pedal controls are divided in three…Click on the title for more

Otis Audio Love Beams Cosmic Echo

Leyland Head Full Delay

Built by caring English hands, the Leyland Head Full is a creative lo-fi echo based on what's probably the most inspiring chip for delays, the PT2399. This device can create ethereal atmospheres, haunting soundscapes, and full-on walls of noise, but also more subtle analog-style delays replicating tape-style artifacts (aka wow…Click on the title for more

Leyland Head Full Delay