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New Pedal: Mask Audio Alone Flanger

Forget everything you think you know about the flanger. It’s not just for 70s rock solos or spaceship sound effects. This misunderstood effect is the hidden texture behind some of the most iconic tones in music, adding everything from a subtle, swirling depth to a radical, otherworldly character. It’s time…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Mask Audio Alone Flanger

Strymon Fairfax Drive

Strymon, a name long synonymous with cutting-edge digital processing, has entered the analog arena with the Fairfax Drive, a pedal that intriguingly presents itself as a full amplifier circuit in miniature form. While inspired by a classic 1960s tube design, it substitutes valves with JFETs and employs a custom circuit…Click on the title for more

Strymon Fairfax Drive

Gamechanger Audio Motor Pedal

True to their legacy of radical invention—from the Plasma Pedal to the Motor Synth—Gamechanger Audio has done it again. The Motor Pedal brings the raw, electromagnetic soul of their groundbreaking Motor Synth into a standalone pedal format, offering a truly unprecedented level of electro-mechanical synthesis at your feet. This isn’t…Click on the title for more

Gamechanger Audio Motor Pedal

NUX Solid Studio MKII

Since the early 2000s, amp and cabinet simulator pedals have undergone remarkable advancements, transforming from basic emulations into sophisticated studio-grade tools. Among the key innovators in this space, Chinese brand NUX has consistently pushed boundaries with its forward-thinking designs. The NUX Solid Studio MKII represents their latest breakthrough—a powerful, feature-packed,…Click on the title for more

NUX Solid Studio MKII

DryBell Vibe Machine V3

The Croatian team at DryBell have spent most of their 10-year (plus) existence laser-focused on creating the best possible Uni-Vibe clone. The fruit of these efforts was the Vibe Machine, which quickly established itself as one of the best contenders in that category, as highlighted in our Buyer's Guide to…Click on the title for more

DryBell Vibe Machine V3

New Pedal: Electro-Harmonix Pico Intelligent Harmony Machine

It is a rare and satisfying thing when a manufacturer distills the core intelligence of a beloved, complex device into a form that is both radically simplified and utterly immediate. Electro-Harmonix has achieved precisely this with the Pico Intelligent Harmony Machine. The original Intelligent Harmony Machine was a powerful but…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Electro-Harmonix Pico Intelligent Harmony Machine

Mask Audio Electronics MAYBE? Fuzz

A marriage of the company's two fuzz circuits named Yes and No, the appropriately named Maybe? is a super-tweakable dual fuzz. Each side can be played independently or stacked on top of the other. Judging from the builder's words, the destiny of this union is doomed to be destructive, at…Click on the title for more

Mask Audio Electronics MAYBE? Fuzz

Walrus Audio Silt Fuzz

Pedals with tubes in them are quite rare, and normally confined to the overdrive niche. The Walrus Audio Silt is a fuzz pedal with a 12AU7 tube in it, created in collaboration with tube expert Jim Hagerman of Hagerman Amplification. The Silt is a rather simple device, with the classic…Click on the title for more

Walrus Audio Silt Fuzz

Universal Audio UAFX DelVerb Ambience Companion

The Universal Audio UAFX DelVerb Ambience Companion is one of the three pedals released at NAMM 2023 by the pro audio company turned stompbox builder. It's a dual delay + reverb pedal with a separate footswitch and three modes for each effect. The delay, which has a separate control for…Click on the title for more

Universal Audio UAFX DelVerb Ambience Companion

Strymon Deco v2 | Tape Saturation & Doubletracker

Fans of vintage tape emulating effects should immediately take note of the new update to the Deco from Strymon. The Californian manufacturer just updated their all-encompassing mad scientist of a tape effect capable of tackling a whole host of vintage mid-century analog tape tones. This Deco V2 is a rabbit…Click on the title for more

Strymon Deco v2 | Tape Saturation & Doubletracker

New Pedal: Electro-Harmonix Atomic Cluster

The Electro Harmonix Atomic Cluster represents a genuine departure, a compact laboratory for granular synthesis. It operates not by applying modulation or distortion, but by employing a unique algorithm to systematically deconstruct your signal's frequency resolution, rebuilding it into a cloud of resonant, melodic oscillations. The result is a palette…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Electro-Harmonix Atomic Cluster

BOSS RT-2 Rotary Ensemble

The BOSS RT-2 Rotary Ensemble condenses the complex modulation of vintage rotary speaker cabinets into a compact, stereo pedal format. Using advanced DSP modeling, it accurately replicates the interplay between a spinning high-frequency horn (treble rotor) and rotating bass drum—key components of classic rotary speaker systems. The pedal offers three…Click on the title for more

BOSS RT-2 Rotary Ensemble