Routing

New Pedals: Cooper FX Signal Path Selector & Exp Gen

If the word "utility" used next to the word "pedal" doesn't exactly fire your imagination, we'd argue that you need to broaden your sonic horizons. In recent years, the utility pedal niche has expanded to include some truly interesting devices, and no one can expect an imaginative builder like Cooper…Click on the title for more

New Pedals: Cooper FX Signal Path Selector & Exp Gen

Free the Tone Future Factory Modulation Delay

The Future Factory from Free the Tone is hailed as the world’s first random fluctuating phase modulation pedal. The two delay units can be used in series or parallel modes with controls over virtually every parameter imaginable. It’s not just a delay though, as the name implies. There are a…Click on the title for more

Free the Tone Future Factory Modulation Delay

KMA Machines Tyler Deluxe

The KMA Machines Tyler isn't really an effects pedal. Rather, a device designed to bring new life to the pedals you already have by splitting the signal into two parallel loops that let you make separate chains for your high and low frequencies. The new Deluxe version takes things to…Click on the title for more

KMA Machines Tyler Deluxe

Fairfield Circuitry Hors d’Oeuvre? Active Feedback Loop

The Fairfield Circuitry Hors d'Oeuvre? is a simple yet clever active feedback loop pedal that lets you insert, trigger and blend-in a separate chain of effects, and also feed that incoming signal back into itself (through the Feed knob) for some out-there ambient effects. To help correct phase problems occurring…Click on the title for more

Fairfield Circuitry Hors d’Oeuvre? Active Feedback Loop

Seymour Duncan Dark Sun Digital Delay + Reverb

Seymour Duncan's new spatial workhorse, the Dark Sun, is full of options for people that don't necessarily need two different pedals for delay and reverb. The Dark Sun delivers the very best of both effects for a hyper-inspirational box that pushes the boundaries of each. The Dark Sun's cool new…Click on the title for more

Seymour Duncan Dark Sun Digital Delay + Reverb

Champion Leccy The Kilter LFO Texture Machine

The project of an Englishman from Newcastle - and now based in Philadelphia - named Woolly, Champion Leccy has been churning out limited quantities of hand-made, fun-sounding (and looking!) pedals since 2017, which have earned the company the reputation of one of the most interesting DIY boutique pedal builders in…Click on the title for more

Champion Leccy The Kilter LFO Texture Machine

Electro-Harmonix Attack Decay Tape Reverse Simulator

The Electro-Harmonix Attack Decay is a reboot of one of the NYC company's most rare pedals from the '80s. The new version is smaller than its predecessor, but the circuit is expanded for additional options. It is known as a tape reverse simulator, and the newest version can do some…Click on the title for more

Electro-Harmonix Attack Decay Tape Reverse Simulator

Spaceman Effects Mission Control Expressive Audio System

Portland's own Spaceman Effects returns to the game with the Mission Control, featuring a fresh concept: sit as the central nervous system of your pedalboard and operate everything around it. Dialing in the Mission Control and stomping the Activate footswitch triggers attack and release times that you set. The built-in…Click on the title for more

Spaceman Effects Mission Control Expressive Audio System

Death By Audio Total Sonic Annihilation 2

Since the early aughts, NYC's Death By Audio has been on the forefront of a trend that has since then picked up a lot of steam: the one of stompboxes offering extreme sonic features (and apocalyptic names). We discussed this in depth in this 2017 interview with owner Oliver Ackermann,…Click on the title for more

Death By Audio Total Sonic Annihilation 2

EarthQuaker Devices Swiss Things

Routing effects aren't exactly the kind of device that makes most guitarists go bananas with excitement, but that's just because they are thoroughly underappreciated. They are not effects per se, but they have the unique ability to open up creative options that single pedals can't provide. We'll go as far…Click on the title for more

EarthQuaker Devices Swiss Things

Game Changer Alert! Empress Effects’ Zoia Synth-Style Multi_Effect

Videographer extraordinaire Knobs just posted this video of an upcoming pedal by Canadian builder Empress Effects, which looks like something entirely new and exciting - so exciting we are giving it the freshly made up tag "Game Changer Alert"! The name of the device is Zoia, and it could be…Click on the title for more

Game Changer Alert! Empress Effects’ Zoia Synth-Style Multi_Effect

New Pedals: MBS Effects Parallel Universe Routing + Mixer pedal

From MBS Effects out of Buenos Aires, Argentina comes a truly innovative design - the Parallel Universe. This unique pedal provides a variety of signal routing and blending options, offering rig routing choices that before might have only been daydreams. At its core, it is a mixer that allows you to…Click on the title for more

New Pedals: MBS Effects Parallel Universe Routing + Mixer pedal