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LO-FI PEDALS
OUR SHOPPING GUIDES:
• The Best Lo-Fi Pedals
• The Best Bitcrusher Pedals
• Best Tape Echo Pedals with Lo-Fi Control
• Best Granular, Glitch and Stutter Pedals

Below, the latest news about lo-fi pedals

Fairfield Circuitry Roger That RF Distortion

The Fairfield Circuitry Roger That, a distortion inspired by FM radio communication, is another intriguing and imaginative pedal by a Canadian company with an uncanny ability to design original yet rather intuitive effect circuits, outside all trends. Using an "FM modulation and demodulation scheme," the Roger generates tones ranging from…Click on the title for more

Fairfield Circuitry Roger That RF Distortion

Meris Ottobit Jr. Bitcruser/Sequencer/Stutter Pedal

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. Bitcruser/Sequencer/Stutter Pedal

Red Panda Bitmap 2 Stereo Bitcrusher

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 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 entirely…Click on the title for more

Red Panda Bitmap 2 Stereo Bitcrusher

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

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

Electro-Harmonix Mainframe Bit Crusher + Filter

Old Blood Noise Endeavors BL-52 Phase Repeater

The Old Blood Noise Endeavors BL-52 Phase Repeater is the 2023 addition to the company's quirky BL Series, a line of pedals sharing a diagonal fader control named "Clock." Not your regular phaser, the BL-52 is actually a repeater of phase, an effect OBNE claims is unique to this pedal,…Click on the title for more

Old Blood Noise Endeavors BL-52 Phase Repeater

Sonicake Wave Crush Bitcrusher

Bitcrusher Pedals are a lot of fun, but for most guitarists not a big priority on their board, which is why an affordable, mini effect of this kind like the Sonicake Wave Crush makes a lot of sense. This musical little device can bring your signal's sampling rate from 44100Hz…Click on the title for more

Sonicake Wave Crush Bitcrusher

Buzzing Bugs Audio Devices BB03 Lo-Fi Chorus

Although it's presented as a Lo-Fi Chorus, the Buzzing Bugs Audio Devices BB03 has what it takes to be called a small multi-effect pedal. Hand-built in Cornwall, UK, this simple, compact device offers not only the classic vintage modulation effect through its Depth and Time knob (the latter controlling the modulation…Click on the title for more

Buzzing Bugs Audio Devices BB03 Lo-Fi Chorus

Mojo Hand FX Stylus Lofi Modulator

The Mojo Hand FX Stylus is one of the simplest lo-fi effects you may stumble upon, but with its three knobs, it can do all kinds of... "lo-fi damage," including vinyl and tape style warmth, warble, and other anomalies and artifacts. It has Hi-Fi and a Lo-Fi modes accessible via the…Click on the title for more

Mojo Hand FX Stylus Lofi Modulator

Chase Bliss Audio Generation Loss MkII

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

Chase Bliss Audio Generation Loss MkII

2023 UPDATE: The Best Bitcrusher Pedals

Lovers of quirky effects may want to check out also our shopping guides to the Best Glitch and Granular Pedals, the Best Ring Modulator Pedals and the Best Pedals for Synths. Updated on July 11.2022. Those who see technology as unstoppable progress towards technical excellence might feel puzzled by the…Click on the title for more

2023 UPDATE: The Best Bitcrusher 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