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LO-FI PEDALS
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• 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

Pedal Update: Dunn Effects Pvrifier V2 LoFi Filter Drive

The Dunn Effects Pvrifier is a take on the circuit of the Ibanez LF7, a lo-fi analog filter overdrive pedal that has recently found a niche of fans among the stompbox collectors. A lot more flexible and useful than the original unit, the Pvrifier features a Hi- and Lo-pass filters…Click on the title for more

Pedal Update: Dunn Effects Pvrifier V2 LoFi Filter Drive

Meris Ottobit Jr.

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.

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

Champion Leccy The Woozy Lo-Fi Modulation

The Champion Leccy the Woozy is a lo-fi modulation device, and the moniker seems appropriate, considering the range of dizzying and unstable-sounding effects it can produce. In its essence, the Woozy is a tap tempo modulation pedal with a built-in echo. The modulation side of it can produce a lot…Click on the title for more

Champion Leccy The Woozy Lo-Fi Modulation

Demedash T-120 V2 Videotape Echo

The Demedash T-120 is a quirky tape-style echo that, instead of using a revered vintage machine as a reference for its voicing, emulates the lo-fi sound of VHS tapes, described as "low bandwidth tape being fed haphazardly through a magnetic read head by an uncalibrated, unbalanced feed mechanism." The Tape…Click on the title for more

Demedash T-120 V2 Videotape Echo

3Degrees Audio Bygones Pro

Boasting 24 knobs, the new Bygones pro edition is a full stereo, midi controllable, preset capable pedal that is probably the most in-depth lofi pedal available today. Provides precise real-time control of vintage hiss & noise, vinyl warping & tape jitter, and broken equipment audio drop-outs. Designed for live playing…Click on the title for more

3Degrees Audio Bygones Pro

ADD Pedals L.A.G. V2 Lofi Atmosphere Generator

Most guitarists who get the "ambient bug" are always on the lookout for new, creative stompboxes that can widen their textural and spacey tonal options. The ADD Pedals L.A.G. (an acronym for Lofi Atmosphere Generator) promises to do just that, and it was recently updated to V2. The L.A.G. consists…Click on the title for more

ADD Pedals L.A.G. V2 Lofi Atmosphere Generator

Glowfly Retroflect LoFi Tape Sim

The Glowfly Retroflect LoFi Tape Sim is a fun looking pedal that recreates analog cassette tape sounds, lofi textures and analog artifacts, with a Saturation knob delivering tape-style soft clipping on the high-frequencies, and a pitch modulation that's controlled directly by the input volume. The Wow knob adjusts modulation sensitivity,…Click on the title for more

Glowfly Retroflect LoFi Tape Sim

New Pedal: Polarbear Effects Ascender Fuzz/Delay/Bitcrusher

The Polarbear Effects Ascender is the newly released delay twin of the Croatian company's Drowner, hence a creative fuzz/bitcrusher/delay multi-effect guitar pedal. These two siblings look a helluva lot like each other. The fuzz, a heavy one, is of the Silicon kind, and it's first in the chain and has…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Polarbear Effects Ascender Fuzz/Delay/Bitcrusher

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

Pedal Update: Mattoverse Warble Swell Echo MkII

An original design, the Mattoverse Warble Swell Echo MkII is an unusual take on the lo-fi, modulated echo by a manufacturer who has demonstrated a special and consistent interest in creative and quirky circuits. It's a vintage-voiced echo/delay with a dynamic foot-controllable Swell feature and gooey tape-like modulation. It provides…Click on the title for more

Pedal Update: Mattoverse Warble Swell Echo MkII

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

Hungry Robot Wardenclyffe Deluxe