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Collision Devices Crushturnal

The Collision Devices Crushturnal is the latest inspiring device by a French pedal brand that has gotten us accustomed to delivering complex yet intuitive creative effects. Available for preorder, it will ship in the 2nd half of June 2024. Inspired by the glitch created by clock change on digital processors…... Click for more

Collision Devices Crushturnal

Updated Pedal: Beautiful Noise Endless Sleeper II Delay

Ambient delay and shoegazer fanatics should take a hard look at this pedal by Australian manufacturer Beautiful Noise: the recently updated Endless Sleeper MkII. It's an analog-voiced dual delay effect with modulation and sample reduction. The two delay lines cascade into each other, each contributing between 30ms and 1500ms, allowing…... Click for more

Updated Pedal: Beautiful Noise Endless Sleeper II Delay

Oneder Effects Wet Hot American Bummer

The Oneder Effects Wet Hot American Bummer (a pedal that doesn't have a web page yet), is a multi-voice delay with modulation, reverb, and some other cool tricks up its sleeve. The basic controls are the same as for any other delay: two big silver knobs controlling the number of…... Click for more

Oneder Effects Wet Hot American Bummer

Chase Bliss Lossy Digital LoFi

The Chase Bliss Lossy is a collaboration with audio plugin builder Goodhertz, and could be described as a digital version of the company's Generation Loss, informed by Goodhertz's plugin of the same name. Where Generation Loss originated as an effect intent to recreate the sonic artifact of the analog VHS…... Click for more

Chase Bliss Lossy Digital LoFi

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 for more

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

The Best LoFi Guitar Pedals in 2024: Analog & Digital Artifact Simulators

Welcome to our guide to the Best LoFi Guitar Pedals currently on the market. You can find our coverage of similar devices in our Lo-Fi Pedals category. [lwptoc min="2" depth="4" numeration="romannested" title="TABLE OF CONTENTS (click to jump)" titleFontSize="125%" titleFontWeight="semibold" itemsFontSize="110%" skipHeadingLevel="h4,h5" skipHeadingText="Related Delicious Audio Posts:"] Your Signal's Best Frenemy: the…... Click for more

The Best LoFi Guitar Pedals in 2024: Analog & Digital Artifact Simulators

New Pedal: Empty Head Falling Man Lofi Delay

Handbuilt in Germany by a small boutique builder, the Empty Head Falling Man is a simple but intriguing lofi echo pedal that will tickle the fancy of creative guitarists chasing character and texture. Built around the PT2399 chip, an obsolete component found in Karaoke machines that's become incredibly inspiring for…... Click for more

New Pedal: Empty Head Falling Man Lofi Delay

Upcoming Pedal: Tefi Vintage Lab Malinconia

Based out of Italy Tefi Vintage Lab is one of the most interesting up-and-coming pedal builders, laser focused on producing creative stompboxes full of character and charm. Their latest announcement, Malinconia (Italian for Melancholy), is a lo-fi pedal simulating all the artifacts of the analog era. Cleverly split into three…... Click for more

Upcoming Pedal: Tefi Vintage Lab Malinconia

WMD Geiger Counter Distortion/Bitcrusher

When I first took a look at the WMD Geiger Counter pedal I thought for sure that the WMD stood for Weapons of Mass Destruction and thought , "OK, these guys are no joke". Come to find that WMD actually stands for William Mathewson Devices and that he is actually...…... Click for more

WMD Geiger Counter Distortion/Bitcrusher

Catalinbread Bitters Multi-FX Processor

Based on a 2004 tabletop effect that wanted to be disruptive and ended up being discontinued (the Alesis Bitrman), the Catalinbread Bitters is a multi-FX pedal that will intrigue musicians with a taste for deranged sonics. Reimagined and improved, the Bitters works well with all instruments, delivering a range of…... Click for more

Catalinbread Bitters Multi-FX Processor

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 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 for more

Meris Ottobit Jr. Bitcruser/Sequencer/Stutter Pedal