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LO-FI PEDALS

TEFI Vintage Lab Golden Era Real-Time Lo-Fi Machine

The Italian folks at TEFI Vintage Lab have been releasing some increasingly interesting pedals and the Golden Era Real-Time Lo-Fi Machine seems like an extra step in the right direction. In a world where the increasingly pristine quality of digital recording makes many audiophiles long for the artifacts of old-time…... Click for more

TEFI Vintage Lab Golden Era Real-Time Lo-Fi Machine

Flamma FS05 Stereo Multi-Modulation

After writing of the other Flamma stereo, multi-mode, extremely affordable pedals, we kind of saw this one coming: a multi-modulation unit with 11 modes (from the classic to the experimental) storable in 7 presets. The controls couldn't be simpler, with fixed Rate and Depth knobs and two extra controls whose…... Click for more

Flamma FS05 Stereo Multi-Modulation

Pladask Elektrisk Fabrikat Granular Synth / Sample Playback

The Pladask Elektrisk Fabrikat is a hand-made Granular Synthesizer / Sample Playback pedal built-in Bergen, Norway. The company is known for its DIY workshops. A lighter version of the DIY kit FORM2, the Fabrikat features 16 algorithms focusing on granular synthesis and modified sample playback, including time stretching, pitch shifting with time…... Click for more

Pladask Elektrisk Fabrikat Granular Synth / Sample Playback

Old Blood Noise Endeavors Dark Star Pad Reverb

Unusual, sonically adventurous, and rich with features, the Old Blood Noise Endeavors | Dark Star has been receiving a lot of attention and love since its launch in 2016. It shines in creating long and cavernous reverbs, with an optional lo-fi character - you'll find more info on the controls…... Click for more

Old Blood Noise Endeavors Dark Star Pad Reverb

Mastro Valvola LEM Ambient Delay/Reverb

Italian stompbox maestro Mastro Valvola unveiled the company's edgier device so far: the LEM (an acronym for Lysergic Emotion Module), a tap-tempo and preset enabled ambiance machine with 8 delay and reverb modes. Here's a graph that shows you all the modes, accessible through the Mode knob: As you can see…... Click for more

Mastro Valvola LEM Ambient Delay/Reverb

Cooper FX Generation Loss V2

Cooper FX is a pedal that focuses on quirky and textural pedal designs that - we may add - are constantly sold out and rather pricey when you find them. The Cooper FX Generation Loss is presented as a simulator of cheap tape machines, i.e. a lo-fi "character adder" for…... Click for more

Cooper FX Generation Loss V2

Caroline Kilobyte v2

Caroline Guitar Company is announcing a few changes to their popular Kilobyte delay pedal. The most notable of which is the introduction of an external trimpot for the modulation effect of the unit. Some boutique pedal purists may have words about the other changes in store for the pedal but…... Click for more

Caroline Kilobyte v2

Inspira FX Tube Killer Fuzz/Drive

There are several hundreds of pedal companies out there who are trying to create dirt box pedals that are exquisite to the ear - and although most electric guitarists seek sublime tone, the competition in that niche is so stiff and numerous that it's not easy to stick out from…... Click for more

Inspira FX Tube Killer Fuzz/Drive

Pladask Elektrisk Draume Reverb

The Pladask Elektrisk Draume is a reverb pedal built on an intriguing premise: that digital reverb is not supposed to recreate the sound of a space, but should be a creative effect in itself, free from real-life emulation constraints. Can a space sound dry, old, veiled or broken? [...] what…... Click for more

Pladask Elektrisk Draume Reverb

Best Lo-Fi, Modulation and Distortion Pedals (with CV In)

Updated on 07.16.2020 [lwptoc min="2" hierarchical="1" title="TABLE OF CONTENTS (click to jump)" titleFontSize="135%" itemsFontSize="125%"] Here's a list of assorted pedal effects with CV Input for synth integration. This page is linked to this article about pedals with CV Ins, you can find other CV integrated pedals in this of Delay,…... Click for more

Best Lo-Fi, Modulation and Distortion Pedals (with CV In)

Alexander Pedals Syntax Error

This is a quirky, creative sampling audio mangling stompbox by Alexander Pedals that got a lot of attention at Summer NAMM. An enhanced "Arcade Game" style effect inspired by the 8-bit sounds of the early videogames, the Syntax Error delivers grainy, lo-bit tones reminiscent of vintage videogames, and includes many…... Click for more

Alexander Pedals Syntax Error

4 Track Syndicate – Niagara Bitstortion

The 4 Track Syndicate Niagara, the fruit of a collaboration between Rare Buzz Effects, SoundsliceFX and Shoneswood Effects, is presented as a "Bitstortion," i.e. a bit crusher / distortion combo. While the controls for the overdrive (on the top right of the pedal) as pretty straightforward, the two knobs for…... Click for more

4 Track Syndicate – Niagara Bitstortion