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Electronic Audio Experiments Prismatic Wall

These days we rarely see effects pedals that do something that hasn't been tried before, and the Electronic Audio Experiments Prismatic Wall seems to be exactly that kind of rare device. It's an effect that emulates the natural effect of sympathetic resonance that all musicians experience when they play loudly…... Click for more

Electronic Audio Experiments Prismatic Wall

New Pedal: Electro-Harmonix Pico Intelligent Harmony Machine

It is a rare and satisfying thing when a manufacturer distills the core intelligence of a beloved, complex device into a form that is both radically simplified and utterly immediate. Electro-Harmonix has achieved precisely this with the Pico Intelligent Harmony Machine. The original Intelligent Harmony Machine was a powerful but…... Click for more

New Pedal: Electro-Harmonix Pico Intelligent Harmony Machine

New Pedal: Mentha Works Monk Echo

Alright, gearheads, strap in. For those who live and breathe inventive circuit design, the name Gamechanger Audio should immediately set your spidey-senses tingling. They're the mad scientists who brought us the Plasma Pedal and the Motor Synth. Well, that same wellspring of Latvian innovation has spawned a new venture. Founded by former…... Click for more

New Pedal: Mentha Works Monk Echo

BOSS XS-100 Poly Shifter

For decades, if you wanted dramatic, foot-controlled pitch bends, there was really only one game in town: the Whammy. It was iconic, but it could be noisy and fussy with chords. The BOSS XS-100 feels like the spiritual successor we’ve been waiting for—it takes that same thrilling concept and elevates…... Click for more

BOSS XS-100 Poly Shifter

BOSS Poly Shifter XS-1

The BOSS Poly Shifter represents a significant leap in polyphonic pitch-shifting technology, offering glitch-free, ultra-fast tracking across a wide range of up to ±7 semitones or ±3 octaves. Powered by advanced proprietary algorithms and 24-bit Adaptive Focus conversion, the XS-1 maintains the natural character and attack of your instrument while…... Click for more

BOSS Poly Shifter XS-1

Beetronics BeeBeeDee Analog Delay

The Beetronics BeeBeeDee is far more than a standard analog delay; it’s a creative instrument built around a true bucket-brigade (BBD) analog signal path but enhanced with intelligent digital control. This marriage of vintage warmth and modern flexibility allows it to deliver everything from pristine, musical echoes to experimental pitch-shifted…... Click for more

Beetronics BeeBeeDee Analog Delay

Rainger FX Razor Fuzz

The Rainger FX Razor Fuzz is a wild (mostly analog) ride in a stompbox: an unapologetically bold fusion of analog fury and digital mischief. With its original, analog gated fuzz circuitry, it’s bristling with zingy highs and oversized lows. Engaging the “Extra” switch unleashes an even more aggressive tonal onslaught…... Click for more

Rainger FX Razor Fuzz

KMA Machines Geminus Stereo Double Tracker

The KMA Machines Geminus is a compact pedal that brings their unique True Double Tracker (TDT) technology, previously featured in their larger Endgame pedal, to a dedicated format. TDT is based on an algorithm that authentically simulates the sound of playing a riff twice, adding "fatness" and "width" to your…... Click for more

KMA Machines Geminus Stereo Double Tracker

Chase Bliss Reverse Mode C

The Chase Bliss Reverse Mode C is a pedal designed in collaboration with Empress Effects. For the Minneapolis-base company, it represents a return to their comfort zone, the creative delay pedal, in this case, an "echo composed of multiple distinct voices that move in different directions - forward, backward, and…... Click for more

Chase Bliss Reverse Mode C

Keeley Octa PSI Transfigurating Fuzz

Lovers of octave fuzzes (of the up or down categories) should take a serious look at the Keeley Octa PSI Transfigurating Fuzz. Thanks to its incredible flexibility, this Muff-style device is a true do-it-all not just for of octave fuzzes, but also pitch-shifting ones, providing several modes of octave up,…... Click for more

Keeley Octa PSI Transfigurating Fuzz

DigiTech HammerOn

At NAMM 2025 it was good to see DigiTech back with some new pedal releases after a few transitional years due to the change of ownership. The HammerOn was one of these new products, announced at the NAMM show but not for sale yet. An evolution of their Whammy-inspired Drop…... Click for more

DigiTech HammerOn

Glou Glou Loupe` Creative Stereo Looper

Those who like imaginative pedals and have no problem with complexity and seriously BIG stompboxes, should already be familiar with French builder Glou Glou, a company that has embraced the idea that pedals can be full-fledged synths (without keys). They just announced a new pedal and, once again, it's an…... Click for more

Glou Glou Loupe` Creative Stereo Looper