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Pitch Shifter Pedals

Dwarfcraft Devices Witch Shifter Pitch Shifter/Echo/Fuzz

The folks at Dwarfcraft Devices have been on fire lately, releasing a pedal after another. Their Witch Shifter is an Octave Up/Down effect with built-in Fuzz and an under-the-hood Echo. But of course, like in all devices built by this manufacturer, there's a lot more to it: The Bend knob creates a detuned…Click on the title for more

Dwarfcraft Devices Witch Shifter Pitch Shifter/Echo/Fuzz

MidValleyFx Mad Robot Distortion with Oscillator

Comprised of a husband and wife team based in Albany, OR, MidValleyFx specializes in heavy fuzz and distortion pedals. Their newest pedal Mad Robot, an oscillating distortion, was recently featured on Premier Guitar, and it's bound to make noise lovers smile. Featuring 5 unnamed controls (four knobs and one toggle switch),…Click on the title for more

MidValleyFx Mad Robot Distortion with Oscillator

Dwarfcraft Devices Grazer – Granular Repeater

The Dwarfcraft Devices Grazer was one of the newly released pedals visitors of the 2nd L.A. Stompbox Exhibit had the chance to check out this past weekend at the Sunset Blvd. Sam Ash store. Hosted in an attractively chunky, orange "brick-style" enclosure, this stompbox belongs to the rather trendy category…Click on the title for more

Dwarfcraft Devices Grazer – Granular Repeater

Chase Bliss Audio Thermae gets the Knobs Treatment

We are huge fans of Knobs and we were actually eagerly waiting for this video of the Chase Bliss Audio Thermae, a bucket-brigade based delay/pitch shifter that promises to bring "a radically new approach to analog delay and harmonization." Joel from Chase Bliss shot a video preview of the Thermae…Click on the title for more

Chase Bliss Audio Thermae gets the Knobs Treatment

Death By Audio Robot 8-bit Fuzz Octaver

The Death By Audio Robot is a manic 8-bit pitch transposer fuzz that's become somewhat cherished among experimental guitarists. It does octave up, octave down, and it even has an arpeggiator function. Rabea Massaad got one in the mail directly from the manufacturer and made this demo of it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysLMoburfzYClick on the title for more

Death By Audio Robot 8-bit Fuzz Octaver

Malekko Heavy Industry Downer Wavefolder/Saturation/Octave/Filter

If you like your guitar tone deep-down low and distorted, Malekko Heavy Industries has a new pedal that can take it to new depths. The appropriately named Downer - a pedal whose prototype we saw at NAMM 2018 - is a combination wavefolder/saturation and pitch-shifting pedal. Saturation, the more “subtle” of…Click on the title for more

Malekko Heavy Industry Downer Wavefolder/Saturation/Octave/Filter

TC Electronic Quintessence Harmonizer

TC Electronic unveiled their new Quintessence Harmonizer in late 2017. Finally, some video demos of it are surfacing, here's the one from EytschPi42. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGc28P_YNSY And here's the video the guys from That Pedal Show took at GuitCon in Germany. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aU_7FJYsiyE More from the manufacturer's website: Quintessence Harmonizer is a state-of-the-art…Click on the title for more

TC Electronic Quintessence Harmonizer

MOOER Pitch Step Polyphonic Pitch Shifter and Harmoniser

First showcased at Musik Messe 2017, Mooer's take on the Whammy (called Pitch Step) is now out in the world, just in time for NAMM 2018. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gHMMBKVrm0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qkHTAmVZB8 PITCH STEP is a polyphonic pitch shifter and harmonizer, conveniently built into a small expression pedal for real time control. The integrated…Click on the title for more

MOOER Pitch Step Polyphonic Pitch Shifter and Harmoniser

Cooper FX Moment Machine

Pitch shifting is one of those effects that, when used in non-subtle ways, can open up a wide palette of creative possibilities, which seems to be the precise mission behind the effect circuits of stompbox maker Cooper FX. The company new pedal "Moment Machine" was recently unveiled through a video by…Click on the title for more

Cooper FX Moment Machine

Eventide Announces Android Control for the H9 Harmonizer

Eventide Audio is now offering Android support for the company’s popular H9 Harmonizer pedal. The company made the announcement at Winter NAMM 2018. A beta version of H9 Control for Android is now available for download and will work on Android phones and tablets. To get the beta, apply to…Click on the title for more

Eventide Announces Android Control for the H9 Harmonizer

MAK Crazy Sound Technology – Chocoslayc

Here's an obscure pedal demoed by Dennis Kayzer, a stompbox by MAK Crazy Sound Technology designed by metal guitarist Chocoslayc. The device is designed primarily for tapping, but also compatible with other guitar techniques. The pedal control unit consists of four adjustment knobs and a three-position effect switch. Prometheus mode…Click on the title for more

MAK Crazy Sound Technology – Chocoslayc

New Creative Pedals: Nunomo Grain

One of the coolest new pedals we were able to try at the latest L.A. Stompbox Exhibit was the Grain, a creation of California based manufacturer Nunomo, run by Japanese designer Ryosuke Kojima. This stompbox is an intriguing take on granular tremolo with added overdrive and pitch shifting circuits -…Click on the title for more

New Creative Pedals: Nunomo Grain