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Catalinbread Wake Chorus

The Catalinbread Wake is a chorus effect pedal that draws inspiration from the lush, studio-grade choruses of the ’80s and ’90s—particularly the dream pop era, where shimmering, modulated textures became a defining characteristic of the genre. Through its four simple controls, the Wake leans into this aesthetic with an eight-voice chorus…Click on the title for more

Catalinbread Wake Chorus

BOSS SDE-3 Digital Delay

A rack unit launched in 1983, the Roland SDE3000 was one of the the first delays to feature dual delays and a modulation section. Van Halen famously used it, and in 2023 the Japanese brand already released a non-compact pedal version with a signature variant inspired by the star guitarist.…Click on the title for more

BOSS SDE-3 Digital Delay

MXR Joshua Ambient Echo

The MXR Joshua Ambient Echo bears that name for a particular reason: it aims to offer, in a compact case, the legendary sound of U2's The Edge as heard in The Joshua Tree, a 1987 album that featured a signature guitar sound drenched in a rhythmic yet ambient delay. Extremely…Click on the title for more

MXR Joshua Ambient Echo

Strymon El Capistan V2 Tape Delay

The Strymon El Capistan is a lush stereo emulation of a vintage Tape Echo device, in a cleverly simple box. It offers three Tape modes emulating different reading head configurations (Fixed, Multi and Single) and three ways to slightly tweak each one of them. Separate controls for Tape Age and…Click on the title for more

Strymon El Capistan V2 Tape Delay

Fish Circuits Astronomie Reverb

One of the most intriguing new pedal releases at NAMM 2025 came from a fellow Montrealese brand: the Fish Circuit Astronomie. It's a spring-style reverb/compressor circuit (in that order) with the company's signature chunky vintage look and very unusual controls. Notwithstanding the large footprint, the Astronomie doesn't have real springs…Click on the title for more

Fish Circuits Astronomie Reverb

Source Audio EQ2 Programable Equalizer

Presented at NAMM 2020, the Source Audio EQ2 Programable Equalizer improves upon the Boston company’s original Programmable EQ pedal. It offers a combination graphic and parametric equalizer with 10 fully adjustable frequency bands, stereo output and an eight preset system. Up to 12dB of boost. Additionally, EQs can be different…Click on the title for more

Source Audio EQ2 Programable Equalizer

Keeley Eccos Stereo Delay/Looper

We first saw a prototype of the Keeley Eccos Delay-Looper at Winter NAMM 2019. The pedal took a while to be finalized for shipping, probably because of the complex digital algorythms that comprise the core of the circuit. The company has finally unveiled the first two official videos of it,…Click on the title for more

Keeley Eccos Stereo Delay/Looper

New Pedal: Spruce Kenai Fjords Oil Can Delay

The Spruce Kenai Fjords is a pedal celebration of Alaska's National Park, and part of the company's Junior Ranger Series, all inspired by North American wilderness resorts. It's a digital delay pedal housed in a 1590BBS enclosure reproducing the viscous sound of the vintage oil can delays, an ephemeral technology…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Spruce Kenai Fjords Oil Can Delay

Flamma Ekoverb FS22

Flamma is a new Chinese builder of affordable stompboxes (we blogged about their FS02 Stereo Reverb a few weeks ago). The FS22 Ekoverb is their multi-mode delay/reverb pedal. In this stompbox, the two effect run in parallel, i.e., they don't feed each other but work as separate effects. Through the…Click on the title for more

Flamma Ekoverb FS22

Chase Bliss & Meris CXM 1978 Reverb

At NAMM 2021 Chase Bliss Audio and Meris unveiled the prototype of a pedal adaption of the venerable Lexicon 224 studio reverb, built on the moving-fader format of Chase Bliss Audio's Automatone series and featuring three algorithms (Hall, Room, Plate). The pedal was named CXM 1978 after the year of…Click on the title for more

Chase Bliss & Meris CXM 1978 Reverb

Red Panda Context v2 Reverb

The Red Panda Context V2 is a reverb pedal that can sound both realistic and "out there." The new version adds presets, modulation, “spring” and “grain” settings in lieu of “delay." Plus, stereo input/output, USB MIDI, fully assignable expression pedal, 3 new modes, a delay plus reverb option in all…Click on the title for more

Red Panda Context v2 Reverb

Best Multi-Modulation Pedals 2025 | Stereo, Mono & Dual

A Buyer's Guide to the Best Multi-Modulation Pedals In the world of audio, "modulation" is a broad term encompassing effects driven by a Low-Frequency Oscillator (LFO). This electronic component gradually alters a circuit parameter at a user-defined speed, shaping your audio signal with sweeping, swirling textures. While the "low" in…Click on the title for more

Best Multi-Modulation Pedals 2025 | Stereo, Mono & Dual