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Poly Effect Beebo – Modulation and Synthesis Device

Australian pedal maker Poly Effects has been following a unique path in its full embrace of touchscreens, which have the considerable advantage of easily allowing way more control options than knobs and switches while delivering a more visual and "organized" tweaking experience. The format of their pedals also allows you…Click on the title for more

Poly Effect Beebo – Modulation and Synthesis Device

New Pedal Line: IK Multimedia AmpliTube X-GEAR Multi-Mode Stereo Pedals

IK Multimedia's first major success back in the early days of digital recording was AmpliTube, one of the very first amp simulation plugins that allowed mixing engineers to record clean guitar parts and apply amp and cab character to the signal while mixing. That piece of software kept growing as…Click on the title for more

New Pedal Line: IK Multimedia AmpliTube X-GEAR Multi-Mode Stereo Pedals

Now Shipping: Crazy Tube Circuits Time Delay

It's very interesting how, in some cases, new audio technology is at first demonized for its artifacts by an older generation of audiophiles, while a newer generation grows to appreciate its other advantages (like flexibility and ease of use), while slowly growing fond of those same artifacts. Fast forward a…Click on the title for more

Now Shipping: Crazy Tube Circuits Time Delay

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 ofd…Click on the title for more

Chase Bliss & Meris CXM 1978 Reverb

New Pedal: Red Panda Raster 2

The ingenious folks at Red Panda just unveiled a new version of their flagship pitch-shifting delay Raster at Summer NAMM and it looks... intense! Compared to the original, at first sight we can see a slew of new knobs and toggle switches, while the press release highlights invisible new features…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Red Panda Raster 2

Strymon Volante Magnetic Echo Machine

Strymon, an effect builder that will be remembered for breaking the guitarists' skepticism about digital technology applied to guitar pedals, unveiled their delay/looper pedal Volante in early 2019 - their first pedal release in two years. Featuring four delay playback heads with individual feedback, panning, and level controls, the Volante…Click on the title for more

Strymon Volante Magnetic Echo Machine

Empress Effects Zoia Modular Multi-Effects Pedal

After its introduction at NAMM 2018, it took Canadian builder Empress Effects more than a year to finalize their noteworthy modular stompbox Zoia, but it was worth the wait: this is a pedal like no other, with truly infinite potential. This page gathers all the news about the Zoia in…Click on the title for more

Empress Effects Zoia Modular Multi-Effects Pedal

GFI System Specular Tempus

Based in Indonesia, GFI System manufactures some rather impressive pedals, and has built a solid reputation for its time-based effects. Their Specular Tempus is an expanded, more powerful version of their very well received Specular Reverb, with a more ambient angle. In a horizontal case slightly bigger than a Boss…Click on the title for more

GFI System Specular Tempus

Best Multi-Mode Digital Delay Pedals in 2021

Updated on 02.05.2021 For a more comprehensive take on delays, see our Best Delay Pedals article. For the guitarists who live and breathe delay and enjoy tweaking and experiment with this effect’s many variables, the modern multi-mode, digital, stereo delay pedal is the ultimate gift from heaven (but not a…Click on the title for more

Best Multi-Mode Digital Delay Pedals in 2021

Red Panda Tensor Time Warp Pedal

We were really hoping to have the new Tensor on the Red Panda board at this past weekend's L.A. Stompbox Exhibit. There is a lot of excitement about this pedal, in particular among experimental and psychedelic guitarists, since it plays with forward/backward looping, stretching and pitch shifting in unforeseen ways.…Click on the title for more

Red Panda Tensor Time Warp Pedal

2021 UPDATE: Best Amp Modeling Pedals & Cab Simulators

Once upon a time, most electric guitarists (i.e. those with a limited budget) had to pick an amplifier and a cabinet that would pretty much define their tone - until they got tired of it, and bought new gear. Settling on one amp/cab combo wasn't easy, and generated a fair…Click on the title for more

2021 UPDATE: Best Amp Modeling Pedals & Cab Simulators

Electro-Harmonix Grand Canyon Delay & Looper

Following a trend we discussed a few months ago in this article, Electro-Harmonix, once known for the simplicity of their delays, seems to be developing some more complex devices on the heels of the success of companies like Strymon. To spot the trend, all you need to do is count…Click on the title for more

Electro-Harmonix Grand Canyon Delay & Looper