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Strymon Mobius Multi-Modulation Pedal

Strymon is a company that focuses heavily on... getting it right. They use powerful DSP processing to create pedals that echo and sometimes surpass the most fabulous designs of the past, but with a modern spin of course. I reviewed the TimeLine a while back and gave an extremely detailed…Click on the title for more

Strymon Mobius Multi-Modulation Pedal

Line 6 HX Stomp Multieffect Processor

Line 6, the company that introduced amp, effect and even guitar modelling to the masses, just unveiled their latest product in the Helix multi-effect line, the HX Stomp, which packs all of the Helix's amps, cabs, and effects into a stompbox roughly the size of a BOSS Space Echo. The…Click on the title for more

Line 6 HX Stomp Multieffect Processor

Best Multi-Mode Digital Delay Pedals in 2024

For a more comprehensive take on delays, see our Best Delay Pedals, by Type article. [lwptoc depth="4" hierarchical="0" numeration="none" title="TABLE OF CONTENTS (click to jump)" titleFontSize="125%" titleFontWeight="semibold" itemsFontSize="110%" skipHeadingLevel="h3" skipHeadingText="Related Delicious Audio Posts:"] For the guitarists who live and breathe delay and enjoy tweaking and experimenting with this effect’s…Click on the title for more

Best Multi-Mode Digital Delay Pedals in 2024

Electronic Audio Experiments Sending V2 Analog Delay

Released in its first version in 2018, the Sending is Boston’s Electronic Audio Experiments' love letter to the Bucket Brigade Device, the chip that makes analog delay possible. Based, just like the original, on a pair of MN3005 reissues, this stompbox was completely redesigned with the goal of extending its…Click on the title for more

Electronic Audio Experiments Sending V2 Analog Delay

Source Audio Artifakt Multi-Algorithm Stereo Lo-Fi Pedal

The Source Audio Artifakt Lo-Fi Elements is the new, long-awaited release by the Massachusetts-based brand that excelled at multi-algorithm time-based effects like the Nemesis or the Ventris. While a lo-fi pedal represents a departure from the company's usual offerings (known for their pristine audio quality), the engineers have maintained their…Click on the title for more

Source Audio Artifakt Multi-Algorithm Stereo Lo-Fi Pedal

Meris LVX Stereo Modular Delay

The Meris LVX is the long-awaited first release in over two years by one of the most interesting (and successful) new pedal companies to emerge in the late '10s, born from a rib of Strymon. As expected, it's a heavily featured stereo pedal, and more precisely, a multi-algorithm delay/looper with…Click on the title for more

Meris LVX Stereo Modular Delay

Walrus Audio Mako M1 MkII

The Mako M1 MkII is the updated version of the company's "High-Fidelity Modulation Machine," part of the impressive Mako line of stereo, multi-algorithm pedals. In line with previous Mako releases, the M1 is a highly tweakable effect with presets and MIDI compatibility that delivers several types of modulation effects: Phaser,…Click on the title for more

Walrus Audio Mako M1 MkII

Strymon BigSky MX Reverb Workstation

Strymon just announced the successor of their super popular reverb workstation BigSky: it's the Strymon BigSky MX. Among the new features, there's Impulse Response technology and dual reverb patches, allowing the layering of two different effects on top of each other. The IR/Convolution Reverb addition allows for editing of parameters…Click on the title for more

Strymon BigSky MX Reverb Workstation

2024 UPDATE: Best Multi Reverb Pedals | Stereo and Mono

Please note: this article is about a very specific niche of reverb pedals we refer to as "multi-reverb" or "multi-mode reverb". For a wider-angle article about reverbs, see our regularly updated Best Reverb Pedals article. [lwptoc depth="4" hierarchical="0" numeration="none" title="TABLE OF CONTENTS (click to jump to list)" toggle="1" titleFontSize="125%" titleFontWeight="semibold"…Click on the title for more

2024 UPDATE: Best Multi Reverb Pedals | Stereo and Mono

Updated Pedal: Vongon Paragraphs II Resonant Filter

Vongon is a rather new pedal (and now also synth) brand based in Oakland that manufactures very intriguing and creative stompboxes. The Paragraph II is the updated 2024 version of their very first product: an analog four-pole resonant low-pass filter with stereo modulation (the previous version was mono). A comparison…Click on the title for more

Updated Pedal: Vongon Paragraphs II Resonant Filter

New Pedal: Poly Ample Amp/Cab Sim Pedal

Hailing from Melbourne, Australia (a big geographical disadvantage for any musical instrument manufacturer), Poly is one of the handful of brands currently driving innovation in the stompbox realm. The Ample is their (stereo) take on the amp/cab sim pedal. A knobless and toggle-less device, the Ample offers 56 modeled guitar…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Poly Ample Amp/Cab Sim Pedal

Friedman IR-J Dual Tube Preamp (Jake E Lee Signature)

The Friedman IR-J is the third comer in the "IR" pedal tube preamp series recently launched by the US brand. The manufacturer is keen to stress that the two 12AX7 tubes inside the pedal aren't there just to "warm up" a digital or solid-state circuit, but are the beating heart…Click on the title for more

Friedman IR-J Dual Tube Preamp (Jake E Lee Signature)