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GFI System Rossie Multi Filter

Indonesian pedal builder GFI System specializes in digital multi-mode pedals, but their newest release tackles a type of effect that more than any other hangs on to its analog origins: filter. Enter the Rossie Filter, a digital, dynamic multi-filter pedal. The Rossie's circuit offers three modes: Envelope Filter - a…Click on the title for more

GFI System Rossie Multi Filter

New Pedal: BSRI Soft Rains and the Smell Of The Ground

The (rather wordily named) BSRI Soft Rains and the Smell Of The Ground is a reverb pedal with a wide palette of tones ranging from lush to brash, created with the ambient, experimental guitarist in mind. The controls' names may sound foreign at first, but are not that overworldly: Level:…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: BSRI Soft Rains and the Smell Of The Ground

New Pedal: Beetronics Abelha Tropical Fuzz

For a minute, we thought that L.A. via Brazil Beetronics had unprecedentedly given one of their pedals a name not related to the world of bees. How wrong were we: Abelha means "bee" in Portuguese, which, for the unaware, is also the language spoken in Brazil, the country where artists…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Beetronics Abelha Tropical Fuzz

Poly VERBS Reverb

Australian pedal company Poly Effect has never played the pedal game the way the other companies do, and their new stereo reverb is another demonstration of that. With its touch-sensitive controls (no knobs!) and convolution reverb capabilities, the Poly Verbs is a unique entry in the very competitive reverb pedal…Click on the title for more

Poly VERBS Reverb

Holy Island Audio Deforming Delay

Hailing from the Wales, the Holy Island Audio Deforming is a delay built around the PT2399 chip with a peculiar, footswitch-triggered "warp" function that links the delay's time to an envelope, generating the classic "sound warping" effect you get when you turn the time knob while the guitar strings are…Click on the title for more

Holy Island Audio Deforming Delay

New Pedal: Anasounds Dystopia Modulated Delay

The Anasounds Dystopia is a delay pedal for adventurous musicians who enjoy pushing their gear beyond its conventional use: as suggested by its name, it can transform your guitar into a noisy, unconventional tool, while pushing sonic boundaries and venturing into noise territory when pushed to the extreme. A limited…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Anasounds Dystopia Modulated Delay

Bleak District Electric Tapescape

As apparent from our article about the best tape echo pedals on the market, the character imparted by magnetic tape to the sounds recorded on it has been inspiring more than one effect builder, and the Bleak District Electric Tapescape is an interesting new entry in this niche. The peculiar…Click on the title for more

Bleak District Electric Tapescape

New Pedal: Maneco Labs 4AD

The name "4AD" might mean nothing for the 20 to 30-year-olds among you reading this, but it's bound to bring back fond memories to anyone who was exploring goth and then alternative music between the early eighties and the early nineties: it's the name of a UK label that launched…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Maneco Labs 4AD

Walrus Audio Slöer Stereo Ambient Reverb

The Walrus Audio Slöer is the third evolution of the Slö pedal, a compact, mono reverb designed to deliver a textural, rather than realistic, effect ideal for music with ambient and droney inclinations. It was such a resounding success, that the Oklahoma-based company soon followed it up with a version…Click on the title for more

Walrus Audio Slöer Stereo Ambient Reverb

Red Panda Raster 2 Delay

The ingenious folks at Red Panda released a new version of their flagship pitch-shifting delay Raster at Summer NAMM 2021 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

Red Panda Raster 2 Delay

New Pedal: Rainger FX Dr. Freakenstein Chop Fuzzz

The Rainger FX Dr. Freakenstein Chop Fuzzz (with three zs) belongs to a family of appropriately monstrous fuzz devices built by London-based mad pedal scientist David Rainger. One of those was the Chop Fuzz with just two zs, the predecessor of the Chop Fuzzz, which is a rather deep, still…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Rainger FX Dr. Freakenstein Chop Fuzzz

Alexander Pedals Dynaflanger Model 213

The Alexander Pedals Dynaflanger (shiopping in December 2023 but available for preorder) adds to the company's growing Leap series of compact but highly flexible effects pedals a device that's a homage to flanger. Employing a powerful DSP, the Dynaflanger could be seen as a flanger encyclopedia in a box, featurings…Click on the title for more

Alexander Pedals Dynaflanger Model 213