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Red Panda RD-1 Pitch Delay

Red Panda has spent years proving that digital doesn't have to mean cold. The Raster was their deep-dive pitch delay - a brilliant box with menus, alternate functions, and enough parameters to make a synth programmer weep with joy . It was also, for the stomp-and-go guitarist, a lot. Enter…... Click for more

Red Panda RD-1 Pitch Delay

New Pedal: Meris Ottobit X

Some pedals evolve. The Meris Ottobit X resurrects - louder, stranger, and fully reborn. Meris took the Ottobit Jr. and Ottobit Sr.—their vintage gaming-inspired glitch boxes—and injected them with enough '80s nostalgia to fill a John Hughes marathon. The result is a full stereo modular degradation engine that doesn't just…... Click for more

New Pedal: Meris Ottobit X

Bananana Mandala Glitch Pedal

The Bananana Mandala isn’t just another “fun-toy” glitch box—it’s a tiny, hand-wired manifesto that says the future of chaos lives on a printed circuit board the size of a postage stamp. Made in Japan by the renegade outfit Bananana Pedals, the Mandala packs eight distinct modes into a single 3-U…... Click for more

Bananana Mandala Glitch Pedal

Beetronics Pollinator Hazee Multi-Modulated Delay

Beetronics finally went digital. After years of building analog dirt boxes in those signature hand-painted enclosures, the California-via-Brazil hive unleashed the Pollinator Hazee Delay—their first fully digital pedal . And thank fuck. Because you can't do what this does with bucket brigades and capacitors. Here's the twist: most modulated delays…... Click for more

Beetronics Pollinator Hazee Multi-Modulated Delay

Source Audio Pathways Multi Stereo Tremolo + Reverb

The Source Audio Pathways is a tremolo and reverb pedal that understands its lineage. Spring reverb and tube tremolo have lived together since the days when amps came with both built in—because motion and dimension just work together. Pathways takes that classic pairing and expands it without overcomplicating it. Seven…... Click for more

Source Audio Pathways Multi Stereo Tremolo + Reverb

EarthQuaker Devices Towers Reverberant Filter

EarthQuaker Devices has spent twenty years convincing us that reverb doesn't have to sit politely in the background. Afterneath sent drips cavern-dwelling. Astral Destiny went cosmic. Transmisser just… floated off somewhere. Now comes the Towers, labeled as a Stereo Reverberant Filter. Jamie Stillman is very clear: this isn't an evolution of…... Click for more

EarthQuaker Devices Towers Reverberant Filter

Klowra Everlast Delay

The Klowra Everlast Delay is a feature-rich stereo delay pedal offering 9 distinct delay types, ranging from analog-style echoes to pristine digital repeats and experimental textures like Granular, Reverse, and the more mysterious Crystal and Sweeper algorithms. Built around a powerful digital engine, it provides comprehensive parameter control alongside dynamic…... Click for more

Klowra Everlast Delay

Fuzzlord Doom Dweller V2 Reverb

The original Doom Dweller was a beautiful accident. One knob. One job. You twisted it, and the walls got bigger, the shadows got longer, the riffs started breathing like something alive in the room with you. Simple. Elegant. Dumb in the best possible way - like a sledgehammer or a…... Click for more

Fuzzlord Doom Dweller V2 Reverb

New Pedal: Ibanez Layer Delayer Delay

The Ibanez Layer Delayer LD-303 is a sophisticated, multi-engine stereo delay designed to be a comprehensive workstation for crafting complex, rhythmic echoes. Its core strength is granular control over the timing and texture of repeats, moving far beyond standard delay parameters into near-sequencer-like territory. Let's take a look at the…... Click for more

New Pedal: Ibanez Layer Delayer Delay

New Pedal: Mask Audio Alone Flanger

Forget everything you think you know about the flanger. It’s not just for 70s rock solos or spaceship sound effects. This misunderstood effect is the hidden texture behind some of the most iconic tones in music, adding everything from a subtle, swirling depth to a radical, otherworldly character. It’s time…... Click for more

New Pedal: Mask Audio Alone Flanger

Universal Audio UAFX DelVerb Ambience Companion

The Universal Audio UAFX DelVerb Ambience Companion is one of the three pedals released at NAMM 2023 by the pro audio company turned stompbox builder. It's a dual delay + reverb pedal with a separate footswitch and three modes for each effect. The delay, which has a separate control for…... Click for more

Universal Audio UAFX DelVerb Ambience Companion

BOSS RT-2 Rotary Ensemble

The BOSS RT-2 Rotary Ensemble condenses the complex modulation of vintage rotary speaker cabinets into a compact, stereo pedal format. Using advanced DSP modeling, it accurately replicates the interplay between a spinning high-frequency horn (treble rotor) and rotating bass drum—key components of classic rotary speaker systems. The pedal offers three…... Click for more

BOSS RT-2 Rotary Ensemble