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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

Ibanez TWP10 Twin Peaks Wah

The Ibanez TWP10 Twin Peaks Wah has a different design from most wah-wah pedals. It uses two peak points at a higher and lower frequency to create the wah effect, instead of one peak point. It has dual inductor circuitry to achieve this. It also has a balance knob that…Click on the title for more

Ibanez TWP10 Twin Peaks Wah

GFI Skylar Stereo Reverb

GFI System is an Indonesian manufacturer that has been gaining traction in the pedalsphere thanks to forward-thinking hybrid digital effects like the Synesthesia and the Specular Tempus. The Skylar is a studio-quality, streamlined, multi-mode, stereo digital reverb that replaces the Specular Reverb in their line. It features four of its…Click on the title for more

GFI Skylar Stereo Reverb

Source Audio ZIO Analog Preamp/Boost

Boston's pedal builder Source Audio in the last few years has seemed intent in focusing on products that take the most purely "tonal" effects to the next level. After the EQ2, a programmable equalizer, comes Zio, a multi-voice analog preamp/boost designed in collaboration with Christopher Venter, the owner and sole…Click on the title for more

Source Audio ZIO Analog Preamp/Boost

EarthQuaker Devices Ledges Reverb

The EarthQuaker Devices Ledges represents the Ohio company's entry product in what could be referred to as the "streamlined, multi-algorithm bread-and-butter reverb pedal niche" - which is a pretty popular niche since most guitarists commonly use traditional reverbs like Room, Plate, and Hall. By EQD's standard, this looks like a…Click on the title for more

EarthQuaker Devices Ledges Reverb

Universal Audio UAFX Lion Plexi Overdrive

The Universal Audio UAFX Lion (annnounced today and available for preorder) integrates the Californian company's UAFX line of pedals, which already comprised three amp-in-a-box devices with a pedal emulationg the classic tone produced by a Marshall Plexi amp. Just like the three pedals that preceeded it, the Lion offers a…Click on the title for more

Universal Audio UAFX Lion Plexi Overdrive

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

UAFX Orion Tape Echo

The UAFX Orion, probably the most interesting among the four pedals released by Universal Audio in the launch of their Compacts line, encapsulates the Echoplex-inspired EP-III algorithm taken from the UAFX Starlight, with expanded voicing thanks to a three-way toggle and a more affordable price tag. The three modes simulate the…Click on the title for more

UAFX Orion Tape Echo

Upcoming Pedal: 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

Upcoming Pedal: Alexander Pedals Dynaflanger Model 213

New Pedal: Universal Audio UAFX Flow Vintage Tremolo

The Universal Audio UAFX Flow is a 3-mode tremolo is an evolution of the Californian company's Astra Modulation Machine pedal. Unlike the latter, it only does tremolo sounds. The three tremolo voices are emulations of classic vintage units: the Dharma mode draws inspriration from the harmonic tremolos found in Uni-Vibes and…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Universal Audio UAFX Flow Vintage Tremolo

Universal Audio UAFX Golden Reverberator

Grace The Universal Audio UAFX Golden Reverberator belongs to the series of the first three guitar pedals ever released by the company renowned for pro audio peripherals but also for high-quality DSP-powered plugins emulating vintage studio gear, a kind of expertise that surely came in handy when working on stompboxes…Click on the title for more

Universal Audio UAFX Golden Reverberator