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New Pedal: TC Electronic Plethora X1 Stereo TonePrint Loader

The TC Electronic Plethora X1 shrinks the format of their stereo TonePrint file loader bringing together the full range of TonePrint pedals in a compact stompbox format. This little box has 7 memory slots that can "become" any of these classic TC pedals by just loading their respective software and algorithms:…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: TC Electronic Plethora X1 Stereo TonePrint Loader

New Pedal: Keeley Rotary (Stereo)

This Keeley Rotary pedal is a stereo, limited edition emulation of the Leslie cabinet effect, sold exclusively through the manufacturer's website. Although the company released a few other effects of this kind in the past, it claims the Rotary is based on a new circuit particularly effective in delivering the…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Keeley Rotary (Stereo)

Gamechanger Audio Auto Series

If one thing can be said about the folks at Gamechanger Audio is that they don't do normal, and their recently unveiled new products confirm that habit: a stereo, semi-modular pedal series called Auto (originally promoted with the "Mod" name) with a dynamic angle. The Latvian company unveiled three pedals…Click on the title for more

Gamechanger Audio Auto Series

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

Universal Audio UAFX Knuckles Rev F Double Rectifier

With the Knuckles '92, Universal Audio continues its series of stereo, amp-inspired stompboxes (part of the broader UAFX line) with what has now become a signature format blending a compact footprint with a noteworthy amount of tweakability. The guitar amp subject to pedal cloning (or sound snatching!) is the venerable…Click on the title for more

Universal Audio UAFX Knuckles Rev F Double Rectifier

Chase Bliss Clean Stereo Compressor

Can what's arguably the most creative pedal maker of this decade make the most boring effect ever exciting? Enter the Chase Bliss Clean and find out. Clean is a studio-grade, two-stage stereo analog compressor with an out-of-the-box approach that - to quote the builder - "brings the interactivity of distortion…Click on the title for more

Chase Bliss Clean Stereo Compressor

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

Old Blood Noise Dark Star Stereo Reverb

The Old Blood Noise Dark Star Stereo takes one of the most successful circuits of the Oklahoma City-based brand to its logical next level. The original Dark Star, released in the early '20s, is a 3-algorithm reverb. It became a go-to pedal for many ambient guitarists for its ability to…Click on the title for more

Old Blood Noise Dark Star Stereo Reverb

NuX TimeCore Deluxe MkII Stereo Delay

Among the many Chinese brands manufacturing guitar pedals, NuX (aka Nu>X) emerged in the early 2020s as one of the most reliable and innovative, with a varied roster of affordable stereo products in compact and even mini cases. The Time Core Deluxe MkII is their compact, stereo, multi-algorithm delay priced…Click on the title for more

NuX TimeCore Deluxe MkII Stereo Delay

KMA Machines Endgame Amp and Cab Sim

The KMA Machines ENDGAME is an amp and cabinet simulator that offers a range of features, including a foot-switchable stereo effects loop, dual cabinet simulation, ambience control, and a foot-switchable true double-tracker with a width knob. The pedal also has switchable tube power amp simulation, flexible internal signal routing, and analog,…Click on the title for more

KMA Machines Endgame Amp and Cab Sim

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

$Diffractor Soundings Chromatic Journey Stereo Analog Phaser$

Designed by a French one-man company based in beautiful Toulouse, the Diffractor Soundings Chromatic Journey is an analog stereo phaser with digital controls that really looks like the mother of all phaser pedals, just like their previous release, the Arboretum, looked like the mother of all tremolos. Phaser-heads will be…Click on the title for more

Diffractor Soundings Chromatic Journey Stereo Analog Phaser