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Stereo Pedals

GFI Orca Stereo Delay

GFI System is an Indonesian builder that has been gaining momentum in the guitar pedal world thanks to innovative hybrid digital effects like the Synesthesia and the Specular Tempus. The Orba is a studio-quality, streamlined, multi-mode, stereo digital delay that replaces the Clockwork Delay in their line. It features four…Click on the title for more

GFI Orca Stereo Delay

Strymon blueSky v2 Reverb

Strymon have updated their iconic blueSky reverb to a v2 edition, with some quality of life improvements and new features. The biggest change is the implementation of a dedicated shimmer knob. The modulation is now on a three way selector for off, light, and deep. In addition, the pedal now…Click on the title for more

Strymon blueSky v2 Reverb

Dreadbox Raindrops Delay

The Dreadbox Raindrops delay was unveiled by the Greek synth veterans at NAMM 2022; it's a full stereo hybrid analog + digital pitch shifting delay. It delivers delay times from 50ms to 1000ms with lo-fi sounds above 700ms. Key features include: Three algorithms: modulated delay, pitch shifting delay, and reverb…Click on the title for more

Dreadbox Raindrops Delay

Alexander Pedals Space Force Stereo Reverb

Alexander Pedals just unveiled their new multi-mode stereo reverb, the Force Reverb, which looks like an evolution of the 2018 Space Race. The new pedal also launches a new series called "Leap," destined to take over from the company's popular Neo series. The big upgrades of the Leap series, compared…Click on the title for more

Alexander Pedals Space Force Stereo Reverb

Source Audio True Spring Reverb

While working on their dual processor, "do-it-all" reverb pedal Ventris, Massachusetts' builder Source Audio put a lot of effort into creating a digital spring reverb that sounded as good and as natural as the ones generated by spring coils found in vintage amps. So much so that, in the Ventris, the…Click on the title for more

Source Audio True Spring Reverb

Nux Mini SCF (Stereo Chorus)

I'll have to admit that initially I didn't pay too much attention to the new mini pedals released by NUX, like the NUX Mini SCF. They seemed like the rehashing of Mooer models from the early '10s. Then I realized something: these little babies are stereo! Did I ever see…Click on the title for more

Nux Mini SCF (Stereo Chorus)

Electro-Harmonix Big Muff Pi Hardware Plugin

NYC's Electro-Harmonix is known for pushing the pedal effect envelope, but their latest release is something else entirely: the Big Muff Pi Hardware Plugin is a software plugin that routes your DAW's signal via USB to an analog Muff pedal that also acts as a controller and headphone monitor. While…Click on the title for more

Electro-Harmonix Big Muff Pi Hardware Plugin

Death By Audio Exploding Head Echo

Released as a Reverb exclusive to celebrate the 13th year anniversary of A Place to Bury Strangers' wall-of-sound-breaking "Exploding Head" LP, the Death By Audio Exploding Head Echo Destroyer is another sonically murderous pedal by the Brooklyn-based builder. Featuring three delay circuits connected in series, each with controls for Time,…Click on the title for more

Death By Audio Exploding Head Echo

BOSS RE-2 Space Echo

Since BOSS worked on a new version of their legendary RE-201 Space Echo (the RE-202), while they were at it they also developed a smaller version of it that retains the most crucial features: enter the BOSS RE-2 Space Echo, compact version! This digital echo is a virtual multi-head tape…Click on the title for more

BOSS RE-2 Space Echo

Wampler Metaverse Multi-Delay

The list of feature-packed delay pedals keeps growing as Brian Wampler has released his second digital multi-mode pedal, the Metaverse, which features 11 delay algorithms, which are: ANLG - Analog delay WET - Modulated analog BBD - ‘Bucket Brigade’ delay JET - Analog flanger delay DOC - Wampler ‘The Doctor’…Click on the title for more

Wampler Metaverse Multi-Delay

Chase Bliss & Meris CXM 1978 Reverb

At NAMM 2021 Chase Bliss Audio and Meris unveiled the prototype of a pedal adaption of the venerable Lexicon 224 studio reverb, built on the moving-fader format of Chase Bliss Audio's Automatone series and featuring three algorithms (Hall, Room, Plate). The pedal was named CXM 1978 after the year of…Click on the title for more

Chase Bliss & Meris CXM 1978 Reverb

New Pedal: NUX Voodoo Vibe Stereo Mini Uni-Vibe/Chorus

Although there are plenty of mini Uni-Vibe pedals with three knobs, the NUX Voodoo Vibe is a new DSP-based stereo redesign of the Dunlop Uni-Vibe featuring both Vibe and Chorus modes (just like in the original) and a smart footswitch that does both on/off duties and Tap Tempo. Although…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: NUX Voodoo Vibe Stereo Mini Uni-Vibe/Chorus