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Synth Pedals

DigiTech HammerOn

At NAMM 2025 it was good to see DigiTech back with some new pedal releases after a few transitional years due to the change of ownership. The HammerOn was one of these new products, announced at the NAMM show but not for sale yet. An evolution of their Whammy-inspired Drop…Click on the title for more

DigiTech HammerOn

Montréal Assembly Count to 5 Granular Delay

The Montréal Assembly Count to 5 is a unique delay/sampler with three modes that can create sped-up and slowed-down—as well as forward and backward—tape effects, audio slicing, looping and overdubbing. Quantized pitch-shifting makes it possible to create tones that are harmonized chromatically or in perfect fifths and octaves, or you…Click on the title for more

Montréal Assembly Count to 5 Granular Delay

Source Audio C4 Synth Pedal

In 2019, Boston's Source Audio joined the small number of manufacturers offering a true synth pedal design with the release of the C4 Synth, which tracks a monophonic signal and feeds it to up to four parallel oscillators, each assignable to a choice of three waves shapes (sine, square and…Click on the title for more

Source Audio C4 Synth Pedal

Meris Enzo X Synth Pedal

The Meris team has introduced an upgraded version of their popular polyphonic synth pedal, the Enzo X, elevating it to the same cutting-edge standards as their latest releases, the LVX Delay and the MercuryX Reverb. One and a half times wider than its predecessor, the Enzo X sports extra controls…Click on the title for more

Meris Enzo X Synth Pedal

Best Synth Pedals for Guitar in 2025 (Monophonic & Polyphonic)

In this article, you'll only find synth pedals for guitar that track your signal to trigger oscillators, not pitch-shifting effects or fuzz+filter pedals. You may also want to read our articles about the Best Pedals for Synths with CV In/Out and Best Pedals for Synths that accept Line In. [lwptoc…Click on the title for more

Best Synth Pedals for Guitar in 2025 (Monophonic & Polyphonic)

Polyend Step Drum Machine Pedal

Integrating a drum machine into a guitar pedal isn’t a new concept, but the Polyend Step elevates it to a whole new level, drawing on the Polish company’s expertise in synthesis rather than traditional guitar effects. The Step is a stereo, sample-based drum machine in pedal form, controlled via Tap…Click on the title for more

Polyend Step Drum Machine Pedal

Third Man Hardware & Eventide The Knife Drop

Jack White is at it again with the Third Man Hardware & Eventide The Knife Drop, a stereo combination of sub/high-octave fuzz and analog synth created in collaboration with one of the most established pedal companies in the US, presented through playful graphics inspired by the classic Giallo movies (that…Click on the title for more

Third Man Hardware & Eventide The Knife Drop

Discomfort Designs Phantom Limb Dual Delay/Looper

The Discomfort Designs Phantom Limb is an interesting and creative dual effect sporting separate delay and looper channels, built by a boutique company out of Tucson Arizona specializing in non-ordinary stompboxes. The looper side has its own footswitch and consists of nine separate loopers featuring individual random playback triggers, and…Click on the title for more

Discomfort Designs Phantom Limb Dual Delay/Looper

Old Blood Noise Pardner Fuzz with Looper

To their credit, Oklahoma City's Old Blood Noise Endeavours has yet to attempt to make a "normal" guitar pedal, and the Pardner Fuzz (depicted here in its purple variant, but also available in teal blue and yellow-tan) confirms this inclination by mixing two normally antithetic effects: a fuzz and an…Click on the title for more

Old Blood Noise Pardner Fuzz with Looper

Collision Devices Crushturnal

The Collision Devices Crushturnal is the latest inspiring device by a French pedal brand that has gotten us accustomed to delivering complex yet intuitive creative effects. Available for preorder, it will ship in the 2nd half of June 2024. Inspired by the glitch created by clock change on digital processors…Click on the title for more

Collision Devices Crushturnal

BOSS RC-10R Rythm Loop Station

The BOSS RC-10R Rythm Loop Station, is a flexible, user-friendly interface and powerful integrated stereo drum machine and looper that facilitates creativity, songwriting and loop-based live performances. It also features 280 preset rhythm styles to get you inspired right away, playable through 16 different drum kits. It's an incredibly deep…Click on the title for more

BOSS RC-10R Rythm Loop Station

Meris Enzo Synth Pedal

Born from a rib of Strymon, LA pedal manufacturer Meris has been getting a lot of traction in the last year or so with imaginative stompbox designs (we wrote a profile about them here), and we are thrilled to find out that they have launched a brand new pedal called Enzo.…Click on the title for more

Meris Enzo Synth Pedal