Synth Pedals

OPFXS Asteroide Sampler & Harmonizer

OPFX is a small Italian builder out or La Spezia specializing in synthy pedals, and the Asteroide is their take on the Sampler/Harmonizing stompbox, i.e. the "freezing with harmonizing effect that creates organ-like droney chords from a single note. The device samples and loops a section of your signal and…Click on the title for more

OPFXS Asteroide Sampler & Harmonizer

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

The Best Pedals for Synths with CV in/out in 2021

Updated on 04.19.2021 A Guide to the Best Pedals for Synths with CV Compatibility CV (an acronym for "Control Voltage") is a system that allows the remote of parameters of synths and pedals remotely - exactly like Midi, CV surpasses that format in smoothness and flexibility. With just a modicum…Click on the title for more

The Best Pedals for Synths with CV in/out in 2021

Mooer E7 Polyphonic Synth Micro Pedal Now Shipping

Since we posted this article about the best synth pedals a few weeks ago, we've had a series of releases of new products belonging to that category, and today's announcement by Chinese manufacturer MOOER represents some sort of turning point because their new E7 synth pedal is the first stompbox…Click on the title for more

Mooer E7 Polyphonic Synth Micro Pedal Now Shipping

Cooper FX Outward V2 Delay / Sampler

The Cooper FX Outward V2 is a digital sampling device that records audio and plays it back in different ways (freezing, stutter, and time stretching effects) depending on the mode. V2 adds a new line of mini-knobs to fine-tune Clock, Tone, Mix and Volume and a new PIT l DIR…Click on the title for more

Cooper FX Outward V2 Delay / Sampler

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

Audio Disruption Devices Failed Transmission Fuzz/Overdrive

The Audio Disruption Devices Failed Transmission is the latest pedal, a fuzz, from this Mooresville, Indiana boutique pedal builder, that declares to be focusing on building "small quantities of weird things." The Failed Transmission keeps faith to this intent: it's a creative fuzz/overdrive with a separate and blendable noise oscillation…Click on the title for more

Audio Disruption Devices Failed Transmission Fuzz/Overdrive

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

Dwarfcraft Devices Ghost Fax Phase Computer

After a couple of decades of declining "fashionability," phaser pedals seem to be all the rage again, although the new models present twists that make them a lot more interesting and multi-faceted than your classic old-style phasers. Dwarfcraft Devices is not a company interested in rehashing what's done before, and…Click on the title for more

Dwarfcraft Devices Ghost Fax Phase Computer

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

Alexander Pedals Syntax Error

This is a quirky, creative sampling audio mangling stompbox by Alexander Pedals that got a lot of attention at Summer NAMM. An enhanced "Arcade Game" style effect inspired by the 8-bit sounds of the early videogames, the Syntax Error delivers grainy, lo-bit tones reminiscent of vintage videogames, and includes many…Click on the title for more

Alexander Pedals Syntax Error

BOSS SY-1000 Guitar Synth Pedal

Pedal companies in the last couple of years have been frantically competing to make synth guitar pedals more compact and feature-heavy. BOSS, by all measures the leading manufacturer in this niche, just came out with a new, polyphonic synth pedal (the SY-1000) that looks and sounds like a bold statement:…Click on the title for more

BOSS SY-1000 Guitar Synth Pedal