Synth Pedals

How Synth Pedals Work

Written by Christopher Scapelliti, Nicholas Kula and Paolo De Gregorio, this article appeared in print in the 2nd issue of the Delicious Audio magazine and can be read with enhanced streaming digital content here. --- In September 1963, as the Beatles convened in Abbey Road Studios to record “Don’t Bother…Click on the title for more

How Synth Pedals Work

Red Panda Tensor with Remote 4

The Tensor is the latest special effect pedal by Red Panda, with "reverse and tape stop effects, pitch shifting, time stretching and hold functions that you can combine in creative ways." The company recently unveiled a remote pedal bar with four footswitches appropriately called Remote 4" (selling at $99), which…Click on the title for more

Red Panda Tensor with Remote 4

SubDecay Octave Theory Octave Modulator / Synthesizer

Portland Oregon's Subdecay was one of the first boutique manufacturers to predate the "synthification" of guitar pedals in the beginning of the decade with models like the Octasynth and the Promotheus DLX filter. After a few years spent on focusing on more "normal" effects (although always approached in very personal ways),…Click on the title for more

SubDecay Octave Theory Octave Modulator / Synthesizer

The Mixed Synth Board at the 2019 Austin Stompbox Exhibit

There was a lot of attention for this board at last week's Austin Stompbox Exhibit, so we thought we'd create an interactive gallery for it, check it out!Click on the title for more

The Mixed Synth Board at the 2019 Austin Stompbox Exhibit

Gamechanger Audio Motor Pedal

Gamechanger Audio is certainly living up to its name, with the Plus,Plasma, and now the Motor. The Motor is a wild synth pedal that fuses your signal with motor-driven oscillators in real time. The Motor Pedal is absolutely pro at synth-like portamento sounds and some inspiring envelope effects, along with…Click on the title for more

Gamechanger Audio Motor Pedal

Pigtronix Resotron Filter Synth

The perennial innovators at Pigtronix have delivered the Resotron, a resonant envelope filter that gives you all the tools to transform your guitar into a full-blown '70s synth. Inside the Resotron, you'll find a filter based on the legendary Solid State Micro SSM2040 chip, the same one found in classic synths…Click on the title for more

Pigtronix Resotron Filter Synth

Electro-Harmonix Bass Mono Synth

New York City's own Electro-Harmonix has birthed the pedal that synth geeks have been waiting for: the Bass Mono Synth. Featuring 11 different huge mono synth emulations, the Bass Mono Synth will add some deep, pulsating rhythm to any band that lacks it. The biggest addition to the Bass Mono…Click on the title for more

Electro-Harmonix Bass Mono Synth

Adventure Audio unveils the Merge – Pedals/Modular integrator

OK, OK this is not a pedal, but it's a product by a stompbox manufacturer (Adventure Audio) that can integrate your board with an Eurorack system, with results that some of you, knob geeks, will find infinitely creative, potentially mind blowing, borderline short-circuiting and at times also undoubtedly paralyzing (the…Click on the title for more

Adventure Audio unveils the Merge – Pedals/Modular integrator

Glou Glou Pralines Filter/Modulation Synth Pedal

We covered French manufacturer Glou Glou in the past for their truly remarkable Rendez Vous pedal, and therefore we are eager to see what kind of sonic magic their new device Pralines can deliver. With its name and color inspired by a classic dessert from southern France, this effect consists…Click on the title for more

Glou Glou Pralines Filter/Modulation Synth Pedal

Shift Line A+ Prism-9 Filter Pad

Shift Line pedals have some kind of cultish reputation in the US. The Russian manufacturer doesn't have US distribution (yet) but was able to grab the attention of many US pedal videographers with creative stompboxes like the Tremofuzz or the Force microsampler/freeze reverb, which sparked interest among the more informed pedal lovers.…Click on the title for more

Shift Line A+ Prism-9 Filter Pad

Boredbrain Transmutron Dual FX Loop Crossover Filter

EffectsBay.com recently blogged about this very interesting pedal by Richmond, VA's Boredbrain Music, called the Transmutron. This is a very useful and creative device that, rather than simply applying an effect to your signal, also allows your other effects to interact with it - and with each other - in a way…Click on the title for more

Boredbrain Transmutron Dual FX Loop Crossover Filter

Snazzy FX returns through partnership with Erica Synths

Dan Snazelle of NYC's Snazzy FX is a little bit of an unsung hero of the stompbox manufacturing scene. This may be also due to the fact that he switched his focus from pedals to synths (Eurorack format in particular) right when creative effect pedals with "out there" features were…Click on the title for more

Snazzy FX returns through partnership with Erica Synths