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Weird Noise Death Spiral

A digital, creative modulated, and fuzzed-up delay based on the PT2399 chip (a semi-obsolete component that still inspires hundreds of boutique pedal builders) the Weird Noise Death Spiral offers two LFOs, a Low Pass filter and a fuzz circuit, along with expression control. The Low Pass filter can help create…Click on the title for more

Weird Noise Death Spiral

7 of the Best Tube Screamer Clones, Variants and Reissues in 2024

Welcome to our super-thorough buyer's guide to the best Tube Screamer clones and reissues, including TS-inspired variants/evolutions. For a wider perspective on all types of drive pedals, you may want to check out our article about the best overdrives organized by type, or navigate to our overdrive category. --- [lwptoc…Click on the title for more

7 of the Best Tube Screamer Clones, Variants and Reissues in 2024

New Pedal: Catalinbread SideArm Overdrive

A Tube Screamer variant, the Catalinbread SideArm Overdrive is one of two new pedals featured in the launch of the 6-pedal "''70s Collection" series, also including four older circuits with fresh (green) new looks. The immediately noticeable difference between this pedal and a regular Tube Screamer is the addition of…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Catalinbread SideArm Overdrive

Best Fuzz Face Clones and Evolutions in 2024

Best Fuzz Face Evolutions (Extra Features) As you may have noticed, the stompbox market is inundated with Fuzz pedals. If the Big Muff (click link for a sample of its gazillion versions, clones and evolutions) is the most popular device in this effect niche by far, the Fuzz Face deserves…Click on the title for more

Best Fuzz Face Clones and Evolutions in 2024

New Pedal: Catalinbread StarCrash Fuzz

A Fuzz Face evolution, the Catalinbread StarCrash Fuzz is one of two new pedals featured in the company's 6-pedal "''70s Collection" series, also including four older circuits with fresh new (green) looks. The circuit reimagines what the builders of the original Fuzz Face should have done when they famously decided to…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Catalinbread StarCrash Fuzz

2024 UPDATE: Best Spring Reverb Pedals | Analog & Digital

This is an article exclusively focused on the best spring reverb pedals. For a wider-angle article on all types of reverbs, read this: Best Reverb Pedals organized by type. Reverb is arguably the most useful effect in music, allowing musicians and producers to create a sense of space for individual…Click on the title for more

2024 UPDATE: Best Spring Reverb Pedals | Analog & Digital

Berlin Stompbox Exhibit 2024

Delicious Audio freut sich, die erste Ausgabe der Berlin Pedal Expo (aka Stompbox Exhibit) ankündigen zu können. Es handelt sich um eine reine Kopfhörer-Veranstaltung, die für den 18. Mai 2024 in den Heynstudios geplant ist.Click on the title for more

Berlin Stompbox Exhibit 2024

Updated Pedal: Hudson Electronics Broadcast AP-II

The Broadcast preamp pedal from UK builder Hudson Electronics has a stellar reputation and made several best-of lists when it came out a few years ago. The AP version of it, recently updated to the dual version, named Broadcast AP-II, is an evolution of the original design engineered in collaboration…Click on the title for more

Updated Pedal: Hudson Electronics Broadcast AP-II

Win 2 Eurorack Modules and a Pocket Synth [ENDED]

There will be plenty of Eurorack and boutique builders at the upcoming (and free!) Portland Synth & Pedal Expo, and to celebrate this 3rd edition of the event we are giving away three cool synth devices to a lucky US-based electronic musician!Click on the title for more

Win 2 Eurorack Modules and a Pocket Synth [ENDED]

Win an Arturia MiniFreak via the LA Synth Expo! [ENDED]

Hey synth freaks, Today are giving away a synth that's perfect for you, linked to our upcoming Los Angeles Synth & Pedal Expo 2024! Described as “a peculiar instrument that rewards the curious musician,” the Arturia MiniFreak is a polyphonic hybrid keyboard that unites dual digital sound engines with…Click on the title for more

Win an Arturia MiniFreak via the LA Synth Expo! [ENDED]

Trap Door Electronics Dot Dot Damage Distortion

Recently featured in the JHS Show, the Trap Door Electronics Dot Dot Damage is a fuzzstortion pedal built to sound - to quote the Brooklyn-based manufacturer - "grotesquely ugly and oddly beautiful." The tone reference is the massive but broken sound a fuzz pedal can produce for a few seconds…Click on the title for more

Trap Door Electronics Dot Dot Damage Distortion

DadShoeGazers Aurora Trails Delay

The awesomely named DadShoeGazers Aurora Trails is a delay pedal that was highlighted in a recent JHS pedal show. It combines the warmth of analog delay with the convenience of tap tempo. Made with top-notch components, it keeps your sound authentic with its analog signal path, while the digital time…Click on the title for more

DadShoeGazers Aurora Trails Delay