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Roland Synths at the Brooklyn Synth Expo 2015

This past weekend we took some videos of our Brooklyn Synth Expo, here's what Roland had going on!Click on the title for more

Roland Synths at the Brooklyn Synth Expo 2015

New Toys at the NYC Synth Expo 2015

The second NYC Synth Expo will be hosted this weekend at Williamsburg's Main Drag Music, and it will be a unique opportunity for many synth geeks to check out some brand new gear by big and small manufacturers. Here's a quick list of the new products you'll be able to…Click on the title for more

New Toys at the NYC Synth Expo 2015

New Pedals: EHX K9 Electric Piano Machine

Venerable New York City pedal manufacturer Electro-Harmonix takes their third foray into the world of keyboard simulation pedals with the release of the Key9. Similar in concept to the previous B9 and C9 offerings, this stompbox offers 9 presets emulating some of the most revered piano and keyboard sounds in music…Click on the title for more

New Pedals: EHX K9 Electric Piano Machine

New Pedals: SFG Music Supply’s Howlerr

British Columbia's SFG Music Supply may be new to the boutique effect pedal scene, but their debut stompbox is a unique and great-sounding overdrive – the Howlerr. A unit with versatile application, the Howlerr boasts a design based around a solitary transistor amplifier fed into the clipping section of the…Click on the title for more

New Pedals: SFG Music Supply’s Howlerr

New Pedals: MBS Effects Parallel Universe Routing + Mixer pedal

From MBS Effects out of Buenos Aires, Argentina comes a truly innovative design - the Parallel Universe. This unique pedal provides a variety of signal routing and blending options, offering rig routing choices that before might have only been daydreams. At its core, it is a mixer that allows you to…Click on the title for more

New Pedals: MBS Effects Parallel Universe Routing + Mixer pedal

New Pedals: Greer Amps Black Tiger Delay Device

With the exception of their tremolo, Athens, Georgia's boutique manufacturer Greer Amps has been focusing on producing great sounding, top quality distortion stompboxes. But since there's fun in change, they recently announced their first delay pedal – the Black Tiger Delay Device, which marries analog and digital techynology, priding itself of a warm decay that…Click on the title for more

New Pedals: Greer Amps Black Tiger Delay Device

Boutique Pedal Manufacturers: TomKat Pedals

There aren't many pedal manufacturers in Brooklyn (the cost of housing certainly doesn't attract small businesses), but at our recent Stompbox Exhibit we had the chance to familiarize with a really interesting boutique one, called Tomkat Pedals. The company seems dedicated to rei-imagining classic fuzz circuits and incorporating some more modern modifications…Click on the title for more

Boutique Pedal Manufacturers: TomKat Pedals

Dead Leaf Echo about pedals, guitars and set ups

DEAD LEAF ECHO'S CRUCIAL GEAR: --------------------------------------- Eventide Space --------------------------------------- Shoegazer is the only musical genre that derives its name from something related to stompboxes: its sound is marked by guitars (and also vocals) so heavily processed to require the use of several pedals during the live setting, which invariably forces…Click on the title for more

Dead Leaf Echo about pedals, guitars and set ups

Featured Pedal: Vick Audio R-Comp

Many legendary pedals were created under the Ross brand, and their designs are still relevant and beloved by both gearheads and studio guys alike. One of their most famous was a compressor, simply called the “R-Comp,” which Gilbert, Arizona's manufacturer Vick Audio managed to recreate faithfully. A unit with a lot of…Click on the title for more

Featured Pedal: Vick Audio R-Comp

New Pedals: Mr. Black Ambience Echoverb

Mr. Black, out of the great northwest, has been designing cutting-edge guitar pedals for a while now. Their latest innovation comes in the form of the Ambience Echoverb, born from the perfect marriage of a multi-tap delay and reverb. The Ambience falls somewhere between a delay, a reverb, and a…Click on the title for more

New Pedals: Mr. Black Ambience Echoverb

Brooklyn Synth Expo 2015 Announced!

November 7-8 from 12pm to 7pm at Main Drag Music RSVP HERE - FOLLOW US ON TWITTER - FB EVENT On the heels of the last year's debut and this year incredibly well attended SXSW Synth Space, which was attended by more than 2k musicians - We are proud to announce…Click on the title for more

Brooklyn Synth Expo 2015 Announced!

The Mast’s Gear and Creative Process

" Currently in our setup, I’ve been using balafon (African marimba), and clay udu drums. It’s always nice to have physical instruments to play in a track. The balafon was an important part of the last record. " --------------------------------------- Brainchild of singer Haleh Gafori and drummer Matt Kilmer, NYC's duo…Click on the title for more

The Mast’s Gear and Creative Process