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The Best Filter and EQ Pedals for Synths

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdjFXND-yb0 Equalizers are a type of effect often overlooked by musicians. They are comprised of normally between 2 and 6 frequency filters configured in one way or another - you can read our guide to the different types of filters here. Since frequencies are the foundation of any tone, EQ…Click on the title for more

The Best Filter and EQ Pedals for Synths

New Pedal: Vaderin Super Ram Fuzz

The Vaderin Super Ram Fuzz is a heavily modified take on the Ram's Head Fuzz, borrowing some of the Super Fuzz characteristic, while adding also an octave up blend and an adjustable gate. The idea at the core of this pedal's circuit is to have a Muff-style fuzz that holds…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Vaderin Super Ram Fuzz

All-Pedal Alcmene Overdrive

The super-large family of Klon clones has gained another small member wiht the All-Pedal Alcmene, a mini stompbox that perfectly captures the core characteristics of the expensive original unit. Featuring the classic Klon 3-knob layout and Germanium clipping diodes, the Alcmene's circuit offers higher headroom and dynamic response than your…Click on the title for more

All-Pedal Alcmene Overdrive

Source Audio Vertigo Tremolo Mission of Burma LTD Edition

Source Audio released a limited edition of their Vertigo Tremolo in collaboration with Mission of Burma's Roger Miller as a Music Emporium exclusive. The guitarist of the legendary post-punk band worked closely with the manufacturer's engineers to recreate a mode voiced after his signature custom and extremely rare Vacu-Trem pedal.…Click on the title for more

Source Audio Vertigo Tremolo Mission of Burma LTD Edition

New Pedal: Collision Devices Singularity

The Collision Devices Singularity is the fuzz circuit found in the French company's popular Black Hole Symmetry pedal, released as a standalone effect after popular demand. Compatible with both line and instrument levels, the pedal consists of just one knob for Volume and a 3-way filter toggle switch, that delivers low…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Collision Devices Singularity

New Pedal: Idiotbox Heavy Weapon

Those among you interested in heavy distortion pedals should take a look a the Idiotbox Heavy Weapon, a dual distortion/overdrive pedal described by the builder as "probably the HEAVIEST effect of all time." It consists of two existing Idiotbox circuits in one: the bop row of controls is the company's…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Idiotbox Heavy Weapon

New Pedal: Wren and Cuff Eye See ’70 Fuzz

The Wren and Cuff Eye See '70 is a big box version of the company's well-received Eye See '78 Muff variant, inspired by the 1978 short-lived version of the Muff adopting Op-Amps instead of transistors. The crunchy yet wooly tone produced by these vintage fuzzes was made popular by Billy…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Wren and Cuff Eye See ’70 Fuzz

Best New Pedal Releases | August 2023

August is traditionally a slow month in pretty much any sector except for tourism, but the pedal realm was an exception this year, with a fair amount of notable announcements. Numerically speaking, there weren't a lot of new releases, but there were certainly some intriguing ones, in particular the announcement…Click on the title for more

Best New Pedal Releases | August 2023

New Pedal: Hungry Robot The Stampede

Hungry Robot got us used to very "knobby" pedals, so the company's latest device, a 2-knob pedal called The Stampede, comes a little bit as a surprise. It's a glitchy, square-wave CMOS fuzz based on a 4069 CMOS chip. It acts as an effect that transforms your signal into a…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Hungry Robot The Stampede

New Pedal: Mythos The Fates Analog Chorus

Designed in collaboration with Brian for Madbean Pedals, the Mythos The Fates represents the first foray of the Nashville-based company into the modulation realm: It's a high-quality analog, mono chorus pedal inspired by the classics of the '80s with bread-and-butter controls and the typical Chorus/Vibrato toggle. The company's owner and…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Mythos The Fates Analog Chorus

New Pedal: Fender Waylon Jennings Phaser

After gifting shoegaze guitarists a Kevin Shields signature fuzz pedal, the biggest guitar company in the world is turning its attention towards country musicians with the Fender Waylon Jennings Phaser. Part of Outlaw Country, an anti-Nashville musical establishment movement from the '70s also joined by Johnny Cash and Willie Nelson,…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Fender Waylon Jennings Phaser

UAFX Heavenly Plate Reverb

Plate reverb is not a type of reverb commonly associated with electric guitar, but its lush, long and smooth reflections make it ideal for musicians with ambient leanings, and the UAFX Heavenly Plate Reverb is probably the most authentic digital recreation of the ginormous vintage units, with the added bonus…Click on the title for more

UAFX Heavenly Plate Reverb