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Pedal Review: T-Rex Alberta II Dual Overdrive

In case you're in any doubt what genre the T-Rex Alberta II Dual Overdrive's designers had in mind, it's blue. It's also pretty expensive, at $279. Does the world need another expensive blues overdrive? That's between you and your credit card, but if you are in the market for a…Click on the title for more

Pedal Review: T-Rex Alberta II Dual Overdrive

MOOG’s MiniFoogers at the Brooklyn Stompbox Exhibit

There was buzz building on the internet about the new MOOG stompboxes weeks before the Asheville manufacturer announced them. This new line consists of 5 analog pedal effects called Minifoogers: The MF Drive, MF Delay, MF Trem, MF Boost, and MF Ring. Assembled by hand at the Moog factory in downtown Ashville,…Click on the title for more

MOOG’s MiniFoogers at the Brooklyn Stompbox Exhibit

VL Effects’ Bullitt Od-oNe at the Brooklyn Stompbox Exbhibit

VL Effects is a Paris (FR) based manufacturer of guitar pedals founded in 1982 by electronic engineer Vincent Loret. His "shop" offers a range of super high quality pedals from stock ones to fully customized and "personalized" effects and pedalboards. Rather than putting out new pedals every year, the company…Click on the title for more

VL Effects’ Bullitt Od-oNe at the Brooklyn Stompbox Exbhibit

Rainger FX at the Brooklyn Stompbox Exhibit 2013

Of all the 250+ pedals participating in our upcoming Brooklyn Stompbox Exhibit (October 19-20, RSVP here), the Rainger FX ones are definitely the most intriguing looking ones. This London based company, founded by musician/engineer/pedal builder David Rainger, will be present at our show with two crazy looking babies, the Dr.…Click on the title for more

Rainger FX at the Brooklyn Stompbox Exhibit 2013

Reviews: Dawner Prince Starla Tap Tempo Tremolo

The Starla Tap Tempo Tremolo effect by Dawner Prince, one of our favorite new makers coming to us from Croatia, is a really great audiophile-worthy Tremolo effect with Tap Tempo and some other bells and whistles worth mentioning. It comes encased in a sparkly purple enclosure. It has a relatively…Click on the title for more

Reviews: Dawner Prince Starla Tap Tempo Tremolo

T-Rex Alberta II

The first version of the T-Rex Alberta Overdrive was one of the post popular distortions released by the Danish manufacturer, probably because of its versatility, which allowed guitarists to easily forge tones that worked both for creamy rhythm sounds and cutting ones for solos. This double use of the pedal…Click on the title for more

T-Rex Alberta II

DOD Pedals are back!

DOD pedals have a place in the heart of many guitarists into extreme distortions. Founded by Mr. David Oreste Di Francesco in the 70s, the company in the span of a few decades created a multitude of pedals effects of all kinds, but became well known mostly for its heavy…Click on the title for more

DOD Pedals are back!

Fredric Effects announces 3 new pedals

North London pedal (hand)builder Fredric Effects specializes in stompboxes that are small in size, simple in use, tastefully decorated and reasonably priced. They recently announced three new pedals - check out the demos below! The 'West Germany Vintage Tremolo' is a classic tremolo effect, rich with with warmth and musicality. It reworks…Click on the title for more

Fredric Effects announces 3 new pedals

New Pedals: TWA’s Great Divide

Rome wasn't built in a day, and neither was The Great Divide... Over three years in development, this pedal (aka the TWA GD-02) combines classic analog octave division with proprietary synth technology to create a powerful tool for musical expression. It features five independent voices that can be continuously blended for a…Click on the title for more

New Pedals: TWA’s Great Divide

Human Factor in Electronic Drum Loops

My feeling as a music producer is that in Electronic Music today there is WAAAY too much to-the-beat quantization. For the uninitiated, “quantizing” is the process of aligning the hits of a musical phrase to the song tempo and its subdivisions (quarters, eights of a note etc). Sure, there are…Click on the title for more

Human Factor in Electronic Drum Loops

Guitar Pedal Reviews: iRig HD

At this point I would say that the iOS platform is here to stay as far as music creation goes. With the advent of Audiobus, an iOS app for allowing the interconnection of audio apps, we've seen many new creative inventions and ideas for effects processing, amp modeling, new takes…Click on the title for more

Guitar Pedal Reviews: iRig HD

New Pedals: BZZT Electronics SELECTOR 16.

Browsing through our Facebook news, we stumbled upon BZZT Electronic's new pedal called SELEKTOR 16. This is a Fuzz Overdrive containing 4 couples of transistors sourced from around the world. Interestingly, the four circuits are named after the countries they were manufactured in: USA, Europe, Russia and Japan. By mixing and…Click on the title for more

New Pedals: BZZT Electronics SELECTOR 16.