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This week's pedals include budget octave pedals and two unique boutique offerings from the USA including two monstrously dirty pedals inspired by mythical beasts.
Wave Box looks like a simulated piece of 70s power plant test equipment, but it's actually a dynamic dual waveshaper capable of maximum wave-destroying fun! Its two shapers can also be modulated by a pair of ...
Pretty colors and 7 types of saturation! Does that sound good? It's the foundation of Spectre, a multi-band enhancer plug-in from the fine minds at Wavesfactory. Currently in development, Spectre has 5 EQ ...
SpecOps is a swiss-knife of an audio destructor which features a blend of no less than 36 different spectral effects for total glitch mayhem. It slices audio into grains and lets you freely apply spectral ...
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When two pedal companies work together, anything can happen. But will this new collaboration be the start of something special? Will it herald collaborations between Boss and other pedal makers?
Rob Papen has made RP-VERB 2 available, and in addition to a range of enhancements, we're also pretty sure any Phil Collins fans out there have plenty of incentive to update...
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Stomp Under Foot seems on a mission to offer boutique pedals for reasonable money - and the latest Full Powered Halo model combines two old favourites from their existing line-up. Alert: great-sounding demo ...
A fierce analog multimode filter with three stages of gain, distortion and drive, two CV controls over cutoff and one over the self-oscillating resonance. The vcf1's clean layout belies its more extreme heart.
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With 4 Overdrive Channels, 3 Fuzz Channels and 4 Distortion Channels the Vector uses digital control and a fully analogue signal path to achieve its variety.
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The Sovtek-era Green Russian Big Muff is being relaunched in a modern-day nano housing - this great-sounding fuzz pedal from the '90s is finally being reborn!
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A new dynamic distortion pedal designed for Greek producer Nikolas Farmakalidis, the lupine-themed Nikaos drive pedal has some great tones on tap, all of which can be accessed via your guitar's volume knob.
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If you are a guitar geek that likes to tweak your effects via software, then this dinky box may well appeal to your inner knob tweaker. With iOS and Android integration, it'll keep you busy for hours.
The popular BIAS product range has a few new additions: two half-rack amp heads, three pedals and a footswitch controller. Getting déja vu? Yup, these are all cut-down versions of existing gear...
Waves' new CLA MixDown plug-in is designed to simulate two of Chris Lord-Alge's mix buss compression chains, with added console overdrive and a general purpose EQ to enhance bass and treble...
Everyone looking to add some gruffness to their tracks can benefit from having a multi-band distortion plug-in in their arsenal. Something like Kombinat Tri, with no less than 13 distortion algorithms...
Mooer are out to prove they can offer a shedload of useful features on a lightweight solution at a low price. But is the new Red Truck multi-effect slowed down by too many compromises?
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The Iron Horse V2 distortion pedal brings some refinements and better functionality to this old warhorse, being based around the popular LM308 chip and clad in sparkling gold armour.
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This widely respected maker has just released Fault, an OD/distortion pedal. What can they bring to the gain pedal table? A lot, it turns out: a refreshing approach yielding a versatile new effect.
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Originally released in 2014, Erica Synths have new versions of their tube infused Fusion Voltage Controlled Filter and Voltage Controlled Amplifier.
Kick Tweak is an elaborate effects processor masked behind an exceedingly simple, 3-knob interface. Although this is sufficient, we can't help but feel the plug-in could have offered more in-depth control.
While the karacter mix plug-in is used for basic treatment of regular tracks, master is optimal for working on complete mixes. Both have Tube, Saturation, and Hard Clipping distortion.
We have lined up three fantastic free plug-ins that showed up this week. They include an awesome multi-effect by HY Plug-ins, an authentic tube saturator by WaveArts, and a drum machine rompler by ...
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Electro Harmonix' new Battalion squeezes a DI, preamp, distortion, noise gate and compressor into one all-analogue pedal - and the price is on point, too.
Dada's new ridiculous-until-you-actually-use-it plug-in is called the Endless Smile. It employs a secret combination of filtering, phasing, distortion, LFOs, reverbs, and audio displacement effects...
