synthesiser Archives

LOOPEREYE: A new and smarter way to loop?

04 Dec 2020 in

If you're a fan of looper pedals, check out the new LOOPEREYE, a smart looper system powered by an app and combined with a configurable stompbox interface.

Best Guitar Effect Pedals 2019: Top 5 effects

Best guitar effect pedals 2019: Our Top 6 by Strymon, ThorpyFX, EHX, Boss, Origin, Wampler

27 Dec 2019 in Guitar

What a year it's been for amazing effect pedals! We sifted through all the releases in 2019 to come up with the best 5 (ok, 6) best guitar effect pedals we think you need to have on your pedalboard.

Boss SY-1000: An expansive – and expensive – new guitar synth floor pedal

05 Dec 2019 in Guitar

Boss has just unveiled its most powerful guitar and bass synthesizer system to date, the SY-1000. Yup, it packs in a lot of features and has an epic-looking blue frame. But is it simply too expensive?

looperEYE: An unlimited looper pedal with no buttons or footswitches?

05 Oct 2019 in Guitar

Compact, yellow and ever so slightly oddball. Using an integrated camera with advanced image tracking the looperEYE is a looper that goes beyond what you thought was possible from a loop station

Red Witch unveils the Synthotron II analogue guitar synthesiser

Red Witch Synthotron II: A revamped analogue guitar synthesiser pedal

29 Sep 2019 in Guitar

Featuring dual analog synth oscillators, each with its own level, decay and octave switching. The Synthotron Ii from Red Witch will have you tweaking for days!

Boss SY-1: 121 synths in one guitar pedal – and no MIDI pickup required

11 Jul 2019 in Guitar

The new Boss SY-1 compact pedal manages to squeeze in 121 synthesiser sounds into one small unit and gives you the ability to easily manipulate them in real time.

Mattoverse Electronics Drone Tone MK III: A new synth for your pedalboard?

15 May 2019 in Guitar

The updated Drone Tone MK III from Mattoverse Electronics lets guitarists add a synth drone to their guitar sound from this compact, easy-to-use pedal, which now has a tap tempo control.

TC Electronics to launch JUNE-60 Chorus Effect pedal

10 Oct 2017 in Guitar

This pedal has been sneaking around undetected for a few days on the internet now and it looks as though it could be getting an actual release date sometime soon!

Summer NAMM 2017: Pigtronix Mothership 2 analogue synth pedal

18 Jul 2017 in Guitar

This mother of a pedal is all about bringing us guitarists some heavenly synth tones - but be warned: Mothership 2 not for the faint-hearted! This purple pedal might get your head in a twist...

Behringer D undercuts Roland SE-02 in Moog clone price war

28 Jun 2017 in Synths

Behringer goes on the offensive after Roland and Studio Electronics muscle in on their cheap-as-chips Moog Model D clone with the release of the SE-02. How far will the Behringer D go to stay cheapest?

Analog Strings with a throbbing twist from Output

15 Mar 2017 in Synths

Analog Strings combines sampled orchestra with vintage synths and weird tape loops, controlled by wires of pulsing liquorice. Have they found a different take on the string sound library?