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UK pedal maker Adrian Thorpe a.k.a. Thorpy FX has come up with a new stomp box, the Heavy Water Dual High Headroom Boost pedal. This one combines two boosts, one clean and the other with some extra grit for those situations where you need some added bite. Thorpy FX Heavy Water Dual Headroom I love the name of this […]
Meris’s new Hedra effect gives guitarists a ’90s studio rack rhythmic pitch shifting effect in a compact pedalboard-friendly format. Make no mistake: this is one powerful pedal with plenty of tricks up its sleeve. Meris Hedra Designed in the USA, the Hedra pitch shifter has some neat tricks up its sleeve. Think along the lines of Steve Vai and […]
That can’t be right though can it? A synthesizer without oscillators? Well, the Wing Pinger from synth designer Meng Qi is an analogue instrument based around a pair of 4-pole resonant low pass filters which are surrounded by a network of comparators, pulse converters, binary counters and shift registers. In any case, it makes a […]
Mad Professor’s new Supreme pedal was designed in collaboration with blues guitar player Matt Schofield. It’s an overdrive with two channels that can be toggled or stacked. But will this pedal be good enough to make headway in an already crowded market? Mad Professor Supreme This new boutique overdrive pedal has two distinct drive tones, […]
Dreadbox has released a comprehensive glimpse of a new synthesizer that we’re presuming we’ll see at Superbooth this week. It’s the semi-modular analogue NYX V2. NYX V2 This new and enhanced version builds on the look and the functionality of the original and appears to push it into deeper directions. It still has the doubling […]
Chinese brand Joyo has just announced a series of dual-channel portable amps for electric, acoustic and bass guitars. Joining the ultra-compact amp market, the MA-10 series is pitched at players looking for a light-weight amp for outdoor use like busking. Joyo MA-10 The MA-10A, MA-10E and MA10B models have obviously been designed with portability in mind. Each model […]
Alright Devices have announced that their seminal Chronoblob digital delay module is getting a big brother. Chronoblob 2 is here to squish and absorb all the shortcomings of the original and take its delay to new and exciting places. Chronoblob 2 The original Chronoblob was a simple, instantly usable and creative digital delay. There were […]
Erica Synths want to help you make Techno. To this end they put together the ultimate dark Techno System, stuffed full of new techno-focused modules, and demonstrated at Superbooth. Since then the individual modules have been released in dribs and drabs. Now they’ve announced that they have a release date for this awesome system of beats, […]
Two more modules have arrived from the awesome Techno System we saw back at Superbooth. This time it’s the two-channel Dual Drive distortion and the Drum Stereo Mixer. Dual Drive We all like a bit of distortion in our racks and the Dual Drive doubles down on that notion. It has two identical overdrive sections […]
Chinese pedal maker Gervana has a pedal, the Ding Mao pedal dual boost/overdrive. Branded as “handmade in China”, the aim here is give you boutique build standards at highly affordable price tag. So much for the marketing. But this pedal also seems to provide a lot of options for guitarists looking for a flexible drive […]