gear giveaway

Pitch Shifter Pedals

Eventide MicroPitch Delay

Eventide's new series of pedals is inspired by their successful line of pro audio plugins. Just like last year's Blackhole reverb, the newly released MicroPitch Delay is the stompbox rendition of a popular creative plugin by the same name. We now learn this series has a name: dot9. The origins…Click on the title for more

Eventide MicroPitch Delay

Meris Hedra Stereo Rhythmical Pitch-Shifter

Of the (many) new pedal companies that have been popping out in the last few years, Meris has been the most well-received by musicians and critics alike, thanks to a series of releases that marry inspiring circuitry, elegant design, and innovative ideas. After launching the still hot polyphonic synth pedal…Click on the title for more

Meris Hedra Stereo Rhythmical Pitch-Shifter

DigiTech Drop Polyphonic Drop Tune Pedal

The Black Keys and The White Stripes - there are some suspicious similarities. Both are two-piece acts. Both have "the color + plural noun" band names. Both went from Midwestern garage rock roots to become bands that your mom downloads from iTunes. There is another similarity that musicians may notice:…Click on the title for more

DigiTech Drop Polyphonic Drop Tune Pedal

Old Blood Noise Flat Light Flanger

With its latest feature-packed pedal, the Flat Light textural flange shifter, Old Blood Noise Endeavors built an effect on the foundation of flanging. Unlike traditional flangers, the Flat Light has three modes that enhance the effect with delay, modulation and pitch shifting, each of which can be selected from the pedal’s three-position…Click on the title for more

Old Blood Noise Flat Light Flanger

Pladask Elektrisk Fabrikat Granular Synth / Sample Playback

The Pladask Elektrisk Fabrikat is a hand-made Granular Synthesizer / Sample Playback pedal built-in Bergen, Norway. The company is known for its DIY workshops. A lighter version of the DIY kit FORM2, the Fabrikat features 16 algorithms focusing on granular synthesis and modified sample playback, including time stretching, pitch shifting with time…Click on the title for more

Pladask Elektrisk Fabrikat Granular Synth / Sample Playback

Red Panda Tensor Time Warp Pedal

We were really hoping to have the new Tensor on the Red Panda board at this past weekend's L.A. Stompbox Exhibit. There is a lot of excitement about this pedal, in particular among experimental and psychedelic guitarists, since it plays with forward/backward looping, stretching and pitch shifting in unforeseen ways.…Click on the title for more

Red Panda Tensor Time Warp Pedal

Greenhouse Effects Logos Creative Chorus

You'll be hard-pressed to find a company as imaginative than Roy Zichri's Greenhouse Effects. In the early aughts, the Israeli pedal engineer first built a reputation as a PCB designer, collaborating with companies such as JHS Pedals and Darkglass Electronics. When the time felt right in 2010 he then started…Click on the title for more

Greenhouse Effects Logos Creative Chorus

Blammo! Slob Clean Octave Blend Fuzz

Portland (OR) based Blammo! Electronics just unveiled a new pedal inspired by the very popular (and very pricey) circuit of the Prescription Electronics COB - an acronym that stands for Clean Octave Blend. Enter the Slob, a hand-made $149 compact clone of the COB with a few updates like soft…Click on the title for more

Blammo! Slob Clean Octave Blend Fuzz

New Pedals: Folktek Alter Y CV-Controlled Stereo Multi-FX

Based out of Oregon, Eurorack builder Folktek announced their entry into the guitar pedal niche with stompbox versions of two existing Eurorack modules. The Folktek Alter Y sports the same circuit as the Eurorack Alter 2, retaining CV compatibility through a series of 1/8 inch ins. Just like its sister…Click on the title for more

New Pedals: Folktek Alter Y CV-Controlled Stereo Multi-FX

Electro-Harmonix Pitch Fork Plus Polyphonic Pitch Shifter/Harmony Pedal

The Electro-Harmonix Pitch Fork+ - whose prototype we saw at NAMM earlier this year - builds on the original Pitch Fork circuit offering two independent pitch shifting engines and an extra modulation effect and a host of other features. Each channel can transpose your pitch up or down over +/- three…Click on the title for more

Electro-Harmonix Pitch Fork Plus Polyphonic Pitch Shifter/Harmony Pedal

OPFXS Asteroide Sampler & Harmonizer

OPFX is a small Italian builder out or La Spezia specializing in synthy pedals, and the Asteroide is their take on the Sampler/Harmonizing stompbox, i.e. the "freezing with harmonizing effect that creates organ-like droney chords from a single note. The device samples and loops a section of your signal and…Click on the title for more

OPFXS Asteroide Sampler & Harmonizer

New Pedal: Foxgear XYZ Waves Multi-Modulation Hub

Italian company Foxgear unveiled a new, compact multi-modulation pedal with an analog path, the XYZ Waves. Rather than offering "pure" modulation tones you can find in many other pedals, the XYZ Waves sports five modes with a more creative/ambient angle, with reverb added to four of them: 1 - Room…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Foxgear XYZ Waves Multi-Modulation Hub