Updated Jul. 16, 2020 | by Paolo De Gregorio

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Updated on 07.16.2020

TABLE OF CONTENTS (click to jump)
1. MODULATION PEDALS FOR SYNTHS WITH CV IN
2. LO-FI AND NOISE PEDALS WITH CV IN
3. OTHER EFFECT PEDALS WITH CV IN

Here’s a list of assorted pedal effects with CV Input for synth integration.

This page is linked to this article about pedals with CV Ins, you can find other CV integrated pedals in this of Delay, Loopers and Reverbs with CV In.

MODULATION PEDALS FOR SYNTHS WITH CV IN

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Electro Harmonix Lester G
$149 | Stereo Rotary simulator for guitar (see version "K" for keyboard) featuring a specially designed compression circuit to supercharge the rotating speaker effect on guitar. Controls include fully adjustable tube-style overdrive, Fast and Slow modes and an Acceleration control to dial in the rate at which the effect transitions between speeds.
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EarthQuaker Devices Pyramids
$299 - Features eight flanger modes, tap tempo, tap subdivision via the Rate & Tap mini-toggle, a multi-function Modify control, positive and negative Feedback, anda variable Mix control that lets you set the volume of the effect relative to your dry signal. Manual knob can be controlled via CV
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Electro-Harmonix Super Pulsar Tremolo
$237 - Analog Tremolo with several Stereo/Mono routing options, Tap Tempo, Presets and boost. Three waveform (Sine wave, triangle) with subdivision plus 9 rhythmic patterns. Modulation Rate and Depth can interact with your playing by adding envelope follower modulation to each parameter. Exp/CV In can control various settings.
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Chase Bliss Audio Warped Vinyl HiFi
$399 - Emulates the effect of a warped vinyl record, but also delivers shimmery vibrato and chorus effects. Hold feature allows for on-the-fly control of ramping and LFO. Beyond that, it offers multiple trailblazing ways to shape your sound – including 16 DIP switches that all offer something different.
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Electro-Harmonix Good Vibes
$137 - While not a replica of the 1960s classic, the Good Vibes Modulator utilizes, like the original. photocells. An added feature is increased headroom. Optional expression pedal (assignable to Speed or Intensity) adds even more control.
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Electro-Harmonix Mod-Rex
$249 - Synchs four modulation effects sections (from 7 modes) to add dimension and motion to any sounds. True stereo operation allows you to craft expansive panning effects. Nine different note-length choices allow you to dial in polyrhythmic effects. Tempo can be controlled via Tap tempo footswitch, the expression/CV input, or via MIDI clock
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SolidGoldFX Oblivion
$249 - A 3-mode, multi-LFO, tap tempo and CV-enabled flanger. The 3 modes are Classic (with the added Thru-Zero momentary effect), Dual and Quad, delivering anything from subtle, classic tones to "massive swooshing tsunamis of ominous textures." A Degrade toggle switch introduces a lo-fi character unique to each mode, and each footswitch triggers momentary effects (ramp and flange pause).
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Alexander Pedals Wavelength
$199 - An expanded version of the company's Waveland Multi-Modulator with more modulation engines and tap tempo, and some cool surprises like selectable waveforms.
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Crazy Tube Circuits StonedHz v2
$275 - A multi-mode modulation pedal featuring an all analog signal path controlled via a microcontroller. It gives you total control over the 3 basic waveforms of the LFO (square, triangle and sine) with the ability to distort them. Tremolo can be added on top of phase/pitch modulation. V2 adds ring modulation and 4 CV inputs
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Alexander F13 Flanger
$199 - AP's take on the flanger. REGEN - Adjusts the amount of flanged signal fed back into the modulation. STEP MODE - The flanger LFO is forced to "step" to eight different values for robotic sounds. SWEEP - Traditional flanging tones. DYNAMIC - The flanger delay time is set by the input signal. Rate adjusts sensitivity, Depth controls sweep direction.
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ADA PBF Flanger
$179 - A compact version of a highly regarded flanger pedal of the '80s but the same builder. It features some unique controls like Enhance, a Threshold noise gate, Even/Odd harmonics switch and Bass Voicing switch. ADA also offers several version of their flanger, including a larger and more expensive reissue of the original.
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Alexander Pedals Super Neo-Matic
$199 - A recreation of the Pefftronics Super Rand-O-Matic with all the added functionality allowed by the current technology, (Midi compatibility, USB port, Ramp footswitch, presets, etc.). Its special “something” consists in the possibility to add a Random modulation element that created unpredictable detuning with results from the subtle to the “alienating.”
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SolidGoldFx NU-33
$299 - A chorus and vibrato that lets you mix in a varying amount of hiss, crackle and pops produced by vinyl records. Add Flutter to taste, color it with 2 filter modes, shape it with 3 waveforms and blend it with the clean tone. Extras include a Doubler delay, tap tempo and momentary speed ramp up. Stutter effects can also be achieved through the pedal's hold-to-skip function.
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Dreadbox Komorebi
$282 - A peculiar analog Chorus/Flanger with 3 LFO Waves (triangle, saw and reverse saw) that accepts line and instrument signals. The Amount knob controls the depth of the LFO, while the Static controls the delay lentch, from 2ms to 40ms. When the Amount is set at zero, the delay will still be active with no LFO. 3 CV patch points (2 Ins, 1 Out) for modular fans,
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Dreadbox Lethargy
$199 | Designed to work with both line and instrument signals, this is an 8 stage phase filter featuring two different LFO wave options (triangle and square). The Manual knob allows you to set the degree of the initial phase shift, while the balance between that static "phased" sound and the one affected by the LFO can be controlled through the Amount knob. 3 CV patch points (2 Ins, 1 Out).
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Effectrode Phaseomatic
$469 - A photo-optical phaser that uses vacuum tubes to achieve a wide range of lush phasing effects, including slo-motion ones. Triangle (linear), sine, pseudo-square (vibe), rise, fall and stepped wave shapes in thirds, fourth, fifths, sixths and sevenths. Features C.V. Input For external control from a voltage source or EV-5 expression pedal
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Life is Unfair Audio - Synaptic Cleft
Life is Unfair Audio - Synaptic Cleft
$433 - A tremolo with unforeseen features, this pedal offers 16 different waveforms editable through five knobs, two toggle switches, a tap tempo footswitch, and 4x CV ins + clock in + out which grant connectivity with the world of synths. An expression inputs adds additional foot control just in case.
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Dawner Prince Starla
$248 - Super-flexible and compact optical tremolo that lets you pick the effect's waveform from 8 options, including Random. Tap Tempo-enabled, it features a fully analog signal, digitally controlled. It can be configured to connect to different external sources, including Expression and CV.
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Mattoverse Tremstortion
$179 - A full-featured analog optical tremolo/distortion with 8 waveforms and tap tempo, capable of producing anything from pristine clean to fully distorted tremolo sounds and everything in between. A 3 position toggle allows you to choose to have the tremolo pre-gain, post-gain, or in the mystery inversion option. Features CV in.
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Lightning Wave GHOST
$240+ - A tremolo with a vintage warmth and optical response, that lets you design the modulationj wave through a fader. Can deliver from absolute transparency to opacity with the versatility of one of the most futuristic tremolos ever designed. Whether triggering slow swells or drawing rhythmic square waves, this device brings a new dimension to the realm of tremolo effects."
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ADA Final Phase
$249 - A reissue of a popular 1979 device by the same builder, it marries an original phaser circuit with an overdrive.
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Electro-Harmonix Worm
$99 - A simple multi-modulation pedal offering Phaser, Tremolo, Vibrato, and a Neo-modulated Wah. Expression in is compatible with CV.
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EarthQuaker Devices Park Fuzz
$175 | The branding of the Park Fuzz sound has a complicated history involving clones of clones, but at its core it is quite simply a Mark iii Tone Bender. Using NOS matched Germanium transistors and a Fuzz knob with twice the gain range as the original, the EQD Park Fuzz Sound is an elegant modern way to get vintage British fuzz on your board.
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LO-FI AND NOISE PEDALS WITH CV IN

Lo-Fi and noise effects are often used in synths to add character to overly synthetic sounds. These pedals feature CV ins and can transform your synths into something grittier and dirtier.

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Electro-Harmonix Ring Thing
$221 - Built on upon the original EHX Frequency Analyzer (recreated here in RM mode), this pedal adds 4 different modes: 3 are ring mod based and one is a pitch shifter. Other features include selectable carrier waveforms, a sweepable filter, presets and ample external control options. Holding the left footswitch tunes the carrier to the input's note.
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Fairfield Circuitry Randy's Revenge - $280
A very musical ring modulator with a low-pass filter, which, together with the Mix knob, helps tame the ring modulation's grating edge. Features expanded control voltage (CV) capabilities.
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Mercury Ottobit Jr 8-Bit Effect
$299 - “Audio In >> Video Game Out” device that lets guitarists employ synthesis techniques and bitcrushing to create new audio textures. "
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Alexander Syntax Error
$199 - Recreates the lo-fi audio vibe of a 1990s computer system. It offers four onboard presets plus 12 MIDI-accessible presets that run the gamut from distortion to bit crushing to time-stretched delay and modem-like bleeps and glitches.
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Chase Bliss Generation Loss
$399 | A CBA version of a Cooper FX pedal simulating the degradation found on old worn out VHS tapes (but doing also sample rate reduction). It can be used to create lo-fi textures featuring random pitch fluctuations, high and low frequency loss, white noise, and sample rate reduction. You get various extra options via the 16 DIP switches on the back panel.
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malekko scrutator
$189 | A Sample Rate and Bit Reducer pedal with an autowah-like filter featuring a Q knob for control over its bandwidth. The Expression out can be linked to any combination of Rate, Bit, Filter, and Q. The filter can be a 2 pole bandpass or a lowpass one.
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WMD Geiger Counter Pro
$449 | The big brother of the manic bit-crushing machine Geiger Counter, it features 256 new wavetables (512 in total), and extra functions like Wavetable "Morphing," and 16 foot switchable MIDI Presets. It can also be controlled through a VST plugin. Features full MIDI control over all parameters and 2 assignable CV inputs, plus Dry/Wet Mix.
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SolidGoldFx NU-33
$299 - A chorus and vibrato that lets you mix in a varying amount of hiss, crackle and pops produced by vinyl records. Add Flutter to taste, color it with 2 filter modes, shape it with 3 waveforms and blend it with the clean tone. Extras include a Doubler delay, tap tempo and momentary speed ramp up. Stutter effects can also be achieved through the pedal's hold-to-skip function.
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Frostwave Sonic Alienator
$350+ - A bit-rate/depth reduction device that combines analog filter, sonic decimator and soft distortion drive circuitry in a configurable manner to produce a wide range of harmonic audio effects.
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Adventure Audio Outer Rings Ring Modultor
$249 - This pedal takes ring modulation to wild sonic territories with a series of unusual features, and, thanks to two CV ins, will find lovers also among Eurorack geeks.
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Pladask Elektrisk Draume
$275 | A reverb pedal built on the premise that digital reverb is not supposed to recreate the sound of a space, but should be a creative effect in itself, free from real-life emulation constraints. Includes controls for tremolo, vibrato, saturation and sample rate (for lo-fi/pitch variations), all placed AFTER the reverb. Left footswitch triggers infinite decay swells.
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WMD Geiger Counter
$299 | A high-gain modern preamp drives an 8-bit computer, creating sounds that range from nice (tubey overdrive, lo-fi aliasing, hot gated leads) to total madness (impossible amounts of gain, multiple octave foldover, harsh digital data errors, and piercing sculpted noise). Accepts CV in.
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Frostwave Blue Ringer v2
$200+ used - A Dual Input Voltage Controlled Ring Modulator that allows you to ring modulate either to an internal oscillator or to a second audio source. The oscillator can be controlled via CV
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RPS Effects Bit Reactor
$180 | A bit crusher and downsampler that takes whatever signal you give it and crunches it up into digital atoms. The central Crush knob selects the number of bits for the crunching, from 1 to 8, while the Sample one deals with reducing the sample rate.
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DISTORTION AND FUZZ PEDALS WITH CV IN

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Deluxe Bass Big Muff Pi
Packed with options for bass players like a control for Blend, an adjustable noise gate, an input pad for passive or active pickups, a footswitchable filter crossover section, a dedicated DI output and a direct output for parallel processing.
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Sovtek Deluxe Big Muff Pi
$155 | EHX’s response to boutique builders expanding on their circuit is the highly tweakable Deluxe Big Muff. The 90s Russian Muff is the basis, but with a noise gate, parametric EQ, and bass boost switch, this pedal is a tonal powerhouse. The real selling point is the mid boost footswitch, which allows you to cut through any mix without the help of another pedal.
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Chase Bliss Brothers
$399 - Offers a myriad of overdrive, fuzz, and boost effects with a whole slew of highly tweakable parameters.
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Alexander Pedals Defender Stargate
$199 - A digital Overdrive, Distortion and Fuzz with onboard modulation, octave and filter. Like all Neo Series it has midi functions, exppressions options, presets, and the warp function.
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Ramble FX Kimset
$250 - An overdrive/distortion pedal that combines 100% analog tone with digital features. It uses progressive diode clipping, a method of sculpting the distortion with two sets of diodes clipping at different levels. That gives Kismet a wide gain range with just the right amount of compression throughout. Features presets and CV/Midi/Exp ins.
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Big Muff Pi Deluxe
$134 | Same as the US Fuzz but with the extra features of the Sovtek Deluxe version, like a mid range boost/cut footswitch, an adjustable noise gate and an attack control. Expression in lets you sweep the mids.
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MTL Assembly Your and You're
~$200 | This squealing, synth-like, two-knob fuzz pedal is a lot simpler than the Count to 5, the lo-fi delay / sampler that put Mtl Assembly on the map, but it is just as fun. The oscillating tone control can be manipulated via expression pedal, which allows for live experimentation with resonance and feedback.
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OTHER EFFECT PEDALS WITH CV IN

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electro-harmonix attack decay
13. A compact reboot of one of EHX's most beloved pedals from the 80s. with an expanded circuit for additional options. It can produce a single volume envelope like the original, or, with Poly engaged, put separate volume envelopes on each note you play. The built-in Harmonix fuzz is now a fully controllable distortion with gain, tone and volume controls.
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Electro-Harmonix Stereo Talking Machine
$221 - A playful and surprisingly musical pedal that uses formants to transform your sound into a voice-like singing instrument. Pick your vowel, tweak attack, decay, and sensitivity, then dial back in some of the clean sound and, when you are done, save up to 9 presets.
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Neunaber Expanse
$199 - A blank canvas pedal that can be loaded with Neunaber's effect software (Reverb, Echo, Shimmer or single modulation). when paired with its ExP Controller, has three expression inputs and a Preset Morph input which can be used with a CV (3.3V max) when using an appropriate cable.
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Cooper FX Moment Machine
$200+ - One of the most tweakable (and yet easy to use) pitch shifters available in hardware form. Featuring two independent polyphonic pitch shifting engines, a powerful sixteen step sequencer, and over two hundred user adjustable parameters.
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Malekko Sneak Attack
$189 - An auto-swell volume pedal that can also be manually triggered or used in a tremolo mode. Attack/Decay envelope generator with separate length and curve controls for both attack and decay. Envelope can be triggered or cycled in several ways using the input signal, built in footswitch, Lil’ Buddy footswitch or external clock/click track.
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Sonicsmith Squaver P1
$599 | Semi-modular, audio-controlled analog synthesizer with extra controls. It converts any analog input into a synth through an ACO100 oscillator and it's able to extract gate, pitch, envelope and trigger CV from input audio. The signal is then sent through several effects including a LP, BP / HP, 12 / 24db/oct resonant filter with CV input control.
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