A Fuzz Face evolution, the Catalinbread StarCrash Fuzz is one of two new pedals featured in the company’s 6-pedal “‘’70s Collection” series, also including four older circuits with fresh new (green) looks. The circuit reimagines what the builders of the original Fuzz Face should have done when they famously decided to swap the original Germanium diode with a Silicon one, which made the pedal behave more consistently at different temperatures but noticeably changed its sonic character. Lacking a Fuzz control due to the fact that almost everyone who’s ever used a Fuzz Face keeps that kno ..read more

A Tube Screamer variant, the Catalinbread SideArm Overdrive is one of two new pedals featured in the launch of the 6-pedal “‘’70s Collection” series, also including four older circuits with fresh (green) new looks. The immediately noticeable difference between this pedal and a regular Tube Screamer is the addition of a Mids knob that lets you adjust to your liking the typical “mid hump” produced by this overdrive, although affecting a slightly difference frequency (1,1kHz instead of the original’s 720Hz, for a sharper punch). The Tone knob integrates the Mids knob with the classic ..read more

The Crazy TTube Circuit While Whale V2 is in all likelihood the most tweakable real spring reverb out there (and by “real” we mean to say that it has actual springs under the hood, hence the size). It has three different spring tanks for varied reverb characters. It also features a tremolo, whose routing order can be before or after the reverb has become more flexible with V2 with the addition of a third harmonic mode, and also independent from the reverb – i.e., they can be played together or separately. The 3-spring tank in V2 is the same as in V1, but the preamp driving the spring w ..read more

The AC Noises Ricorda (which means “remember” in Italian, but sounds a lot like “recording” in English) is a stereo digital pedal that extends the concept of granular synthesis popular in digital delay circuits to the realm of ambient reverb. Granular synthesis consists in a digital memory that reorganizes more or less randomly parts of a sample, and that’s exactly what the Ricorda’s looper does, creating impressionistic textures from the incoming signal and drenching them in ambient reverb. This pedal can also act as a regular reverb through the typical Mix, Decay, Size and ..read more

The AC Noises Ricorda (which means “remember” in Italian, but sounds a lot like “recording” in English) is a stereo digital pedal that extends the concept of granular synthesis popular in digital delay circuits to the realm of ambient reverb. Granular synthesis consists in a digital memory that reorganizes more or less randomly parts of a sample, and that’s exactly what the Ricorda’s looper does, creating impressionistic textures from the incoming signal and drenching them in ambient reverb. This pedal can also act as a regular reverb through the typical Mix, Decay, Size and ..read more

Delicious Audio freut sich, die erste Ausgabe der Berlin Pedal Expo (aka Stompbox Exhibit) ankündigen zu können. Es handelt sich um eine reine Kopfhörer-Veranstaltung, die für den 18. Mai 2024 in den Heynstudios geplant ist ..read more

Hailing from Australia, the Isolate Audio RATATATAT is a modern take on a classic distortion circuit with a similar name but fewer “A”s and “T”s, and some intriguing new features. Besides featuring a Bass and a (low-pass) Cut knob foreign to the classic Rat pedals and vaguely reminiscent of the Pulteq EQ, this box also provides a range of clipping options, including Turbo and Asymmetrical modes, enabling the exploration of a diverse array of harmonics. The preamp circuit of Ratatatatat operates at a boosted +18VDC, ensuring maximum headroom and dynamic range, and allowing +26dB of gain, fac ..read more

Sometimes utility pedals can open the door to interesting and creative ideas. The Great Eastern FX XO Variable Crossover might be such a device, with its ability to split the signal into a high and low-frequency band and send each out to a separate loop chain, allowing you to use different effects for each, and then blend them back together or send them to different amps. This application can be extremely useful for both guitar and bass players (the pedal is optimized to work with both), allowing the latter in particular to apply effects to the midrange frequencies without affecting the bot ..read more

The Broadcast preamp pedal from UK builder Hudson Electronics has a stellar reputation and made several best-of lists when it came out a few years ago. The AP version of it, recently updated to the dual version, named Broadcast AP-II, is an evolution of the original design engineered in collaboration with guitarist and singer-songwriter Ariel Posen and features a Silicon transistor, instead of the original Germanium one, in conjunction with an OEP transformer, for a “smoother, more powerful tone compared to the standard version.” The AP-II doubles the channels, placing them in series with s ..read more

There will be plenty of Eurorack and boutique builders at the upcoming (and free!) Portland Synth & Pedal Expo, and to celebrate this 3rd edition of the event we are giving away three cool synth devices to a lucky US-based electronic musician ..read more