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If you’ve always wanted an overdrive or distortion pedal featuring two fully independent channels with exactly the same facilities, here it is!
These examples accompany my review of the T-Rex TwinBlaze pedal, published in SOS November 2025.
French company Two notes Audio Engineering have updated their flagship Reload re‑amping product — and it’s different from what everybody was expecting!
Offering all the essential facilities at a lower price point, could the new Core version of the Tube Amp Expander be a serious competitor to the original flagship model?
MIDI pedals are more sophisticated and configurable today than they once were, which is great news. But it does mean the quality of the setup software is really important...
Trinnov Audio, established in 2003, is a French company renowned for its pioneering work in audio processing and room-acoustics correction technologies across a number of different domains, including professional studios, commercial cinemas, high-end hi-fi and home theatre systems.
Dumble amps are both revered and rare as hens’ teeth — so it was only a matter of time before UA focused their considerable modelling talents on a stompbox emulation.
Speaker‑cab innovators Barefaced add a dedicated power amp option to their full‑range speaker designs.
Like classic fuzz pedals, this one sounds great. Unlike them, it’s easy to control and can play nicely in any setup!
The latest amp‑simulation pedal from Origin Effects recreates another much‑loved classic tube guitar amp: the iconic Tweed 5E3 Fender Deluxe.