Effects

Twenty years since the launch of the original POG, the concept has been brought up to date, with features for guitarists and modular enthusiasts alike.

Old Blood Noise Endeavours describe the Bathing as a ‘liminal’ delay — a word I had to look up before writing this review! Not quite a delay, reverb, or phaser — rather, the Bathing straddles the boundaries between them.

Can this pocket‑sized, pocket‑money guitar rig really deliver the goods? You might be surprised...

Nineteen years after their first stereo rotary speaker effect, Boss deliver an even more convincing emulation in a compact pedal format.

With four different modes, onboard effects and MIDI sync capability, there’s plenty of creative potential packed into this stompbox.

At its most basic level, with nothing patched into its input, the MultiMod is a flexible and highly useful multi‑LFO...

Add a touch of magic with Bastl’s mini modular effects box.

Cymatics’ Dark Sky granular effects plug-in was inspired by Hologram’s impressive but rather costly Microcosm pedal.

The Electro‑Harmonix Pico 360+ Looper is a pico‑sized alternative to the company’s Nano Looper 360.

The Itinera module is a Eurorack filter developed by Stefano Bersanetti at Euterpe Synthesizer Laboratories.

The BTFLD is a 4‑bit analogue‑to‑digital converter, processing any signal at its input with binary logic and mangling it in all sorts of wild ways.

We check out the newest addition to UJAM’s UFX effects range of plug-ins.

TC’s diminutive one‑knob, one‑switch Ditto looper has proven very popular, but TC still wanted to improve it...

Offering modulation options that are rather different from the norm, Minimal Audio’s Wave Shifter employs frequency shifting, ring modulation and amp modulation.

The debut module from Cutlasses Instruments is a tape‑style looper based around an ingeniously simple idea — instead of having one playhead, the Gloop has four!

Another swish‑looking module from RYK Modular. The Envy Machine is a four‑channel, five‑function modulation generator for Eurorack.

They might come in guitar pedal format, but the Auto Series effects have much in common with modular synths...

If you’re a solo performer who needs to control vocal harmonies and effects on stage, could this little box be all you need?

Fancy some modulation from the Dark Side? The enticingly‑named Wobbler plug‑in was inspired by some of the effects that producer/engineer Alan Parsons used on Dark Side Of The Moon.

Space Rider offers delay, reverb and chorus, but also takes the concept of ducking and expands it to full parameter modulation.

It’s more compact than its predecessors, but the newest processor in Boss’ venerable VG range might just be their best one yet.