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    DIY Effects Pedals

    Building Your Own Stompboxes

    Making your own pedals can be a lot cheaper than buying them — and with many of the self‑build kits now available, you won’t even need a deep knowledge of electronics.

    Techniques Apr 2024
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    Eventide Blackhole & MicroPitch Immersive

    Multi-channel Effects Plug-ins

    Eventide’s celebrated reverb and pitch/modulation plug‑ins have been reinvented — with immersive audio applications in mind.

    Reviews . Apr 2024
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    iZotope Nectar 4 Advanced

    Vocal Production Plug-in Suite

    If your vocals require sweetening, a little Nectar might be just the thing...

    Reviews . Apr 2024
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    Meris MercuryX

    Stereo Effects Pedal

    Although, at heart, this is ‘just’ a stereo reverb pedal, it’s capable of some very unusual sonic treatments...

    Reviews . Apr 2024
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    Electro Harmonix Pico Attack Decay

    Envelope Pedal

    Like the original, this Pico pedal identifies individual notes extremely well and it has plenty of attack range, from just softening the attack transient to a slow bowing type of fade‑in.

    Reviews Apr 2024
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    Instant Audio QuickMuse

    Creative Randomisation Multi-effects Plug-in

    With a GUI that looks as though it was designed by an astrologer on magic mushrooms, Instant Audio’s QuickMuse is a five‑section multi‑effects plug‑in with a simple interface and some smart randomisation functions.

    Reviews Apr 2024
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    Electro-Harmonix Pico Deep Freeze

    Sound-sustaining Effect Pedal

    Many of EHX's Pico pedals are stripped‑back versions of their larger counterparts, but the Deep Freeze combines features of their Freeze and Superego pedals.

    Reviews Mar 2024
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    Arturia Efx Motions

    Multi-effects Plug-in

    Arturia’s latest effects plug‑in is designed to help you keep things moving...

    Reviews . Feb 2024
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    Enjoy Electronics The Godfather

    Mixer & Multi-channel Effects Processor

    This unique combination of mixer and effects machine can be used standalone or as part of a modular setup.

    Reviews . Feb 2024
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    Fender Tone Master Pro

    Amplifier, Cabinet & Effects Modeller

    Guitar giants Fender join the modelling pedal party with this powerful and comprehensive floorboard. We put it through its paces...

    Reviews . Feb 2024
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    Inorganic Audio Liquid

    Granular Effect Plug-in

    Liquid is a live granular effect, and we’re informed that some of the equations used are based on fluid dynamics, resulting in the creation of liquid‑like movement.

    Reviews Feb 2024
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    Befaco FX Boy

    Eurorack Module

    A Gameboy cartridge‑based Eurorack effects module? Robin Vincent puts the Befaco FX Boy to the test.

    Reviews Feb 2024
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    Baby Audio Transit

    Multi-effects Plug-in

    Transitions are the name of the game here, and as always Baby Audio and Andrew Huang encourage you to get creative!

    Reviews . Jan 2024
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    Blukac Endless Processor

    Eurorack Module

    The Endless Processor from Kyiv‑based Blukac does one thing. It takes a sound and sustains it to infinity.

    Reviews Jan 2024
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    SoundGhost Drift

    Tape Emulation Plug-in

    Drift is a plug‑in that embraces all those things that old‑school engineers used to hate about analogue tape!

    Reviews Dec 2023
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    Strymon Ultraviolet

    Uni-Vibe Emulation Pedal

    The Ultraviolet is the third pedal to join the ranks of Strymon’s new compact line of ARM‑powered processors.

    Reviews Nov 2023
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    Boss GM-800

    Guitar Synth

    It’s nearly half a century since the first guitar synth became available commercially — and, boy, have they come on a long way since then!

    Reviews Nov 2023
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    AIR Music Sprite

    Multi-effects Plug-in

    AIR Music’s Sprite is a multi‑effects plug‑in with a few extra tricks up its sleeves, such as the ability to control certain effect parameters using an envelope follower.

    Reviews Oct 2023
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    Horrothia Berkeley uni-vibe style effects pedal

    Horrothia Berkeley

    Digitally Controlled Modulation Pedal

    The Berkeley pedal, from UK-based manufacturers Horrothia, aims to recreate the vintage Uni-Vibe sound but it’s not an outright clone.

    Reviews Oct 2023
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    Waves Gems

    Effects Plug-ins

    Waves Gems is a collection of creative effects that offer stompbox‑like simplicity and a variety of useful effect treatments.

    Reviews Sep 2023
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    UJAM Finisher Boost

    Multi-effects Plug-in

    The latest in UJAM’s Finisher series aims to give your risers, impacts and transitions a boost.

    Reviews Jul 2023

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