Effects

Flux FX is an ambitious iOS effect processor created by guitar legend Adrian Belew and developers. It provides a chain of up to five versatile effects, each with an X-Y pad for performance access, plus a step sequencer for capturing pad motion.

As iconic and extensive as it is, the Boss range of pedals has never included a proper guitar synth — until now.

Compact pedalboard? DI preamp? The perfect ‘B–rig’? This ‘Swiss Army Knife’ of guitar processors is all of those, and more.

So many Leslie speaker emulators are mere approximations. Could authenticity lurk in these tiny boxes?

Is EHX’s latest pedal perfect for guitarists who want to pull out all the stops?

Could this thoughtfully designed bass front-end be the answer to every bassist’s stage and studio prayers

By designing a signal processing environment that offers endless modulation and routing options, Native Instruments hope to reinvent the way we use effects.

Korg's Pandora series first appeared almost 20 years ago, but the range has evolved with the march of technology. Today's...

Audio files to accompany the article.

Danish vocal‑effects experts TC Helicon combine their established harmony and effects processing with some seriously impressive looping technology.

DOD's Phasor 201 was one of the first commercial phaser pedals.

Just what the world needs, right? Another overdrive pedal... Well, in the case of the Electro-Harmonix Soul Food the answer...

Although they're intended mainly for guitarists, modular knob twiddlers could also find plenty to like about Moog's new pedals.

If you need authentic‑sounding robo vocals or a passable imitation of Stephen Hawking, look no further than Roland's VT3.

Roger Mayer has an impressive resumé, having built effects for Jimi Hendrix and Jimmy Page back in the day.

The latest addition to Eventide's stompbox range has the chameleon-like ability to emulate all of its siblings! Not only that, but the new H9 can be controlled and edited from your iPhone or iPad.

Does Strymon's latest offering finally deliver studio-quality reverb for the guitarist?

Another pedal featuring Boss's Multi-dimensional Processing technology, and the 100th pedal to be added to their range.

The Vox StompLab IIG offers a selection of modelled guitar multi-effects, based on 104 model types (44 of which are amp...

The French company behind many of the software plug-ins for the Creamware DSP platform have branched out into analogue guitar pedals and produced something quite different!

We explore the IK Multimedia iRig HD & Amplitude 3 Guitar Interface & Software for iOS