Effects

David Greeves gets his hands on this specialist piece of kit that can modify your existing guitar pedals with overdrive and delay effects.

If you’re an electronic musician who’s tired of trying to make generic audio software fulfil specific needs, perhaps Siren Audio’s package is for you.

Oto’s 8-bit effects box gains a synth and sequencer. Is this the icing on the, er, Biscuit?

Take Sonar back to the ’60s with this vintage-style tape-flanging effect!

Paul White checks out this stomp-box effect from Electro Harmonix.

Chris Korff reviews this pedal-format spring reverb derived from the Demeter rackmount units, which uses real springs rather than an emulation circuit.

There have been plenty of Leslie emulators over the years, but is the Ventilator the one that finally nails ‘that’ sound?

Come with us on a journey through time and space, as we explore the mysteries of Eventide’s remarkable new effects pedal...

You’d think a digital effect processor’s brilliance might have been eclipsed somewhat in the last decade, but Eventide have made significant software changes that keep this one fresh, relevant and desirable.

Paul White plugs his guitar in and strums away, all in the name of reviewing this effects pedal!

This hands‑free take on the long‑established E-bow concept offers a promising new palette of sounds for the recording guitarist.

Can a 30‑year old algorithm in a tiny blue box really be at the cutting edge of room simulation? The answer to that question would appear to be “yes”.

Swedish bass‑equipment manufacturers EBS’s updated MultiComp pedal is intended to make transparent‑sounding bass compression easy to achieve. Matt Houghton investigates...

Available ready-made or in kit form, the STS is more affordable than the competition... but is it any good?

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Paul White investigates a new effects pedal from Electro Harmonix... everybody Freeze!

The KRP1 Krautrock Phaser is a modern recreation of a German classic.

How do you make a piezo-miked acoustic guitar sound like a real miked acoustic? Fishman have improved on their already impressive answer to that question...

JoeMeek's GBQ pedal combines distortion with their three-band sweep Meequalizer EQ, and runs from an included external power...

FabFilters powerful plug-in suite brings us advanced modulation possibilities, filters with multiple personalities, and plenty of overdrive.

One of my favourite effects units is an mid‑to‑late '90s brown Fender '63 Valve Reverb reissue. Bought in the days when I ...