Effects

The design aim with the True Overdrive 1 was to emulate the way valve circuitry behaves, so that the sound cleans up very naturally as you back off the guitar volume control or play quieter.

This stompbox aims to put the sound of classic analogue synths at guitarists’ feet.

What does Eventide’s “new method for processing audio” offer that we don’t already have in our plug-in folders?

Designed to allow the guitarist to produce familiar amped tones without the need for an actual amplifier, Radial’s ToneBone JDX Direct Drive emulates the tonal coloration of a guitar amplifier/speaker combination.

Antares’ efforts to apply their pitch-correction technology to guitar products continues, with this versatile pedal-format processor.

DSP technology now allows pedal manufacturers to create studio-quality reverbs that evoke the spirit of classic springs, plates, concert halls and caverns... but EarthQuaker Devices’ Transmisser takes a somewhat different direction.

Since being acquired by Music Group, TC Electronic’s engineers have continued to add to their pedal line, and the three on review here are all based on traditional analogue circuitry.

The latest iteration of Peavey’s modelling software not only allows you to build your own virtual guitar amps, but to ‘profile’ real ones.

Overdrive pedals create distortion in different ways. EarthQuaker Devices, though, have really hedged their bets with their Gray Channel, as each of its two overdrive channels offers a choice of three clipping types.

EHX have put the Crying Tone wah circuitry into a much more conventional pot-driven pedal format...

The Mimiq Doubler is essentially a real-time digital double-tracking emulator that’s able to add one, two, or three ‘cloned’ parts to the original dry signal...

The Boss CE-1 Chorus Ensemble dates back to 1976 and was the very first Boss pedal to use charge-coupled ‘bucket brigade’ delay line chips. Now, on the 40th anniversary of the original CE-1, Boss release the Waza Craft CE-2W, still in the familiar compact pedal format — and still blue...

Boost pedals are conceptually simple devices that ramp up the level of your signal to push the front end of your amp a little...

Built from reclaimed Hammond organ parts, the Scanner is an unusual electro-mechanical effects unit that sounds as classy as it looks!

Boss’s well-conceived switching system brings the convenience of a multi-effects unit to your collection of individual pedals.

Named after Binson’s Echorec magnetic-drum echo machine, the Echorec aims to squeeze all that unit’s essential character into a standard-sized pedal.

The name Lunastone may not sound so familiar, but this Danish company have an excellent provenance...

Eventide’s H9 pedal continues to grow in scope as more dedicated algorithms are released for it...

Guitar-synth stompboxes open up a world of sonic possibilities — but getting the most out of them takes a little forward planning...

We’ve come to expect the unexpected from Zynaptiq, and their new reverb delivers just that!

Despite keeping things simple, EHX’s latest looper boasts some useful features that others lack.