Effects

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...

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.

These overdrive pedals are both inspired by the now out-of-production and highly desirable Klon Centaur, used by David Gilmour and other luminaries.

A bundle of the most common studio effects, specifically delay, phasing, flanging, chorus, enhancement and a preamp emulation...

A guitar overdrive pedal sporting three knobs and a footswitch is not exactly a new or novel concept, but when it is designed and built by Roger Mayer, you have to take notice...

Is VocalSynth the natural choice for unnatural vocal sounds?

Boss’s latest desktop looper might be small, but it’s no lightweight in terms of features.

Just when you thought it was safe to consider your pedalboard finished, along come DOD with a new overdrive...

EHX have produced two versions of their Lester rotary-speaker pedal, one for keyboard players and the other specifically tailored to guitar.

Once available only to Pro Tools users, AIR’s comprehensive plug-in bundle is now open to all — and has been augmented by some intriguing additions.

Designed by PandaMIDI in Hungary and inspired by the long-discontinued Akai Deep Impact, this unit adds a useful range of extra features.

Designed to produce a wide range of mono or stereo delay-based effects, StompDelay's inbuilt multi-waveform modulation allows it to double as a flanger, chorus, tape echo or extreme effects generator.

Electro-Harmonix’s Mel9 guitar effects pedal, which must qualify as their most ambitious model so far, produces a range of instantly recognisable Mellotron sounds.

A trio of easy-to-use plug-ins from Waves aims to bottle the signature sounds of pop producer Greg Wells.