452 Results for "distortion"

Mooer’s new Black Truck revamps the Red Truck multi-effects pedal

The new Mooer Black Truck multi-effects pedal tweaks the older Red Truck design to produce a new version that looks more flexible, with a new 5-band EQ and more versatile footswitch functions.

Native Instruments releases crushing effects trio: Dirt, Bite, and Freak

The brightly-coloured new stompbox-style effects go against the dark UI trend that's been going on since Logic Pro X's release. Expect to see them as stand-alone products and in Komplete 12.

Pigtronix Philosopher’s Tone Germanium Gold Micro compressor pedal

This new model adds germanium diodes to the Philosopher's Tone pedal and can vary between super clean or a touch dirty depending on how you dial it in - not bad for such a small piglet of an effect.

TritonLab’s new Labyrinth pedal: 33V of dual-channel overdrive and distortion

The new Labyrinth dual-channel overdrive/distortion pedal looks like it can offer many amp-like tones at a very reasonable price. But will the higher internal voltage make a noticeable difference?

Alexander Pedals Defender – Retro ’80s Videogame or whacky effect?

The Alexander Pedals Defender combines a whole heap of effects into one little pedal, with noise mangling retro '80s bleeps and quacks available for the masses. Could this 'Stargate Drive' be the one for you?

Superbooth 2018: AJH Synths reveal Wave Swarm and V-Shape modules

Wave Swarm is a dual 6-stage wave animator and the V-Shape tilts waveforms and distorts them in satisfying ways. AJH Synths bring modules of warmth and movement to Superbooth.

New waveshaping distortion: After the Temper comes Creative Intent’s Tantrum

Building on the phase distortion algorithm from Temper, Tantrum is loaded with two distortion stages. First comes a waveshaping stage with five shapes, second comes a phase modulation distortion.

Stargazer: a dual wavetable drone with a load of knobs to play with

Stargaze is a "drone synthesizer for the abrasive elite". It's an angry synth, laden with knobs begging to be fiddled with. There's no CV, no MIDI and no distractions, you just have to play it.

Neural DSP recreates coveted Darkglass distortion pedals in plug-in format

Developer start-up Neural DSP has a new distortion pedal emulation created in partnership with Darkglass Electronics and models their super-nice (and pricey) Ultra pedal series.

Exodus Digital Valkyrie multi-timbral synthesizer to debut at Musikmesse 2018

British made 8 part multi-timbral 128 voice 1280 oscillator hardware synthesizer Valkyrie is ready to swoop into Musikmesse on a blazing path of glory. Sounds a lot better than it looks!

Deal: get free Fabfilter Volcano or Saturn with Bitwig Studio 2

Bitwig has partnered up with plug-in developer FabFilter to offer anyone who purchases and registers Bitwig Studio Standard, EDU, or upgrades from 8-Track a free FabFilter plug-in. A good deal!

Put some metal in your Eurorack with the WMD Mantic Conceptual FLEX

Stop making ambient bleepy nonsense and strap on some serious destruction in the shape of the PLL based Mantic Conceptual FLEX. Unpredictable, untamable and completely mental, just what your Eurorack needs.

RX950 Classic AD/DA Converter plug-in brings back that AKAI S950 sound

Developer Mathieu Demange debuted a very interesting plug-in, the RX950, an emulation of the entire AD/DA conversion of the classic AKAI S950 sampler, known for its fat and crunchy 12-bit sound.

SOMA Laboratory LYRA8-FX pulls some of the LYRA8 organismic sound into Eurorack

SOMA Laboratory has sliced the effects section out of the LYRA-8 and stuffed it into a Eurorack module giving you a double modulated delay and distortion with some unique cross and self-modulating.

The Xcalibur JC preamp is your chance to own a piece of Sunset Studio gear

Boutique gear maker Sonic Farm introduced an interesting hardware pre-amp — the Xcalibur JC. Based on the original Xcalibur pre-amp, the JC bears its name because it was designed in tandem with Joe ...

Fender videos demo new effects pedal line-up designed by Stan Cotey

Stan Cotey of Fender has designed six brand new effects for pedals and now Fender has finally released some great demo videos of each one for you to check out.

Origin Effects RevivalDRIVE: An ambitious ‘amp-like’ British boutique overdrive

British company Origin Effects, known for its compressor effect pedals, has launched its first overdrive effect, the RevivalDRIVE - with a big feature set and a price to match.

Play the Native Instruments Electric Sunburst while Gibson burns

The timing of NIs precisely sampled homage to the Les Paul couldn't have been better considering the dire straits Gibson is in. Electric Sunburst has a remarkably realistic engine of picking, strumming and ...

Jef’s Top 3 Bits of Guitar Gear and Gadgets at NAMM 2018

Our favourite three cool, exciting new guitar related products for 2018 all revealed at this year's Winter NAMM Show, with gear by Fender, Line 6 and Game Changer Audio.

NAMM 2018: Rainger FX Reverb X – All sorts of wrong in a box

Rainger FX has been creating madcap effects pedals again, the new Reverb-X and Igor are all about what happens when you do something wrong, but it sounds so right!

NAMM 2018: Suhr Mini Riot distortion pedal announced

The ever-popular Suhr Riot distortion pedal has been given a makeover for 2018 and lost a fair bit of size, but hopefully none of its riotous drive tones

NAMM 2018: Fender announces new effects pedal range for 2018

Fender has decided to launch a new all original effects pedal series, with brand new designs featuring a cool new magnetically-latched battery door system and rugged aluminium enclosures.

NAMM 2018: Plasma Pedal – High Voltage Distortion unleashed

Game Changer Audio has harnessed insanity with their new Plasma Pedal. A plasma-based distortion pedal you say? Sign me up for some of this crazy lightning based dirt box goodness!

NAMM 2018: Keeley presents Aria two-channel Compressor/Overdrive/Distortion

Robert Keeley is launching a new compressor/overdrive pedal at this year's NAMM Show, and let's face it, he knows a thing or two about compressors and drive tones.