News Win Dr. AlienSmith’s Dirtbox in Happy Mag’s Needle in the Hay comp! by Happy Calling all musicians! Feeling stuck in a sonic rut? Want to instantly add grit and character to your sound? Then Happy Mag’s annual Needle in the Hay competition is your…
News Pro Audio Engineering the Sound: Dogman Devices Air 2.0 by Owen Penglis Belt it with big shoegazey chords and lead lines We had a look at the brand new, updated version of the shoegaze BEAST delay/fuzz unit, the Air 2.0 from Dogman…
News Pro Audio Engineering the Sound: Idiotbox Blower Box Deluxe and Dark Waves by Owen Penglis From the garage straight to the shelves. We’re taking a look at a couple of guitar pedals from the Idiotbox company out of Texas, the Blower Box Deluxe and the…
News Pro Audio Colortone Pedals: New boutique pedals from Sydney by Oliver Ashby Handmade and hand finished just around the corner We had a look at some fresh new pedals from Colortone. These are handmade and hand finished just around the corner from…
News Pro Audio Engineering the Sound: SOMA Cosmos by Oliver Ashby SOMA’s newest contribution to the world of ambient music making and expressive synthesis. We had a dive into something very worthy of a place amongst our many little music making…
News Pro Audio Colortone Pedals: Roundhouse, Lo-Fi Delay and Spring Reverb II by Oliver Ashby ‘Boutique’ music to a pedal enthusiast’s ears. In a world littered with more guitar pedals than common sense, how can you possibly decide which ones are worth your time? Well…
News Pro Audio Strymon Cloudburst Ambient Reverb: A Warm, All-Enveloping Reverb With Shimmering Reflections and Textures by Tim McArtney We tested out the new Strymon Cloudburst Ambient Reverb pedal in our studio Noise Machines. It’s a lush, granular-sounding digital reverb pedal that ranges from a short slap, to a…
News Pro Audio Boss Space Echo RE-202: A Digital, Re-imagined Space Echo Pedal by Owen Penglis Coming forth from the outer universe, the brand new re-imagined Boss Space Echo RE-202 – the digital sequel to the most famous of all galactic vibration enhancers, the 1974 Roland…
News Pro Audio Walrus Audio Melee: A Brand New Retro Designed Pedal That is a Wall Of Sound by Tim McArtney Is it reverb? Is it distortion? No, it’s both. Walrus Audio has released The Melee. Complete with a joystick and a tonne of variation, Dan Mac from Art Vs. Science…
News Pro Audio Mr Black Analog Chorus/Vibrato Deluxe: vintage tone with modern functionality by Nick Mielczarek Mr Black brings modern functionality to a classic vintage circuit with the Analog Chorus/Vibrato Deluxe. Built in Portland, Oregon, Mr Black’s pedal line has so far consisted of a series…
News Pro Audio ‘The Pedal Movie’: Reverb’s love letter to the stompbox by Nick Mielczarek Reverb has released the first official trailer for The Pedal Movie, a documentary about the history and impact of guitar pedals. Every guitarist loves effects pedals (well, maybe not all…
Arts Pro Audio Bias tremolo and Fender tones at your feet: Origin Effects RevivalTREM by Jonathan Mendolicchio The unique characteristics of Fender’s vintage bias tremolo sounds are highly regarded as some of the best classic amp effects to date. Out of the realm of vintage amps and…
Features Pro Audio Guitar effects 101: categorising stompboxes by Dan Shaw Setting up an inspiring chain of effects pedals can be one of the most satisfying experiences when tracking guitars in a recording studio. It can be the key to creating…
