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…
Lists Pro Audio Happy Mag’s Audio Gift Guide For Musicians and Hobbyists by Dan Shaw No idea what to get a musician these holidays? Or maybe you’re just poking around yourself? Find something you love in our audio gift guide…
News Pro Audio The Best Overdrive Pedals We’ve Fired Up In The Studio by Tim McArtney How does overdrive differ from its popular cousin’s distortion and fuzz? There’s a subtlety to overdrive that can be easily missed, so let’s check out…
News Pro Audio A Fuzz and Compressor cluster: two neat new boxes from Walrus Audio by Owen Penglis When it comes to guitar effects fuzz is an instantly recognisable, classic sound, and a compressor is kinda one for the connoisseur; a piece you…
News Pro Audio Catalinbread’s Soft Focus Reverb: dreamy, ethereal and more expansive than you can imagine by Tim McArtney Catalinbread has you covered for dreamy, shoe-gaze reverb in their new Soft Focus Reverb pedal that will wash over your guitar tone and make you…
Features News Pro Audio Frippertronics: how Robert Fripp and Brian Eno brought looping to life by Luka Osborne Frippertronics: Ambient tape looping brought to you by Robert Fripp and Brian Eno. It might not sound new, but in 1972 it was. Frippertronics ……
News Pro Audio NUX may just have made the best space echo recreation: the NDD-7 Tape Echo by Happy Recreations of the infamous Space Echo are countless. Music company NUX has theirs, the NDD-7 Tape Echo Emulator. We took it for a test drive….
News Pro Audio Warp Space and Time with the Death by Audio Space Bender by Owen Penglis It’s always an exciting day when a screen-printed Death By Audio package shows up in the mail, and today we received the brand new Space…
News Pro Audio Engineering the Sound: Catanlinbread Tribute overdrive pedal by Tim McArtney Catalinbread has released The Tribute: a versatile overdrive pedal with EQ to cover all your drive needs. We tested this pedal in the Happy studios…
Pro Audio Engineering the Sound: get more with the EarthQuaker Devices Special Cranker by Tim McArtney EarthQuaker Devices has just released the Special Cranker. This pedal is a versatile overdrive that’s an update on one of their highly-regarded, discontinued gems. Engineering…
Pro Audio Engineering the Sound: hands-on with the Walrus Audio M1 “High-Fidelity Modulation Machine” by Dan Shaw Walrus Audio is one of the most innovative pedal manufacturers to emerge in recent years. Engineering the Sound tested out the M1: a pedal that’s…
News Pro Audio Walrus Audio launch the Canvas Stereo Dual Line Isolator / D.I. by Tim McArtney Walrus Audio has built its reputation on superb sounds and aesthetics. Their new Canvas pedal takes an innovative approach to the humble D.I. box. Walrus…
News Pro Audio Line 6 reimagines a classic with the DL4 MkII by Tim McArtney The original Line 6 DL4 was a staple on many pedalboards. Line 6 have finally released the MkII, a new classic with cutting-edge tech. The…