Donner introduces Versa Yellow Fall 2 DSP Delay + Reverb as the heir to the secret weapon Yellow Fall 'Analog' Mini Delay Pedal
The original Yellow Fall Mini Delay was a secret weapon for many - as the best sounding most affordable ’analog’ delay pedal. Jack White loved it so much - that it’s included on his Donner Triple Threat Multi-FX Collaboration. Even though by the most common classifications - this is not really an ’Analog’ pedal at all - but actually a PT2399 variant!
I was very excited when I first spotted the more expansive Yellow Fall 2 - which has some significant pros, and a slight con in that it’s all ...
Walrus Audio collaborates with Yvette Young on signature QI Etherealizer Parallel Grains + Delay + Chorus + Reverb Pedal
When I first clocked this - it immediately brought to mind my recently acquired AC Noises Ricorda Granualar Reverb, amd while there is some degree of overlap between the two - each device is also very distinctive in its own way. Where the QI Etherealizer adds Chorus, and Parallel as well as Series Routing.
It’s a device that perfectly covers Yvette’s key tones in the one device.
Controls - MIX } Mix / Dry (Series / Parallel), Grain, Delay, Chorus; MAIN } Mix / Dry (Series / Parallel), ...
End of Year Pedal-Chain Update - Final December Formation - Class of 2024
33 slots updated this year - #2, #3, #4, #5, #7, #9a, #9b, #10, #11, #12, #15a, #15b, #15c, #16, #17, #18, #19, #20, #22a, #22b, #23, #24, #25, #26, #29, #30, #31, #32, #33, #34, #36, #38, and #41.
There’s been a fair amount of re-routing and re-organising this year - which you should be able to pick via the pattern of changes. The introduction of the stereo Poly Amplitude introduced the biggest change to the board order - to get th most out of that format!
I try to limit acquisitions /...
2024 Best of the Best New Pedals of the Year
So this is the big one - all the top performers from the year in one selection.
We’ve already covered :
- 35 Boost & Overdrive Pedal Finalists
- 34 Distortion Pedal Finalists
- 32 Fuzz Pedal Finalists
- 38 Modutility Pedal Finalists
- 25 Delay and Reverb Pedal Finalists
Total Overall Finalist Selection of 164 Pedals!
Distilled down to the final favourites selection, where I own 27 of them, and will try to secure the final missing ones next year :
- Coffee Shop Pedals London Fog Tape Delay -
2024 Best New Spatial, Immersive and Time-Based Effects of the Year
I obviously just recently won me an AC Noises Ricorda Retro Series Reverb as a Chase Bliss Mystery Box Bonus Pedal - so the first iteration I had to make on this article was to update the standard Blue Ricorda image to the limited colourway edition that I was gifted by my Mystery Box. This selection is typically the one where I own the least proportion of pedals featured, in fact in this case it’s easier to list the few that I own here :
- AC Noices Ricorda Stereo Granular Reverb + Freeze /
TC Electronic combines 14 of its mainline flagship pedals into the one Plethora X1 Bluetooth Enabled All-in-one Multi-FX unit
This was always a no-brainer for TC Electronic - really just a matter of when they decided to pull the trigger, and this is truly a fantastic proposition - coming with Bluetooth App Control by default for just a $179 / €189 / £179 outlay. You get the creme-de-la-creme of TC Electronic Flagship pedals all in one unit! If you have any passing knowledge of TC Electronic Effects then this is a must-have acquisition.
So this doesn’t cover off the various recent Ampworx pedals, in fact none of ...
GFI System finally rolls out its improved and expanded Solis Ventus replacement for the Specular Tempus
It’s 4 years ago now since I did my mockup of a possible new version of Specular Tempus - based on the Synesthesia format. While GFI has gone even more expansive here and delivered a fully workstation format pedal.
It’s in the same territory as the Source Audio Collider and Wampler Catacombs - but with much more onboard - and in a significantly larger enclosure. Which will suit some, but not all. It’s actually probably more likely completing with the Mooer Ocean Machine and Line 6 DL4 (...
Tomkat's latest Super Heavy Reverb Pedal is a Super Massive Black Hole of a Reverb with additional Delay and Drive Elements
Tom Kogut’s new pedal is named after the largest ever space rocket made to date - the SpaceX Super Heavy First Stage Booster Rocket - designed for sending the largest of payloads into space!
Let’s hope the pedal is not as prone to exploding as the device it gets its moniker from - while it is of course highly explosive in the Reverb dimension.
This is Tom’s first new pedal in around 6 years I believe - following on from his inestimably cool Cloudy Digital Multi Effect - which took me a ...
Beautiful Noise's Endless Sleeper II is an intriguing Analog-Voiced Cascading Dual Delay with Pitch Modulation and Bitcrushing
Beautiful Noise effects always comes up with something distinct and different, and follows up its ’When The Sun Explodes Atmospheric Feedback Reverberator’ and ’Exploder’ White Noise Distortion, with an equally atmosperic Cascading Dual Delay.
The core of the circuit is two pitch-modulated delays which cascade into each other, and where you can send the output of the Second Delay back into the front of the first.
You can select different parameters per side - fully granular, including a...
Nobels introduces really smart 3-Mode Digital Mini Stereo Tap-Tempo Delay
So Nobels looks to have taken a leaf out of the Nux playbook here - who were the first to introduce Mini Stereo Pedals - empowered by TRS jacks / ports. So you get a fully immersive delay with 3 different voicings, and up to 1000ms of delay - for the digital mode. Along with Tap-Tempo - which you access by press-holding the Footswitch.
Controls - Time (553ms Tape / 402ms Analog / 1000ms Digital), Feedback (Repeats), Wet Mix, Mode : Tape / Analog / Digital, Hold Footswitch for Tap-Tempo.
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