Key Takeaways Modern guitar synth pedals no longer require special pickups and work with standard guitar inputs, making ...

We break the glass on the pedal cabinet to dig out a long-list of some of the coolest effects from the new Golden Era of ...

The UK's Arctangent festival celebrated its 10th edition in 2024, and as we said in our tribute feature, this is a really special annual event for alternative guitar music. It continues to champion ...

As far as guitar effects pedals go, there’s no shortage of simple stompboxes that distort the instrument’s sound, add a delay or an echo, or other basic modifications. Then there are others that take ...

When it comes to music recording hardware, one could argue that Universal Audio has created more powerful products for a wider variety of artists than any other company in the industry. With a history ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tom Cram's Hiatus From His Legacy-Building Career at DigiTech/DOD Helped Launch Spiral Electric FX At some point in their guitar ...

There's a whole world of software-based effects available to use in your DAW, but sometimes nothing beats the sound and feel of a rock-solid guitar pedal you can hold in your own two hands. The only ...

Musicians have a fantastic language to describe signals. A sound can be fat, dark, crunchy, punchy — the list goes on. These aren’t very technical terms, but they get the job done. After all, it’s ...

Analog pedals use traditional circuit components to create warm, continuous signals, while digital pedals use computer chips for precise effects processing Gain-based effects typically sound more ...