Lo-Fi

JHS Pedals Double Dragon Lo-Fi Octave Device

Posted By Pedal of the Day on Sunday, March 8, 2026 in Analog, Fuzz, JHS Pedals, Lo-Fi, Octave, Overdrive / Distortion | 0 comments

You know how sometimes you can tell a pedal is going to sound wicked rad just by looking at it? That’s how I felt about the JHS Pedals Double Dragon Lo-Fi Octave Device, which we’re going to look at today. Octave pedals with more than 2 knobs are always intriguing, and the lineage that this yellow beast is inspired by is the who’s-who of octave creations. The fact that my daughter has been obsessed with dragons for...

Electro-Harmonix Pico Atomic Cluster Spectral Decomposer

Posted By Pedal of the Day on Friday, February 20, 2026 in Electro-Harmonix, Filters, Glitch, Lo-Fi, Oscillator, Synthesizer | 0 comments

I’m stoked to finally be collaborating with the fine folks at Electro-Harmonix on some demos, and we’re starting with one of their new, smaller pedal releases from the Pico Series. A truly unique pedal the likes of which I have not encountered, the Pico Atomic Cluster Spectral Decomposer makes weird, strange, fantastic and creative sounds, really letting you stretch out your thoughts and be creative. It may be little in...

ezhi&aka Double Tape T Broken Tape Deck Emulator

Posted By Pedal of the Day on Sunday, February 8, 2026 in Delay / Reverb, ezhi&aka, Fuzz, Lo-Fi, Modulation, Oscillator, Pitch Shifters, Sustain, Synthesizer, Tap Tempo, Tape Emulator, Tremolo, Vibrato | 0 comments

I first got my hands on an effects unit from ezhi&aka about 6 years ago (the magnificent Moomindrone T Drone Delay), and is the years since, have had the pleasure of checking out their Polarized Flutter Lofi Tapestop and Polarized Flutter + Echo pedals, and they’re all nothing short of brilliant. Today’s unit from them, the Double Tape T Broken Tape Deck Emulator, might just be the best one yet. Aside from being the...