It isn’t always the units on your pedalboard that make the coolest noises that make the most difference…I know, hard to believe, but if anything represents that well, it’s today’s piece of musical gear. The PCH Active Direct Interface, the latest release from our friends at Strymon, is an advanced stereo active direct interface with a hidden superpower – an onboard console-quality headphone amplifier. Now you...
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Sometimes, the pedal you need on your board doesn’t actually make any kind of noise or effect – such is the case with today’s pedal, the Yesterday Effects Color Theory All-Analog Parallel Processor & Signal Router. While big whooshing modulation, bold distortion or vintage tape delay sounds are not on the menu, this little box opens up your creativity, and lets you choose how to route your signals and sounds....
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There are times when an overdrive pedal can be “eh, just another overdrive” and there are times when the word “Overdrive” doesn’t even begin to touch what a pedal can do. Luckily, today’s pedal is the latter, coming to use from Fancy Wolf Effects, in the form of the Scoop & Scream Parallel Gain Machine. If you like Fuzz, and Overdrive, and like them IN STEREO, you’ll want to stick around...
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Today’s featured piece of gear is a step away from our usual reviews, but this pedal is one that can really add a lot to any musical rig. The MixingLink from Eventide is labeled as a high-quality mic preamp with FX loop in a compact form, and while it is that, is can also do so much more. Plus, you can use it with instruments, microphones, as a mixer and a ton of other options – let’s check it out! As far as vocals...
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While not technically an “effect” pedal, today’s featured piece of gear is essential to certain setups (ours included), especially when running your rig in stereo. The Anole from Red Eft Electronics is both a passive signal splitter and a summing box, allowing for one of the most discrete passive signal routing options in today’s market. Here at Pedal of the Day, we use the Anole for all of our demo videos (except...
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