MAS Distro

Movement, depth, distortion, and more. ⁣⁣
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A compact slab of sub-heavy silicon fuzz. ⁣
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The ThorpyFX ER-2 BLOCK 3 is a fresh evolution of Thorpy’s NASA aircraft-inspired, all-analog Univibe pedal, made even more versatile and pedalboard friendly for the modern player. ⁣⁣
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Designed from the ground up to capture the full span of Univibe modulation tones in a single, intuitively musical unit, the ER-2 BLOCK 3 recreates all the classic sounds with perfect ease and simplicity. ⁣⁣
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It also sports a new PHASE switch that flips the phase of the vibe one hundred and eighty degrees. This phase-flipping option opens up another realm of deep, lush-sounding chorus and vibe tones from this iconic modulator.⁣⁣
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Beautifully destructive experimental distortion.⁣
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The gold standard for tube driven spring reverb and tremolo. ⁣⁣
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A different kind of drive. ⁣
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A fast track to stereo flow. ⁣
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Epic weekend in Boston for the Stompbox Sonic Cosmodio Instruments SBSXVII - celebrating 17 years (!!) of our friends Stompbox Sonic!! Jen and Adam are hands down two of the greatest people we know. They work tirelessly to make the pedal world welcoming and approachable to anyone and everyone and it’s clear that they’ve made a major positive impact on the lives of so many pedal builders and musicians.

Cosmodio Instruments put this event together with them and it was a 10/10 in terms of vibes, enthusiasm and attendance. So many incredible brands made the trip from all over the country. I was so happy to get in some quality time with John, Brad and Jasper from Electronic Audio Experiments (whose new Scattering was the talk of the show) along with the Cosmodio Instruments crew - Barton, Jesse, Peter and Jack (whose upcoming secret release was another talk of the show!)

𝕞𝕠𝕕𝕖𝕣𝕟 𝕒𝕝𝕥𝕒𝕣𝕤 / courtney swain did an amazing performance and demo of how she uses pedals on vocals (while also repping VONGON and Trash Talk Audio!) followed by an awesome EarthQuaker Devices demo and presentation by Jamie Stillman and Julie Robbins.

Bonus: surprise visits from Andy Pitcher and Diego from The Music Emporium!

On Sunday, the Electronic Audio Experiments crew and Jen and Adam of Stompbox Sonic were kind enough to have us over to the EAE shop Sunday for bagels and coffee cause no one was ready to end the party yet!

My job has so many fun parts, but getting to hang with builders and artists and retailers in person is by far the best. Thanks to everyone who made this weekend so awesome!

The new special run Velvet Noise from Alexander Pedals is for the true lovers of spacious stereo tones. It uses the vaunted Spin FV-1 DSP chip to employ what’s known to acoustical engineers as velvet-noise decorrelation, a process that uses the input signal to generate two channels that realistically mirror how physical spaces disperse sound waves. ⁣
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Unlike other stereo wideners that use basic delay and phase shifting methods to create their effects, Alexander’s scientific approach allows Velvet Noise to create a wide stereo image that still holds together in mono, with no phase-y weirdness, no holes in the center of the image, and minimal latency. ⁣
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Its single k**b, Width, is a wet/dry blend with maximum decorrelation at roughly 50%. Higher settings add subtle modulation and motion to the mix, for even more width and movement. ⁣
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Velvet Noise features switchable mono/stereo input, stereo output, buffered soft switching, and top-mounted audio and 9v power jacks.⁣
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