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Fredric Effects Introduces The BugCrusher
Pedals & Effects

Fredric Effects Introduces The BugCrusher

London’s Fredric Effects has expanded their tonal palette with the BugCrusher, an analog sample rate reducer that produces an aliasing effect. Although its name makes it sound like it is a BitCrusher, Fredric writes that’s not the case. “Despite the name, the BugCrusher is not an actual BitCrusher. Most BitCrusher effects will have sample rate (x-axis quantization) and bit depth...

Fredric Effects Announce the Deeply Unpleasant Companion Bass Fuzz Pedal
Pedals & Effects

Fredric Effects Announce the Deeply Unpleasant Companion Bass Fuzz Pedal

Fredric Effects have introduced the Deeply Unpleasant Companion, a bass fuzz pedal that builds upon the Shin-Ei FY-2 Companion Fuzz. The new model has a modified circuit to preserve more low end frequencies, plus a new clean blend function for mixing your direct signal with the dirty signal. The pedal also has a volume boost circuit to avoid volume drop...