Moog has combined the guitar and bass MuRF pedals and added a full midi implementation in the new MF-105M. At $479 it’s definitely not cheap but it is very cool sounding.

This new pedal features an opto compressor fashioned after vintage circuits. The OB.1 also has and integrated clean boost with selectable frequency shaping if you are wanting a mid or treble boost as well.

From the site: “Everything you love about studio optical compressors … right at your feet … From beautifully subtle and transparent compression to vintage squash … Integrated foot-switchable Clean, Treble and Mid boost … TRUE BYPASS … Crafted with love in the USA”

Not yet shipping but this looks interesting from the German company SM Pro Audio. This box acts as an embedded host for VST plug-ins that normally run in a DAW on a PC. A 1.5 GHz CPU and 2 gigs of flash memory are included to host your favorite VST plug-ins on the floor. No word on pricing as of yet.

Here is a link to their site.

Damage Control has posted a new demo video for 2009 of the Glass Nexus multi-effect pedal. The video doesn’t show everything the unit is capable of by any means but nonetheless a nice sampling of sounds.

Internal wiring isn’t quite as neat as it could be but…oh well. All of the guitar signals are made with shielded cable. The cabling for the pots, toggle switch, power supply and tap footswitch are unshielded since they are all DC control voltages or DC supply.

Mounting the module pcb to the main pcb is the most difficult part of the conversion. It’s hard soldered so if this baby breaks, it’s pretty much game over.

Looping madness. Very impressive stuff. The rig includes two Echoplex digital looper/delay rack units, a midi controller, keyboard, and Line6 AM4 and DL4.

“I’ve been playing around with a new live setup that includes a couple drums and keyboards, as well as guitar and my usual effects and looper pedals. I just wrote this song yesterday, still not 100% sure on the song title yet. I set up all of my crap in the kitchen and recorded a little live performance. Hope you like it.”

Premier Guitar has just posted a comprehensive review of the 3 new overdrive/distortion pedals recently released by WayHuge Electronics under the auspices of Dunlop.

Read it here.

Build your own pedal, breadboard included. From their site:

“Do you want to learn about building guitar stompbox circuits? Have you been frustrated before by soldering, or trying to buy the right parts? Have you tried your hand at various kits, but want to learn more about how circuits actually work?…”

WayHuge electronics has re-launched under the Dunlop brand.

Jeorge Tripps, the founder, started WayHuge in 1992 and built a cult following. After closing shop in 1999, the pedals got extremely popular and valuable on the ebay/used gear circuit. After ‘99 he did a stint at Line6 and was involved in such products as the DL4, MM4, Spider amps and the Tonecore pedals. Now, teaming up with Dunlop, Wayhuge will be his main gig once again. The new pedals look great, that’s for sure.

My ADA is one of my most beloved pieces of gear. It’s analog flanging is pretty much unmatched by any device since. I’ve never heard a plug-in or digital emulation that came close. If you ever have a chance to buy one and the price isn’t insane…DO IT! There was also a re-issue products briefly in the 90’s but I don’t have any first hand experience playing one. Classic bucket brigade circuitry.

Especially cool to integrate with an analog synth since it also has voltage control!

Here’s a pic of my ADA: