Queens-based boutique guitar effects pedal company Death By Audio isn’t kidding around with that name. With its DIY DNA and such products as the Absolute Destruction and Apocalypse fuzz pedals, the Echo Master and Echo Dream II delays, and the aptly-named Total Sonic Annihilation feedback looper, Death by Audio has carved out a name for itself in the boutique pedal scene. These handmade pedals aren’t just about mind-blowing, face-melting sonic barrages, either; they’re tough enough to survive even the most savage of stages.
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Distortion
Death by Audio Absolute Destruction
The Absolute Destruction is arguably Death by Audio’s most insane pedal yet. Showing little-to-no respect for your instrument’s natural sound, or even how most individuals want them to sound like, Death by Audio pushed this device until it appeared disgusting. You can achieve that thick, gnarly fuzz tone that sounds marvelous. The Absolute Destruction features OVERLOAD and GAIN sliders that interact to provide an enormous range of unique sounds in different positions. It’s up to you how much to distort your sound.
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Distortion, Equalisation, Fuzz, Speaker Simulation
Death by Audio Apocalypse
The Apocalypse is touted as Death by Audio’s jack-of-all-trades fuzz pedal. Once greatly overdriven, the signal is routed to your chosen post-amp. You may toggle through its five signal paths and select the apocalyptic sound you desire. To make it more refined, adjust the sweepable frequency equalizer and craft your tone to your liking. Utilize the Apocalypse as your main sound, an amp simulated recording DI, bass blitzer, boost for solos, or run into it anything you want to supercharge, beef up, or blast out.
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Filter
Death By Audio Deep Animation
The Death by Audio Deep Animation is an envelop filter with a serious attitude. It responds to the way you play, overdriving, filter sweeping, and enveloping. It syncs its wave-thumping movement with how hard you hit your strings and increases your dynamics into a hyper-exaggerated frenzy. It gives the perfect amount of movement to punch through the mix and reacts to your selected external trigger to follow your tempo. With the Deep Animation, the thump is thick, sounds are wild, and animation is deep.
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Delay
Death by Audio Echo Dream 2
The Echo Dream 2 from Death by Audio is a lo-fi modulating delay pedal capable of driving into fuzzed-out madness. The modulation can be programmed to provide warbling bounces or spacey chorus sounds. The Echo Dream 2 is a more affordable and updated version of the famed Death by Audio Echo Dream. It delivers lush modulating delay and features an “advanced echo modulation” courtesy of its inbuilt LFO and preamp fuzz circuit. The Echo Dream 2 is among the best lo-fi delay pedals.
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Delay
Death by Audio Echo Master
The Death by Audio Echo Master is a noisy lo-fi echo which makes your vocals explode with unparalleled awesomeness. While other vocal delay/echo units sound clear and may be great for some performers, Death by Audio went for something with a massive character. The pedal features integrated XLR input and output jacks, as well as controls for Mix, Feedback, and Delay Time. The Echo Master is an extremely dark, analog tape sounding delay unit with slight noise and infinite possibilities.
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Filter, Fuzz
Death by Audio Evil Fuzz/Filter
The Evil Fuzz/Filter from Death by Audio sounds great with your guitar, synth, or amplified skateboard. It is absolutely psychotic destruction with blooming inverted compression. The CV/Expression in lets you adjust the filter in sync with an arpeggiating synth or manage it using an expression pedal. The Evil Filter is a combination of fuzz/filter with chaos factor that surpasses the sum of its chaotic parts. While you can use filtering and fuzz individually, the two effects are sonic co-conspirators.
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Distortion, Tremolo
Death By Audio Exit Index
The Death by Audio Exit Index is a 100% analog warped tremolo and dirty distortion. It features controls for blend (Honey), speed (Romance), intensity/shape (Blood), and drive/rate (Fantasy), as well as expression in and two speed range modes. The Exit Index responds to input levels dynamically and is limited to a run of 157 units. Designed in response to the familiar tones created by the majority of tremolo pedals, it takes tremolo somewhere different. Use the Exit Index and hear the influence a reimagined tremolo can give to your sound when the concept is pushed to its limits.
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Fuzz
Death by Audio Fuzz War
The Fuzz War from Death by Audio has all the cut corners on the graphix but never on the sound and components. You get a high-tech fuzz pedal at a budget-friendly price. It comes with three knobs allowing it to create loads of ultimate fuzz, overdrive, boost, and distortion sounds. The Fuzz War includes controls for Tone, Volume, and Fuzz. Hear it for yourself to see what Death by Audio refers to as the “thickest sounding sustaining fuzz pedal we have ever heard.”
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Delay
Death By Audio Ghost Delay
The Ghost Delay from Death by Audio is built around three distinct delay circuits cascading into each other. The outcome is a delay pedal that rejects traditional rhythmic subdivisions and rather provides something unpredictable and otherworldly. Each delay chip is controllable using the separate Time and Feedback knobs, while a universal Blend knob switches between four wet/dry output balance proportions. The Ghost Delay also features a Master level as well as an Aux output which conveys the delay trails of two of the chips to another channel or amplifier.
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Fuzz
Death By Audio Harmonic Transformer
The Harmonic Transformer from Death by Audio is an intense and extremely loud fuzz pedal packed with adequate alien noises to freak out your listeners. It intermodulates your tone and unleashes extreme effects and massive sound. Despite having a pretty simple control panel, consisting of a master volume switch, switchable harmonic shape controls, and intensity waveforms, the Harmonic Transformer boasts effects ranging from aleatoric outer-space sounds to overdriven and harsh fuzz perfect for filthy bass and guitar needs.
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Overdrive
Death by Audio Interstellar Overdriver
Death by Audio’s Interstellar Overdriver is all about the organic, marvelous sound of turning an amp up so loud. This true overdrive pedal is built around a discrete circuit and designed to blow up your amp with your sound. The Interstellar Overdriver is constructed to function similarly as vintage tube amps—it sounds better as you turn it up. The drive knob sweeps from a mild boost to a lovely, harmonically lush overdrive. The Interstellar Overdriver is capable of unleashing the incredible sound of your amp + guitar, no wonder why it has rapidly become a favorite of several professional players.
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Overdrive
Death By Audio Interstellar Overdriver Deluxe
The Death by Audio Interstellar Overdriver Deluxe packs two fantastic, all-analog Interstellar Overdriver pedals with additional revamped options. It allows you to slam the first channel into the second for otherworldly overdrive sounds. Death by Audio has also included a six-position selector switch on Channel 2, featuring six different fuzz/overdrive effects. From a nice boost to a jet rocket lift-off, the Interstellar Overdriver Deluxe is the pedal to blow up your sound into the universe.
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Delay
Death by Audio Micro Dream
The Micro Dream is a beautiful lo-fi delay that sounds pleasantly demented with an overdriven amp or fuzz pedal. It is a distilled variant of the Death by Audio Echo Dream II, providing similar magical lo-fi delays within an affordable and compact package. It gives you up to one second of classic analog-voiced echoes. It is an excellent delay for adding unique and lush textures to your songs. The Micro Dream is perfect if you want analog and tape-like tones with some mojo and serious character.
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Reverb
Death by Audio Reverberation Machine
The Reverberation Machine from Death by Audio is a “super dreamy” reverb pedal boasting Altitude, Volume, and Reverb Blend controls, as well as two different reverb flavors: Dark Star and Bright Sunshine. While the controls are intuitive and easy to use, there is a broad array of sounds. The Reverberation Machine is a synthetic atmosphere creator housed in a tour worthy enclosure. It lets you utilize the effect on any instrument to simulate different environments and add depth. Experiment and mix different settings to achieve a suitable ambiance for your sound.
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Fuzz
Death by Audio Robot
The Death by Audio Robot is a fun, lo-fi 8-bit pitch transposer without any emotion. It is purely synthetic and makes every input a puree of resynthesized robot jargon. The Robot consists of a Rotary Selector (Normal, Octave Down, Octave Up, and Arpeggiator) as well as Control and Volume knobs. Volume controls the master volume while the Control adjusts the pitch of the effect. The Robot’s four switchable modes will bring you through a set of synth-like freakouts.
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Volume
Death By Audio Soundwave Breakdown
Now boasting an external volume control, the Soundwave Breakdown from Death by Audio turns the idea of a screaming fuzz pedal inside out. It leverages reversed matched transistors to achieve its bombastic sound. The very positions of the controls produce entirely different sounds ranging from grind, fuzz, and buzz to bleeps, synth sounds, and more. The Soundwave Breakdown grants you a massive universe of gnarliness and creates the alien to your amp. Be warned though as it is always only grizzled psycho fuzz.
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Looping
Death by Audio Total Sonic Annihilation 2
The Death by Audio Total Sonic Annihilation is regarded as the “most insane pedal of all time,” transforming all your pedals into various effects by force-feeding them back into themselves. Death by Audio has revamped the original circuit to introduce the Total Sonic Annihilation 2. This new variant boasts additional controls and updated functionality that deliver more wildly warped alien space sounds. The Total Sonic Annihilation 2 consists of Stomp Switch, Feedback, On, Phase, Gain, and Limit controls.
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