#effects database

20 years ago I started a little site called "DiscoFreq's Envelope Filter site" as there were no overviews listing more than 20 envelope filters. After the envelope filters, I added other types of filters (including synth modules), then octavers, ring modulators, vocoders, talkboxes, fuzz pedals, phasers, flangers,... until I decided to add ALL pedals, including the hundreds and hundreds of distortion and overdrive pedals. From the beginning, it was very important to me to include all the small builders, a lot of which only had a presence on eBay and forums like Harmony-Central.

A lot of those early brands disappeared and many of the "big" brands now didn't even exist yet. I've seen several "waves" of pedal builders since (the next one was in 2007-2008, "helped" by the financial crisis at the time), a lot of Musikmesse (RIP) and NAMM shows and a lot of other changes (YouTube didn't exist in 2003).

I can't really make a big celebration of this anniversary right now as the last few years I had to slow down (divorce, moving a few times, evening course,...) and focus on keeping the site running, adding the new videos,... I did see the new brands and pedals and added many hundreds of each in a queue, but I couldn't keep up adding them. I'd like to catch up again soon and finally give the site a big overhaul as well (there were previous attempts, but no results...).

I always had lots of plans and ideas, some of which have since been done by others like a similar site about synth modules, a system to "switch" pedals on/off in audio demos (working prototype for about 10 years),... As I did it all on my own and in my spare time with very limited resources, I didn't really manage to add everything I want/wanted. I had lots of work just to keep it running and growing in the existing format, so I'm still interested in help from others, this really should be a community effort. Help is very welcome with content, development (also for a related Raspberry Pi idea I have for years!) and sponsorships/advertisers (currently carrying a big part of the costs myself).

That way I hope we can add many more years to this site and celebrate the next big birthday

Cheers!

  Bart / DiscoFreq

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Top 20 videos last week (June 4-10)

Marshall Reissued Their Legendary Line Of Pedals! (Bluesbreaker, Drivemaster, Shredmaster, Gov'nor) (by JHS Pedals)

Boss OS-2 - A Pedal That Can Rescue Your Show (by Caroline Guitar Company)

Can You Hear The Difference!? Profiled Amps Vs Real Amps (by AndertonsMusic)

Paul Cochrane Timmy V2 Teardown! See what's inside! (by Gray Bench Electronics)

Cómo obtener una suboctava más grave con el O68 Oscillator #guitarpedals #pedalesdeguitarra (by Dedalo FX)

Big Knob Wah Fix Demo (by Big Knob Pedals)

Have YOU been missing out on the EHX Crayon? (by Budget Pedal Chap)

EHX Big Muff V2 Ram's Head '74 ? MXR Delay ? N ST ASM ? JB (by Soulman Vintage)

A Blues Guitarist and the BOSS BD-2 Blues Driver Pedal (by intheblues)

Digitech Hardwire Sc-2 Valve Distortion (by We As A Company)

DIY: 3PDT Toggle Switch Assembly (by Coppersound Pedals)

Have you ever cleaned up a tone bender into a wah? // #wahpedal #fuzzpedal #vintagepedals (by Edge Of Breakup)

Stacked Overdrive Pedals vs. A Distortion Pedal (by Chuck's Guitar Geekery)

Will it Shoegaze? // Black Hole Symmetry (by collector//emitter)

Custom Tones LLC Ethos Clean III (by Mike Hermans)

Where Should Your Boost Pedal ACTUALLY Go? (by Revv Amplification)

Techno-OV germanium overdrive (by SviSound)

AMMOON OCTA | Clones con swag #3 (by GC Pedalboard Devices)

Dual Control + NEURAL DSP Archetype (by VZtec)

Pairing EQD pedals with the Erica Synths P?rkons HD-01 Synthesizer #ericasynths (by EarthQuaker Devices)

Overviews of the previous weeks: https://www.effectsdatabase.com/video/weekly

Top 20 videos last week (July 16-22)

See why the Black Volt FDR has been dubbed the ?KLON KILLER? (by Black Volt Amplification)

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Analogman King of Tone Teardown! See what's inside! (by Gray Bench Electronics)

Monolord Where Death Meets The Sea Boss HM-2 Fuzzlord HM-6 Shootout #shorts (by Fuzzlord Effects)

Bondi Effects Del Mar MK2 - The Most Well Rounded Overdrive? (by Buddy Blues)

How Does the Aguilar AG Preamp Compare to the Tone Hammer? (by Bassic Gear Review)

Rosac Nu-Fuzz & Distortion Blender Shootout (by John Seventy)

Drum Thing (by Electro-Faustus)

Occvlt Pedals Old Hag (New Model) (by Occvlt Pedals)

Jamming with the OBNE Excess v2 (by Megan L.)

The TWA Dynamorph is one WEIRD fuzz/distortion. (by Godlyke)

Explaining Guitar Effects, Episode 9. ? #synthpedal #guitar #guitareffects #guitarpedal #guitarfx (by StompboxTV)

Techno-FU high gain distortion (by SviSound)

They made their best selling pedal BETTER?! Caline Nightwolf (by Budget Pedal Chap)

Bigfoot pedal 1375 (Octo Puss Prime) (by Bigfoot Engineering)

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JETTER 45/100 pedal (by Retro Channel)

Wren & Cuff : Pickle Pie B - Fuzz | Bass / Bass VI | theoandhispedals (by Amateur Effects Reviews)

Behringer Pro-800 and Keeley Dyno My Roto. Demo (no talk) (by Pedals4synths)

JVM Combo Demo with Tone Of The Gods Pedal (by JD Analog)

Overviews of the previous weeks: https://www.effectsdatabase.com/video/weekly