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Twice as wide as V1, this Multi-mode arcade game-inspired pedal packs a ton of new features, including a full stereo path, a mini-sequencer, and an LCD screen to help you make sense of the insane tones it can deliver. Since the first digital audio glitches were generated by various devices of the late ’80s and early ’90s (think skipping CD player, video-game bugs, crashing PCs, badly looped samples, etc.) many modern glitch pedals are openly trying to recreate those “vintage” digital artifacts. We organized the units in these four galleries, according to their features, click on the thumbnails to see the video demos. Read the descriptions and then dig into the videos provided to find the pedal that will take your guitar sound into new, uncharted realms. As you’ll see, many of them excel at not only skipping and stuttering but also other time-based effects. We’ve collected 20 of the best glitch stompboxes currently on the market. Of course, if you’re looking for a pedal that’s built for the sole purpose of generating great glitch sounds, there are numerous units out there worth checking out. The Best Glitch/Stutter/Granular Stompboxes
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Check out the videos below to see how to achieve these effects with each of these boxes.Īnd here’s a gallery of generic stompboxes that can be used for glitchy purposes. Other, now-discontinued pedals capable of these effects include the Digitech Digidelay and Boss RV-3 Reverb. In addition, the relatively new Electro-Harmonix Canyon has a Sample-and-Hold mode that creates stutter effects. The Boss DD-3, a much-loved digital delay since its introduction in 1986, has proven a capable way to generate stutter and glitch, as have the more recent Boss DD-5 and DD-6, which were released in 19, respectively. Long before dedicated glitch pedals existed, guitarists discovered they could coax wild stutter effects from their digital delays by using them at extreme settings. If you’re uncertain about investing in a glitch stompbox, you might be able to create similar sounds using effects you already own. Here’s a classic Glitch effect you can create with a simple BOSS DD-3. And in the spirit of stutter-guitar pioneers like Radiohead’s Jonny Greenwood, players have begun to embrace these extraordinary sounds, as well as tape-speed effects, audio blurring and stretching, and many other tones associated with glitch. In recent years, however, advances in digital signal processing have made it possible to replicate the sounds of the genre just by hooking up to a stompbox. Traditionally, musical artists have created glitch effects in computer audio workstations by manipulating samples. These “noises” were the analog glitches of their time, and since then they’ve become the standard for guitar tone. For that matter, fuzz was discovered by accident in 1961 when a mixing console channel began to act up at a recording session. Consider sound-wave distortion: It was considered undesirable until 1950s blues and rock players began pushing their amps to the limit and creating harmonically rich tube overdrive. After all, guitar players have been exploring the terrain of messed-up audio for more than 60 years. Glitch artists are admirably adventurous when it comes to sound, so it makes sense that many guitarists have taken an interest in the genre. For your reference, here’s a more extreme example of glitch music. This genre is often a lot more experimental.

Check out minute 8’30” for a glitch/stutter explosion.
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It embraces all sorts of electronic noises that are typically produced through error, such as the skipping of portable CD players and the stuttering of damaged CDs, as well as lo-fi sounds like bit-rate reduction, sampling artifacts, and extreme time stretching and compression.įor the uninitiated, here’s a great album by The Books that uses (mostly but not only) guitar samples in creative and often glitchy ways. The musical genre known as glitch has been around since the late 1990s. Last updated on A Guide to the Best Granular, Glitch and Stutter Pedals Ready to buy? Please use our affiliate links to Sweetwater, Thomann,, Amazon, and the other independent stores – that’s what’s allowing us to keep this site alive at no cost to you!
