HOTONE Skyline Krush Bitcrush Digital Bitcrusher Sampling Rate Sample Reducer Guitar Bass Synth Synthesizer LoFi Effects Pedal

The media could not be loaded.  This pedal is superb. The first thing I noticed is its diminutive size. It's the smallest pedal I've seen. It's very versatile. You can get vulgar, repulsive noises from it but then you can get the total opposite. I like to use a subtle, background ring mod type sound. There are C64 type sounds hidden away. It sometimes sounds like it's phasing. There's a type of fuzz distortion in there too.I'm well impressed by this. At the moment I'm struggling to find any negatives! It's inspired me to check out the rest of the Hotone range and have the smallest pedal board ever. Buy one!

Having seen the Skyline Series pedals demonstrated online, I liked the sound of two of them, and this one, the “bitcrusher / sample rate reducer” sounded really unique. Apparently downgrading the original signal to the pedal distorts the sound adding another dimension to guitar play. It has 3 settings: neutral, radio and vintage phonograph, with a bright LED on the mix control knob so you can see levels 1 to 10. Small and solidly built.

Honestly thought this might be awful given the cheap price. But the build quality is excellent, it’s decent as a bit crusher, plus loads of extra settings to explore. No volume drop like a lot of cheap mini pedals.

It is so tiny! With a crazy effect. Polyphonic, so you have a lot of freedom with the input signal and can get some cool synth sounds out of it. Sounds good with an octave pedal before it.

This is a really good pedal, great value for money. I use mine with my drum machine, though it is also useful for Bass Guitar too, and synths.