SONICAKE Overdrive Guitar Pedal, Mini Centaur Classic Overdrive Effects Pedal Analog for Electric Guitar and Bass, 3 Legendary Sounds, Buffer Bypass - Trio Rider

$30 for a functional A/B pedal is great. This one does almost everything right and is a great value. It even does A/B switching in a mini-sized enclosure, which is impressive. My unit doesn't have any noticeable popping, and so far as I can tell doesn't degrade the signal. I was also happy to see that despite the description saying that A+B mode only works with Y as the input, mine did it just fine with Y as the output. In my case there was no change in volume when joining the signals, either (which can be a problem sometimes with stuff like this), which is awesome. So what could be better? I was a little surprised to see that the A+B mode basically disengaged the pedal button completely. Normally what you see in a 2-button footswitch is an A/B button and an A or B button. One of them normally switches between A and B. the other (A or B) will add or subtract the remaining channel. I had expected that Sonicake's unit would do something similar with the mode switch changed. Instead, it just ignores the pedal switch and everything is on all the time. I get why they did that, since with only one button available you couldn't get the full functionality easily. But I would have liked it better if I could get some form of A / A+B accessible via the footswitch in the second mode. The small size is both a strength and a minor drawback - with an enclosure this small there's no room for a battery. This isn't a huge deal since the pedal works without the battery (it only powers the LED), and many pedals of this kind don't have an LED anyway. Still, if I could choose between this and a version of the same thing in a bigger enclosure to hold a battery, I might have chosen the larger one. That's more feedback than criticism, but it's something to consider. I usually prefer batteries in pedals which only need them for the LED in order to avoid ground loop issues and save space on my board. Speaking of which, when I first plugged this pedal in, there was a significant ground hum introduced into my signal chain. I was a little puzzled by this since the power shouldn't even be connected to the sound. This probably means I was producing a ground loop that was showing up elsewhere. I ended up swapping out what was connecting to what (and what was daisy-chained) for other reasons before troubleshooting this and the issue happened to go away, so I didn't pay a lot of attention to it. It probably wasn't this pedal's fault anyway, but it is something to watch out for (again, this is why I might have preferred a battery for this). 5 stars for price and accomplishing what it set out to do. It might be a little unfair but if I could I'd take half a star for not handling the A+B issue differently. I guess their answer to the design issue at hand was valid but I think that part could be improved upon. But if you look at that as just a bonus feature anyway and look at this as an A/B pedal, this is a great unit and an outstanding value.

This thing is really cool. It's not what I expected, but still very cool. I was expecting a big expansive reverb, but the reverb is kind of weak and sounds very tinny. However, what I didn't expect was how good the delay is. The delay is kind of insane. You can put the time down to minimum and get a sort of robotic sound, or play with that knob and get all sorts of cool glitchy sounds. It's great to use with a drum machine in particular. I was hoping to use it with my synths to get more expansive pad sounds but it turned out to be more of a drum glitch machine. It's tiny yet super well made. It feels heavy and the knobs, although small, are satisfying to use. It doesn't come with a power supply but uses standard guitar pedal 9v. So don't forget to pick one of those up if you don't already have one.

Very powerful breakthrough technology in the smallest possible format. This being programmable with our phones makes this invaluable especially for the low budget musicians that hat want quality sounds. Perfect for practice or for traveling light with almost full spectrum results when you figure out how to use it with special stereo cables. We are now in the golden age of musical equipment. Especially if you consider the footprint and the price as well as the quality of sound. It could possibly work wonders if you pair them up in a stereo setup and if your clever, it could be astonishing and lightweight even with just one pedal if your a good programmer and player. Probably a great addition to a standard pedalboard for layering sounds and amps and fx. Tips: #1.keep the gain down and work your way up to find sweet spots, more gain is not always better. #2.Keep the volume down as well and work you way up. Not the other way around. You’re just asking for noise at any price point keeping everything maxed out. #3 try your best to go stereo even if it’s with 2 small amps. You won’t regret it and you will thank us sound nerds for telling you. This is astonishing for the money and all you get. It’s like getting a bunch of amplifiers and a bunch of effects for $75 which was impossible even in the early 90s or early 2000s. Bluetooth streaming too? What are you waiting for?

So far it seems to be a great product, but with a few caveats. I bought 3 - 1 worked great, 1 had trouble, and 1 isn't working. But had I known a few things, I likely could have prevented this scenario... Hope these tips help! 1.) I couldn't seem to transfer the new IR's to the device on my Mac running Sonoma OS. But I was able to do it on a Windows machine... but the next point may be why. 2.) When I attached to a Windows PC, I quickly found the normal 44.1K 500ms IR .wav files were too large. I could only get three of those on the device. For some reason on my mac, I could only get 1, and after that a perpetual error code that the file couldn't be transferred (but not due to storage... weird). Windows at least showed there wasn't enough space on the drive. So, after searching Sonicake IR Loader and going to their website, I found where I could download the manual, then under that I could download the original IR's, then under that is a link called IR File Converter, and it says it requires Google Chrome to use. You can only convert one file at a time, but it worked flawlessly. Then I was able to load the files on to the device. So, maybe it would have worked on my mac if I had converted the files to a smaller file type? I went through enough frustration to give it a shot. It's working now, so I'm not going to mess with it anymore. :) 3.) I bought 3 of these to use at our church. On the attempt to get it working on my mac, I reformatted. It's originally in a FAT12 file format. The reformat didn't seem to help. However, on another unit, the reformat locked up as the built-in storage is crazy slow. It corrupted the built-in storage, so I'll send that one back for an exchange. 4.) Lastly, while the stock IR's are actually pretty sweet out of the box, I wanted to load some IR's that I've been using on my Line 6 HX Stomp XL. I dedicated one of these units to bass guitar, and two toward acoustic guitars. My favorite acoustic clone IR's have come from Worship Tutorials - the Taylor 414, and Holy Grail 2 guitars in particular. The bass guitar IR's came from Celestion and are bass cab/speaker profiles BN15-300x and Studio Nord Bremen Ampeg V4b Custom and Ampeg V4b Trace Elliot, and the Orange custom as well. I mention these since the bass and acoustic IR's are a bit harder to locate. But one caveat for acoustic IR's... acoustic IR's by default all come about -18db. I'm not sure why, but they do. So, the only way to use the acoustic IR's on this unit is to crank the volume all the way, and crank the gain on your PA around 20db +/-. But, it's totally worth it if you're plugging in direct to PA. And it bypasses the need for a DI box. I don't have any noise issues when I crank the volume and gain on these. Build quality is great. And the price can't be beat. Even though I had a lot of headache getting these setup, the end result and price point make it worth 4 stars. Now that I know how to work with them, I'd buy it again in a heartbeat. But definitely follow some of these guidelines. The built-in memory is very small, very slow, very temperamental, and easily corrupted. But once it works, it's great! Hope the tips help. It's a super affordable way to have great tone!

I bought this because the Spark Mini Booster was out of stock. It was half the price but when I plugged it in it was full power! Plenty of gain and both the buffer and unbuffered settings sound great. It gives a great clean boost. I use it at the end of my effects chain for a solo boost and it works great. Plus, it adds some meat as an 'always on' pedal, if you want, as well. Why wait for Spark? Get this one and save some cash! You'll be glad you did.

I am new to the IR world. I really have no interest in trying to load IR’s and there is no documentation on how to do this. It seems the people who know how to install and edit IR’s would not be buying an entry level unit like this. That said, I just needed a basic speaker cabinet simulator for church worship service. I usually plug in through an amp at home, but the church we attend has a “silent stage”. I needed inexpensive, and this seemed to be worth a shot. The first time I used used it, I plugged it into a standard 100ma slot on my power supply. It sounded awful. Later, I checked the documentation and saw it requires 200ma. I changed slots on my power supply and it sounded better. I found 2 cab sims, 4 & 7, seem to work okay. I played at church with it, straight out of my pedal board to the cabinet simulator, to a LoZ cable to the board. It seemed to work okay, but I really didn’t hear it through the mains. After looking at high end IR units, it seems they also use a preamp before the simulator, seemingly making it sound more like it’s going through an amplifier first… I don’t have one. I tried a couple pedals I have at home. First I tried an MXR Micro Amp between the out of the pedal board and the input of the Cab Sim. That didn’t seem to help much…. What did work?… to my surprise, a BYO optical compressor pedal I bought for $30 and built myself. That, with the sustain turned down low and the level set to unity helped smooth out the overdrive sounds, but still left the clean tones fairly bright. Not quite amp like, but usable. Yes there is a noticeable slight lag when listen to what you’re playing, but it’s minimal. If you just need something inexpensive and you are not expecting premium quality results, this could work, but you may need to do a little work too.

A great cheap RAT pedal. Works perfectly. Great sound.

So I've read through the bad reviews of this and every one of them seems to have a fundamental misunderstanding of what this does. Deducting stars because it doesn't have an on off switch (clearly shown), only takes 1024 size IRs (noted in the documentation), lack of a screen (you can see the pedal before purchasing), or because it needs an amp pedal in front (I mean, that's the whole point) is unfair. It's literally there for everyone to read before purchasing. I could as soon complain it didn't drive me to the store. It's cheap, solidly built for the price, comes with usable sounds for the price, no distortion at any volume level, super simple, and made of aluminum. You rotate a knob to cycle through the IRs. It's cheap because it doesn't have a screen. I use it with a RevivalDrive Compact Hot Rod. I've compared it to IRs on my computer and there's no difference. It does what it advertises. It takes a line level amp-like signal and applies a cab curve to it. That's it. Then it gets out of your way so you can rock. It's a blast to play. If I were to take a star away it would be for the site where you have to convert IRs. They have not updated their security certificate. That could be a deal breaker for security minded people. Otherwise it works as advertised.

My new favourite pedal is this bit crusher. I like making weird lofi and cyberpunk esque music and this pedal is perfect for that. Feels solid and sounds good and its cheaper then a new AAA video game and has no micro transactions.

Ces petites pédales Sonicake marchent vraiment très bien. Petit truc bizarre avec la Fuzz, elle ne marche vraiment bien que si j'active derrière une autre pédale (reverb ou chorus) sinon le son ne passe pas bien. Par contre, quand le son passe, il est vraiment excellent pour le prix. J'aime énormément cette Fuzz.

naam zegt het al. niks meer niks minder. prima dus. en de buffer on/off is een extra plus

Le doy 5 estrellas porque aunque no es un pedal perfecto, tiene un gran sonido en una pequeña presentación. Mete un poco de ruido pero por el precio creo que es inmejorable y menos ruidoso que otros pedales más costoso.

Muy chulo el pedal. Básico como creo que debe ser un pedal de este tipo. Sin complicaciones ni ritmos artificiales ni lucecitas de colores de mas.... 3 memorias de 12 minutos cada una. Más que de sobra. Fácil de usar. Buen sonido. Para practicar es ideal pero su uso puede ir más allá sin duda. Muy pequeño. mira que el Ditto que lo tengo también es pequeño. este es aún más pequeño. La posibilidad de pasar esos 3 loops de la memoria a nuestro pc en formato Wav. Se le ve sólido como una roca. El led da una luz potente y muy bonita. Roja y verde. No noto ruidos raros. En la prueba que he echo va como la seda. Ya veremos cómo le sienta el paso del tiempo. Un precio imbatible. Contentísimo con el. Lo recomiendo. el que lo compre sabiendo lo que es no se va a arrepentir.