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KMA Machines extracts and improves on Moai Maea's Shriek Analog Upper Octave with Fuzz Channel as the stand-alone Mandrake Octo-Shrieker
Key Points
KMA Machines’ Mandrake Octo-Shrieker extracts and improves Moai Maea’s Shriek Analog Upper Octave with Fuzz Channel, offered alongside the Queequeg Sub Generator derived from the Maea.
Four controls — Filter (Low Pass), Timbre (±Fuzz Voicing), Dry, Oct+ — shape an analog upper-octave/Octave Fuzz with ultra-fast tracking. Discrete transistor-based fuzz, enhanced rectification topology, and an active pre-gain 2nd-order filter prepare signal for octaval tones; Independent Mix controls balance dry and effected signals.
Compact, top-mounted jacks; true-bypass silent relay-based soft switching; made in Berlin. Power: 9 V DC (centre -, 2.1 mm, >30 mA). As of 2026-07-13, the price was £149.
Obviously the Moai Maea has been back in the news again as the latest one-off Lilac Edition KMA 10 Year Anniversary pedal. Its Sub-Octave Channel was extracted as the stand-alone Queequeg Sub Generator - in two editions, and now it’s the turn of its Analog Upper Octave Shriek Channel with additional Fuzz Voicing.
So this new Mandrake Octo-Shrieker essentially improves on that Channel - with a lot more granularity and shaping possibilities.
Controls - Filter (Low Pass Filter), Timbre (±Fuzz Voicing), Dry (Dry Level), Oct+ (Octave Level).
4 really simple controls here for maximum impact.
This is already a known and well-loved quantity - now simply just extracted and improved as one of the smartest Octave Fuzzes out there - definitely goes down on my wishlist. In many ways I would probably prefer to deploy this + the Queequeg rather than the all-in-one Moai Maea - but perhaps that’s just me!
Such an apt graphic treatment too - just a great concept really well executed - I think these are going to do really well!
Of course available for order on the KMA Machine Webstore and imminently at selected international dealers - where the Mandrake Octo-Shrieker is priced at $169.99 / €169 / £149.
Key Features
- Analog upper octave pedal - from subtle tone enhancement to full-on dual octave grind
- Ultra-fast tracking, with variable TIMBRE and FILTER controls
- Easy-to-use interface, with high levels of flexibility
- Discrete transistor-based fuzz, with enhanced rectification circuit topology - for a more robust and present upper-octave
- Active, pre-gain 2nd-order filter section, designed to perfectly prepare any instrument's signal for octaval tones Independent Mix controls for precise balancing of both the effected and dry signals
- Compact enclosure with top-mounted jacks - will fit into any setup
- True Bypass silent relay-based soft switching
- Made in Berlin, Germany
- Power by opt. 9 V PSU (9 V DC, centre -, 2.1 mm, >30 mA max. current draw)
- MAP / RRP : $169.99 | €169 | £149
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