Xploration • Curation • Recommendation
Mattoverse further evolves its AirTrash Experimental Signal-Corrupter Fuzz, now in MKII edition with 2 additional handy controls
Key Points
Mattoverse’s AirTrash MKII is an updated experimental signal‑corrupter fuzz — an oddball noise‑maker the writer calls a signal scrambler and corruptor, delivering lots of “ugly” sounds noise players like.
Controls: Post‑Gain, Clean‑Blend‑Trash, RED (Scramble), AMBER (Corrupt), BLUE (Make Louder). MKII adds two handy controls: one raises output for slightly throttled tones; the other tempers the pedal’s excesses to tame extreme settings.
The author owns four Mattoverse pedals (including acrylic‑face editions) and wants an MKII. As of 2026-07-13, the price was £171 on the Mattoverse Electronics Webstore.
My first ever Mattoverse pedal was the acrylic-face edition of the Just A Phase, and I needed to wait several years until there was an equivalent AirTrash acrylic edition. I later picked up an acrylic-face Tremstortion, and finally a white edition of the Inflection Point. So I have 4 Mattoverse pedals to date!
I’ve always liked the AirTrash - a very unusual experimental noise-maker fuzz - which I always refer to as a signal scrambler and corruptor. Matt has always preferred for the 3 coloured knobs to somewhat ambiguous and anonymous. The Blue one is fairly obvious - while the Red and Amber combine in interesting ways to mangle the fuzz’s output.
Controls - Post-Gain, Clean-Blend-Trash, RED Scramble, AMBER Corrupt, BLUE Make Louder.
I’ve long taken to referencing RED knob as Scramble, and AMBER / Yellow as Corrupt/er - it’s a navigate by feel fuzz!
And now we have 2 new handy controls - the first of which ups the output for those unusual slightly throttled sounds, And the second one helps you temper some of the pedal’s excesses - where for me - it’s all about the pedal’s excesses.
This is an extreme experimental fuzz - with lots of ’ugly’ sounds that we noise-makers actually rather like.
I’ve often felt that I could have done with a couple more controls - to get the absolute maximum out of this fuzz, and now we have that added potential.
The MKII AirTrash is definitely down on my list to get - it’s exactly the right format format for me too - as I prefer those acrylic-fronted editions. I’ve still to assign a priority to it - it’s pretty reasonably priced at $219 on the Mattoverse Electronics Webstore - no doubt I will swing back around soon enough!
It’s that bitter-sweet moment - where I’m delighted we have an improved version of the AirTrash, but sat that my original one is now somewhat obsolete! Will be fun to get one of those on the board in any case!
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