Noise Engineering delivers unique extended range Dystorpia Fuzz / Distortion based on Wave Folding and Wave Rectification Distortion Generators

Noise Engineering is best known for its Eurorack and Modular Synths, where the Dystorpia is its first stompbox pedal as such. It is fittingly a synthesised DSP style Fuzz / Distortion pedal - and somewhat discordant in its output profile - hence the most befitting name! Actually quite a raw and spiky sounding distortion as a whole, and pretty far removed from most everything that has come before. Certainly not your typical Guitar distortion effect!

I would say it’s something of an acquired taste, and requires some patience and due diligence on the dial-in.

Controls - Gain (Master Volume / Gain), Fold (Wave-folding Distortion), Blend (Dry>Wet Mix), Pura (Wave-rectification Distortion), Mid Band Contour, Tone - Tilt EQ, Doom Sub Octave : Off / Sub / Blown, Envelope : Off / Dyn / Gate, Freeze Footswitch, Engage Footswitch.

I really like the control topology here - which gives you the maximum amount of impact from a really smartly configured set of controls - including that cool Sub Octave element - where the Blown option is a further saturated version of that.

There’s quite a bit to get your head around here, and you’re definitely getting some distinctly unique and different textures here.

The price tag is another element what will likely limit the take-up of this pedal - where it goes for $399 in the USA, and around £360 in the UK - where I’ve seen it for sale on Juno.co.uk. I love unique and unusual distortions - and I’m still considering where this one sits on the priority list. It’s certainly a definitely maybe!

You can read up more on the Noise Engineering Website.

One for the more adventurous among you!