KMA Audio Machines Mandrake Octo-Shrieker Elevated Tonal Euphoria Pedal

General

Handmade in Berlin alongside every other KMA Audio Machines offering, the Mandrake Octo-Shrieker describes itself as an Elevated Tonal Euphoria pedal. This stompbox is basically the upper octave section of the Moai Maea in its own box. The Shriek circuit has been given an upgrade, so the standalone Mandrake edition actually boasts better sound than you might remember thanks to improved, ultra-fast tracking. Jack in your chosen axe, dial up the Oct+ and dial in the dry signal of your guitar to the preferred level to push things from a subtle tone enhancement to a full dual-octave grind.

The KMA Mandrake Octo-Shrieker: An Ultra-Fast Analogue Octave Up + Extra-Spicy Fuzz

The Timbre pot controls a second-order low-pass filter that coats the sound of that added octave in the extra spice of a discrete transistor-based fuzz effect. If things get a touch too shrill for your delicate ears, then simply pull the filter back a touch and adjust the seasoning to taste. Meanwhile, the fitted footswitch has a soft-touch, relay design that supports seamless, silent switching and, when kicked off, boasts the clean performance of a true-bypass circuit completing a boutique-grade banger of an effect pedal.

• Please note: This pedal does not include a power supply.