SONICAKE Clean Boost Pedal with Buffer and +12dB Gain, Mini Pure Boost Guitar Bass Effects Pedal - Sonic Super Master

I like the aesthetic of the Sonicake pedals. I have four of their pedals currently, with a fifth one on order. This pedal I use for a simple room reverb and a slap-back analog tape echo. It can do a lot more, but I just needed something to just give my rig a little atmosphere. It looks great next to the 5th dimension that I use for chorus and the rude mouse pedal. I also have the vol-wah pedal, and I am waiting on the octaver. Edit: I now have several Sonicake pedals: The Sonic Ambience, 5th Dimension, Octaver, Vol-wah, Rude Mouse, Source Compressor, and Trio-Rider. The only one I don't love is the Octaver, but that isn't the pedal's fault; it is the type of pedal that it is. It isn't polyphonic, and it performs exactly as advertised. I love the Trio-Rider. I wanted a Klon-style pedal but never felt the need to pay a lot of money for one, and this hits exactly in the sweet spot of price for performance and features for me. I think it sounds great. The quality feels great, and the price, while a little bit more than some of the other pedals, was still very affordable for essentially three different Klon-style circuits. Edit: after buying the Trio Rider I bought the Fazy Sandwich. Disclaimer: I hate Fuzz pedals, but I feel like it’s the kind of effect everyone should have. The Fazy Sandwich is 3 different circuits. The Classic and Modern are nice and react well to controls. I was able to get sounds I enjoyed out of them. The “JF” big muff style sound I didn’t love but that is more because it is my least favorite style of fuzz.

$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.

Simple and works great. For me in use, on a hissy high-gain application the fast setting engages the gate lowering the volume over about 1 second and the slow lowers it more gradually over several seconds. However YMMV depending on where you set your amp gains & volumes etc. It alters the tone very slightly but not enough for a busy noisy room to notice during a gig. The volume is also very slightly lowered compared to when the pedal is bypassed. Full chords and leads both sound good through it. (I've had some pedals where leads were fine but the complexity of chords just turned into mush) Recommended.

.This is well built and had good value for the price point. I play in a band so I'm a little more picky. The reverb and delay just did not produce the sound I was looking. It's a fine pedal. Just not for me. Might be right for you

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.

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.

.. .. So perspective.. I'm a pro musician. I'm blessed enough to be a full time musician and a signed guitarist in a big group in the USA🇺🇸, being from the UK🇬🇧 originally Since then. I upgraded my kit. I have a November burst Gibson les Paul and a 60s Jazzmaster, jcm800, strymon big sky, mxr pedals, Cali compressor, etc... I've got some beautiful and expensive kit. 🙏🏽🙌🏽Ptl THIS though......!!!! is proudly sat on my outrageously expensive pedal board...for £25....and I don't plan on letting it go any time soon lol. This is one of the best boosts I've ever used. I use my box of rock boost for Distortion solo boosts, and I'm running this as my seperate clean boost now. It's fantastic. And it does Distortion and clean both equally well. It also works well with an acoustic hooked up too!! I legit got an acoustic pick up on shein lmao slapped it on and it sounds awesome through my PA. Boost seems to brighten it's tone too and more clarity. I find it's quiet too, very little buzzing humming etc and if you do get any noise, a tiny bit of mxr smartgate will sort it. Or a well set up quality compressor like the Cali 76, and again, try use AC set ups from mains instead of running DC. DC sucks for your signal and noise I now run all AC PSU via my spaceship 60xl AC. Fab. Jazzmaster vintera 60s are "noisy" guitars apparently.... Not mine. It's all about set up. I have next to no sound even with dist on. It's definitely worth the money, easily, no matter your level. It's worth having it even as a back up, it's compact in size, fun and takes your standard power supply. It's great all round.

Ich habe den Sonicake Bitcrusher mit verschiedenen Setups getestet – darunter Drumcomputer (analog wie digital), analoge Synthesizer und auch ein modularer Signalpfad von meiner Eurorack-Drone-Maschine. Was dieses winzige Pedal leistet, ist in Relation zum Preis schlichtweg beeindruckend. Für rund 50 Euro (zum Kaufzeitpunkt) bekommt man ein vollwertiges digitales Bitcrusher-Pedal, das sich auf das Wesentliche konzentriert: Reduktion der Bitrate (5–16 Bit), Absenkung der Samplerate (750 Hz–44.100 Hz) und eine Dry/Wet-Mischung. Dazu kommen zwei alternative Modi („Telephone“ und „Gramophone“), die als einfache EQ-Voreinstellungen agieren, den Mittenbereich betonen und Höhen bzw. Tiefen absenken – ideal, wenn man sich schnell in eine LoFi-Ästhetik einklinken will, ohne an den Reglern zu schrauben. Klanglich liefert das Pedal genau das, was ich erwarte: Es degradiert das Signal – wenn man will nicht nur subtil, sondern deutlich bis brachial. Wer die klassischen Bitcrusher-Sounds aus frühen Software-Samplern oder Tracker-Zeiten kennt, wird sich sofort zuhause fühlen. Ob man perkussive Elemente damit anraut, Synth-Bässe digital bröseln lässt oder Drones mit harschen Artefakten anreichert – das Sonicake-Pedal macht seinen Job zuverlässig. Besonders gut gefällt mir, dass sich die Dry/Wet-Mischung trotz Mini-Poti präzise einstellen lässt – so bleibt das Signal auch bei starkem Bitcrushing musikalisch nutzbar. Verarbeitungstechnisch war ich überrascht: Das Metallgehäuse ist robust, die Potis laufen gedämpft, der Kippschalter wirkt solide verschraubt und auch das beiliegende Klettpad für Pedalboards ist keine Selbstverständlichkeit in dieser Preisklasse. Einzig der Fußtaster ist ein klassischer klickender Schalter – in meinem Studioeinsatz stört das nicht, auf einem Live-Board mag haptisches Feedback sogar gewünscht sein. Dennoch: ein leiser Soft-Taster wäre mir lieber gewesen. Im Vergleich zu Boutique-Bitcrushern wie dem Electro-Harmonix Mainframe, Red Panda Bitmap 2, Meris Ottobit Jr. oder gar Modulen wie dem Neuzeit Instruments Orbit im Eurorack-Bereich wird schnell klar, wo die Unterschiede liegen: Diese Geräte bieten nicht nur bitgenaue Reduktion, sondern auch komplexe Modulationsmöglichkeiten, interne Filter, Hüllkurven oder sogar Sequencer-Funktionen. Sie lassen sich über CV, MIDI oder Expression-Pedale steuern und bieten damit viel tiefere Eingriffsmöglichkeiten ins Sounddesign. Die Wandlerqualität ist bei diesen Geräten durchweg besser, was im Studio-Highend-Kontext auch wirklich zählt – insbesondere dann, wenn subtilere Bitreduktion als klanglicher Akzent genutzt wird und nicht als prägender bis brachialer Effekt. Dafür muss man aber auch tief in die Tasche greifen: Der Meris Ottobit Jr. liegt aktuell bei ca. 350 Euro, der Bitmap bei rund 380 Euro, der Mainframe etwa bei 250 Euro – und das Orbit-Modul sogar bei über 400 Euro (alle Preise Ende Mai 2025 recherchiert in deutschen Shops). Doch genau hier wird der Sonicake für mich so attraktiv: Er will gar nicht mit diesen Geräten konkurrieren. Er bietet keine Modulation, keine CV-Steuerung, keine speicherbaren Presets – und braucht das auch nicht. Denn wenn man gezielt LoFi-Charakter erzeugen will, sich im Low-Budget-Studio- oder Live-Kontext bewegt oder schlichtweg ein unkompliziertes Werkzeug sucht, das zuverlässig Dreck ins Signal bringt, dann macht dieses kleine Pedal genau das – und zwar erstaunlich gut. Vorteile + Extrem günstiger Preis + Solide Verarbeitung trotz Low-Budget + Gut dosierbare Bitcrusher-Effekte + Zwei EQ-Presets als Bonus + Dry/Wet-Regelung + Funktioniert auch mit Synths und Modulen + Klett-Pad für Pedalboard im Lieferumfang Nachteile - Bislang keine Wer einfach nur einen zuverlässigen Bitcrusher für knackige LoFi-Sounds sucht, wird hier glücklich. Wer hingegen komplexe Signalverarbeitung, Modulationen und Studioqualität erwartet, sollte zu einem der teureren Boutique-Modelle greifen – und dann eben den sechs- bis achtfachen Preis zahlen.