Gamechanger Audio opens Motor Pedal presale at 299 USD

April 15, 2025 · 2 sources

Gamechanger Audio opened the presale for its Motor Pedal on April 15, 2025, priced at 299 USD until April 30, 2025, after which it will cost 379 USD¹. The company says the pedal will ship in June 2025¹².

The Motor Pedal is a synth pedal that houses a small electromagnetic motor instead of a digital synth engine¹. Gamechanger Audio drew on its own Motor Synth for the design¹; MusicRadar reports that some of the technology is adapted from the Motor Synth II². According to Gearnews, the motor turns at 146 revolutions per second when fed a sine wave at 440 hertz, and a specially calibrated inductor picks up its vibrations in the manner of a guitar pickup¹. MusicRadar describes the heart of the design as a "precision-controlled" brushed DC motor². The pedal works with guitar, bass or microphone, with inputs on the top of the unit, and has MIDI and USB connectivity².

It includes five synth engines¹. The Motor engine, carried over from the Motor Synth, is described as having a glitchy, growly character; MXD modulates the motor signal with a digital waveform for metallic, harsh sounds; M-Wave links that waveform to the motor signal via Hard Sync and Pitch Lock; Coil Mode is aimed at drones; and Vocoder analyzes the modulator signal in up to 24 bands and modulates the motor's rotation with it¹.

There are ten controls: Engine switches between the five modes, Mod sets the amount of modulation, Shift changes the pitch of the motor signal, VIBR/Glide adds vibrato, Release adjusts the speed of the envelope follower, Clean sets the dry signal mix, Motor sets the effect volume, Tone attenuates lows or highs, Drive overdrives the internal preamp, and Pedal sets the behavior of the gas pedal¹. That gas pedal is a small toggle pedal in addition to the footswitch; the Pedal knob cycles through Accelerate, Brake, Pitch, Vol and Dirt settings¹. MusicRadar reports further modes including Clutch, Volume and Drift, and says the gas pedal can act as a brake or downward pitch-shifter².

MusicRadar reports the brushed DC motor's lifespan as 8,000 hours of continuous use, that the motor is easily replaceable, and that a spare should cost under $30². Orders placed before April 30, 2025 are available in Redline Red or Blue Viper racing striped colorways, or standard black with racing stripe, and come hand-signed with the buyer's name².