Gamechanger Audio Motor Pedal set to ship in June 2025

June 1, 2025 · 2 sources

Gamechanger Audio says the Motor Pedal, a synth pedal built around a small electric motor rather than a digital synth engine, will ship in June 2025¹². The company opened pre-orders on April 15, 2025¹.

The pedal houses a "precision-controlled" brushed DC motor, and a calibrated inductor picks up its vibrations in the manner of a guitar pickup¹². Gearnews reports that the motor turns at 146 revolutions per second when fed a sine wave at 440 hertz¹. MusicRadar reports the motor's lifespan as 8,000 hours of continuous use and describes it as easily replaceable, with a spare expected to cost under $30². The pedal works with guitar, bass or microphone, with inputs on top of the unit, and has MIDI and USB connectivity².

There are five synth engines: Motor, MXD, M-Wave, Coil and Vocoder¹. The Vocoder mode analyzes the modulator signal in up to 24 bands and modulates the motor's rotation with it¹. Ten controls cover engine selection, modulation amount, pitch shift, vibrato/glide, envelope follower release, dry signal mix, effect volume, tone, preamp drive and the behavior of the gas pedal¹. The gas pedal is a small toggle pedal in addition to the footswitch; its knob cycles through Accelerate, Brake, Pitch, Vol and Dirt settings¹. MusicRadar adds Clutch, Volume and Drift modes for the gas pedal².

The pre-order price was $299 from April 15 to April 30, 2025; after that the pedal costs $379¹². During the pre-order period, red and blue striped editions were offered alongside the standard black¹².