Old Blood Noise Endeavors and Emily Hopkins release Parting pedal

January 1, 2026 · 3 sources

Old Blood Noise Endeavors has released Parting, a stereo effects pedal made in collaboration with harpist Emily Hopkins, priced at $329¹. The maker describes it as a glitch pedal that combines chance-based delay or reverb, modulation, degradation effects and randomized clock changes¹.

The Dissolve control degrades the signal with sample rate reduction when turned one way, or sends it in reverse with increasingly lo-fi clocks when turned the other¹. Rate, Depth and Shape set the motion of the LFO; Chance sets the chance a delay will happen; Smear diffuses the delay into a reverb; Glitch doubles or halves modulation and delay clocks and allows this to happen randomly; Time sets the delay time; Filter sets the cutoff of a post-delay filter; and Mix sets the overall mix¹. Tactile switches set modulation type (tremolo or vibrato), filter type (low pass or high pass) and mix type (standard or modified), and an Aux switch handles tap tempo, half/normal clock or preset switching¹. Alt controls cover LFO subdivisions, delay subdivisions, volume and stereo modulation spread¹.

Connections include stereo in and out with analog dry through, trails or true bypass switching, presets, expression control over every knob, and MIDI control over everything in the pedal, including MIDI clock in and out for external syncing¹. The footswitch is soft-touch with relay switching¹.

Gearnews reported the pedal on January 21, 2026, describing it as a stereo effects processor and noting finishes in green, gray (stone) or purple². The maker's product page also lists green, purple, stone, basic and an Ikey's Likey colorway¹. Delicious Audio, in a piece updated March 26, 2026, describes seven LFO shapes including envelope-following and random, internal trimmers for Mix, filter and Time range, and MIDI over 3.5mm TRS³; the maker's page does not give an LFO shape count or name the MIDI connector¹.