Old Blood Noise Endeavors releases IOTA tone generator and sequencer

November 4, 2026 · 3 sources

Old Blood Noise Endeavors released the IOTA, a tone generator and note sequencer, on November 4, 2026, alongside the Float V2. Guitar Pedal X describes the IOTA as "not a guitar effects pedal, but rather a tone generator / synthesizer working from a core oscillator"¹. Mixdown reports it is the Oklahoma City company's first standalone synth, monophonic and in a pedal-sized box, with no input at all: instead of processing a guitar, it sends its own sequences out through the rest of a pedalboard².

Sequences run from five to 60 notes, built from a root note, scale intervals and an octave, in Root, Scale or Preset mode². Direction options are forward, reverse, bounce (pendulum) and random (shuffle)¹. Scramble shuffles the note order and holds it until switched off, and there are sixteen skip patterns plus a random skip probability³. The oscillator has three wave shapes: mid-focus, gritty sine and chiptune¹. The envelope section offers three shapes, three lengths and a mix control, alongside oscillator volume, white noise blend, octave -1/+1, glide, swing and bend/pitch vibrato¹². Holding AUX while moving the Rate knob gives speed fractions or multipliers from ÷4 to x4¹.

The IOTA has 12 onboard presets and 127 available via MIDI, MIDI in and out on 3.5 mm TRS type A with clock, note and CC, expression control over any combination of knobs saved per preset, and firmware updates over USB-C³. It runs on an optional 9V DC center-negative supply drawing about 85mA³. It is designed by Andy Othling and hand-made in Oklahoma, USA, and comes in Zenith Silver, Vintage Yellow and Groovy Blue¹². A matching Iota Ramper expression pedal was also released².

Guitar Pedal X calls it "very evidently a table-top instrument rather than a floor-based stompbox" and "really not for the guitar community," since it has no interaction with a guitar¹. Mixdown reports it is pitched as much at tabletop setups as at floor rigs². The Float V2, released alongside it, is an updated version of OBNE's dual analog filter that now has MIDI, presets and an AUX footswitch².