Old Blood Noise Endeavors releases Setback stereo reverse pedal
April 14, 2026 · 2 sources
Old Blood Noise Endeavors discontinued the BL-44 and introduced Setback, an expanded reverse effect with stereo processing, presets, MIDI and expression control1. The pedal is available now for $259 through the OBNE webstore and international dealers1.
Setback keeps four main controls: Clock, Div, Speed and Mix1. Clock sets signal fidelity, with a sample rate from 49 kHz down to 500 Hz; Div sets tempo subdivisions; Speed sets playback speed for quantized pitch shift effects; Mix is the dry/wet blend1. Tap divisions run from sixteenth notes through eighth triplets, eighth notes, triplets, dotted eighth, quarter and half notes1. An AUX footswitch handles tap tempo, max feedback or preset switching, alongside an on/off footswitch and three onboard presets1. Alt controls allow gentle volume adjustment or setting the time without tapping or MIDI clocking1.
The reverse delay times run from ring-mod fast down to 24 seconds at the lowest clock setting1. The pedal offers stereo input and output with mono or mono-in-stereo-out routing, analog dry-through, expression and MIDI control over all parameters, and selectable buffered trails or true bypass modes1. It has top-mounted jacks and soft-touch switching, is hand-made in Oklahoma, USA, and runs on an optional 9 V DC PSU (center negative, 2.1 mm, roughly 350 mA current draw, not included)1.
The two accounts differ on the top sample rate: one gives 49 kHz1, the other 48 kHz2. The second account describes Speed as introducing quantized pitch shifts from an octave down to an octave up, and says holding a button turns the Mix knob into a master volume while the Div knob adjusts delay time manually without tap tempo2.
"From raging robot-like ring-mod sounds, shimmering harmonized pitch effects, classic reverse delays and all the way to brooding, crumbling lo-fi textures. Setback delivers it all and then some!"