Red Witch announces limited edition Lyria harmonic tremolo pedal

October 20, 2022 · 2 sources

Red Witch announced the Lyria harmonic tremolo, a limited edition pedal of which "Only 49 Lyria pedals will ever be built," according to the maker's product page¹. Delicious Audio reported the launch on October 20, 2022².

The pedal is a harmonic tremolo that "uses a set of matched FET transistors to control the amplitude modulation of two parallel signals. One signal is a high frequency signal, the other a low frequency signal"¹. It has controls for Speed, Depth and Volume, and an external Frequency control that "determines the frequency of the low end signal - from sub to mid range throb"¹. Internal trimpots control the two split signals, high and low¹. Delicious Audio describes the Speed, Depth and Volume controls as placed in the back of the case².

The maker states that "No other harmonic tremolo pedal offer this functionality, in this format"¹. Each unit is built by hand with through-hole components and hand wiring, and each is hand signed and numbered¹. The price is 349 USD, and the maker's page lists the pedal as sold out¹.

The maker also states that the previous limited edition, the Eleutheria Flanger, "sold out in 24 minutes from the moment they were publicly available"¹.

Delicious Audio described Red Witch as "an Australian boutique company"²; a comment on that article disputed the description, saying "New Zealand boutique pedal company, mate. Not Australian"².