Red Witch releases Cynosium Modulated Delay pedal

April 1, 2025 · 1 sources

Red Witch Pedals has released the Cynosium Modulated Delay, a delay pedal that maker Ben Fulton describes as the end of a line of designs begun with the Violetta delay and continued with the limited edition Magesteria. Fulton dates his design notes April 2025 and prices the pedal at 269 USD¹.

The Cynosium is a digital pedal voiced to imitate tape. Red Witch says it offers high frequency roll off on the repeats and tape-like saturation, and that it delivers the sound and feel of a tape delay¹. A Time switch selects between a long setting, which Red Witch gives as up to over 2000m/s of delay time, and a short setting for slapback and call and response sounds. A second switch selects between two modulation modes: up for what Red Witch calls the slower, asymmetrical modulation of the Echoplex EP-3, down for the faster, shimmery modulation of the Watkins Copi-cat. Depth sets the amount of modulation, from none to pitch shifting, and Regen sets the number of repeats, from one to infinite. An internal trimpot labeled GAIN sets output above, below or at unity gain¹.

Red Witch lists a 100,000 cycle true bypass footswitch, Neutrik jack sockets, and hand-wired footswitch board, DC sockets and jack sockets. The enclosure is diecast with machined aluminum knobs, and the pedal measures 124mm x 55mm x 67mm (4.88in x 2.16in x 2.63in) and weighs 333.5 grams (11.74oz). It runs on 9 volt regulated DC, 2.1mm barrel plug, tip negative, at 85 milliamps¹.

Red Witch says the pedal is in stock and available exclusively from Red Witch or Sweetwater, with a lifetime warranty to the registered owner¹.