Walrus Audio releases Canvas Rehearsal practice pedal
January 14, 2025 · 2 sources
Walrus Audio released the Canvas Rehearsal on January 14, 2025, at a US price of $24912. It is the latest addition to the company's Canvas utility range, which also includes power supplies and a tuner1.
The pedal combines a metronome, a headphone amp and a Bluetooth streamer in one unit1. It is designed to sit at the end of a pedalboard and pass guitar signal through as normal via stereo inputs and outputs12. The metronome has tap tempo with adjustable meter, tap division and accent beat, shown on an OLED screen1. The onboard footswitch starts or stops the click or works as a tap tempo; holding it accesses the tap tempo1. The pedal can be fully programmed over MIDI, which the maker says allows syncing to a setlist's tempos1.
Backing tracks can come in over Bluetooth or through a 1/8-inch aux jack on the face of the pedal1. Dedicated controls balance the Guitar, Click and Aux volumes, and the combined signal goes to a 1/8-inch headphone jack with its own volume knob1. MusicRadar lists the controls as headphone volume, a multi-function encoder, guitar volume, click volume, aux volume, a tap button and the start/stop tap footswitch2. Connectivity includes stereo in/out, MIDI in/thru, headphone, aux, USB-C and Bluetooth2. The pedal runs on a 9V DC center-negative supply at 300mA12. MusicRadar gives dimensions of 65x42x124 mm and a weight of 340g2.
Walrus describes the pedal as "the perfect end-of-chain tool to help you perfect your sound before taking the stage"1.
"It's a metronome, headphone amp and Bluetooth streamer in one."
Guitar World's review raised one concern: it found no mention of built-in cab modeling on the headphone output1. MusicRadar described the pedal as clean with enough headroom to avoid clipping, and reported that an early bug with stereo output to headphones had been fixed by firmware update2. MusicRadar also called the pedal "not cheap"2.