The Crazy Tube Circuits Rapture is a low to mild overdrive pedal that brings the drive section of the company's Triptychon multi-gain pedal to its own compact box. Crazy Tube Circuits describes it as "designed around the qualities of a classic tube amplifier at its sweet spot," with natural compression, harmonic development, touch sensitivity and a gradual transition from clean to breakup1. It was released in October 2026 after players asked for the Triptychon's drive circuit on its own2.
Rather than relying on diode clipping, the Rapture retains the Triptychon's foundational drive topology, so the breakup comes from the amp-style circuit itself rather than from clipping diodes3. On top of that core it adds two interactive toggle switches, MORE and MOD, which extend the circuit's headroom, gain structure and clipping response1.
What it does to your sound
The Rapture is a pushed-amplifier style overdrive. The maker's pitch is the feel of a tube amp working at its sweet spot: compression that happens naturally as you dig in, harmonics that develop as the gain rises, and a clean-to-breakup transition that is gradual rather than a sudden step1. Because there is no diode clipping stage, the character of the breakup comes from the drive topology carried over from the Triptychon3.
Guitar World's reviewer, reviewing the Triptychon itself, found that "the drive block on its own is easy to dial in for fantastic rhythm tones"7, which is the section the Rapture packages on its own.
The controls and the MORE and MOD toggles
The pedal carries three knobs, Drive, Tone and Master, plus the two toggles. On That Pedal Show, the presenters described the switches as extending "the gain structure and reshape[ing] the way the circuit reaches and responds to breakup," with MORE being "essentially more drive and gain"8.
| Control | What it does |
|---|---|
| Drive | Main gain control; the MORE switch interacts directly with it3 |
| Tone | Shapes the frequency response8 |
| Master | Sets the output level8 |
| MORE (up) | Pushes the gain structure into punchier, more assertive territory without altering the core frequency profile; changes in intensity and character depending on Drive and MOD settings3 |
| MOD (up) | A more open, high-headroom response, which the maker compares to extending a tube amp's clean headroom by adding another set of power tubes and a beefed up output transformer1 |
| MORE and MOD (down) | Delivers the exact drive circuit of the Triptychon1 |
The two toggles are not separate channels or voices. Delicious Audio's write-up characterizes them as "flexible gain-staging tools for dialing in subtle, pushed variations of the same underlying amp voicing rather than separate channels"3. MOD works together with MORE to modify headroom, gain structure and overall compression3.
On That Pedal Show, the presenters found the switch positions mattered in practice: with MOD up and MORE down, "you're getting the kind of most head-roomy edge of breakup sounds with the most dynamics," while flipping things the other way starts to squish the sound in on itself8.
"Expanded range of control. We've got two switches, more and mod, which extend the gain structure and reshape the way the [circuit reaches and responds to breakup]."
In the video, That Pedal Show runs the Rapture through its paces, covering the three knobs, both toggles and how the switch positions trade headroom and dynamics against compression and gain8.
The Triptychon drive circuit on its own
The Rapture exists because players asked for it. Guitar Pedal X reported that "by popular demand Crazy Tube Circuits extracts the Pushed Amplifier style Rapture Overdrive from its Triptychon Multi-Fuzz" pedal2. The Triptychon, launched in April 2026, is a multi-gain pedal combining drive, fuzz, octave and boost sections; its right-hand drive panel carries a gain knob, a tone control and a volume, alongside the fuzz and boost controls7.
The Rapture takes what Crazy Tube Circuits calls the "complete amplifier-foundation section of Triptychon" and puts it in a dedicated standalone format1. Delicious Audio describes it as "the core foundation stage of the company's Triptychon to a standalone format"3. With both toggles down, you get the original, unaltered drive circuit; with them up, you get variations the Triptychon itself does not offer13.
Guitar Pedal X noted that designer Christos "never takes the easy route," adding the extra toggles to what could have been a straight three-knob extraction6.
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Questions
Is the Rapture the same as the drive in the Triptychon?
At its core, yes. The Rapture retains the original Triptychon's drive voice, and with MORE and MOD in their lower positions it delivers the exact drive circuit of the Triptychon1. The standalone pedal adds the two toggles, which extend headroom, gain structure and clipping response beyond the original1.
Does the Crazy Tube Circuits Rapture use clipping diodes?
No. Rather than relying on diode clipping, it retains the Triptychon's foundational drive topology3. The maker describes the result as a low to mild overdrive with natural compression, harmonic development, touch sensitivity and a gradual transition from clean to breakup1.
What does the MOD switch do on the Rapture?
MOD shifts the circuit into a more open, high-headroom response. Crazy Tube Circuits compares it to extending a tube amp's clean headroom by adding another set of power tubes and a beefed up output transformer, preserving low-end clarity and dynamic range13. It works together with the MORE toggle and the Gain control to modify compression and gain structure3.
How much does the Crazy Tube Circuits Rapture cost?
It is listed at €189 on the Crazy Tube Circuits webstore, and was listed at £189 as a pre-order at Andertons at launch6.
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