Demedash Effects T-60

The Demedash Effects T-60 is a stereo analog modulation pedal from Canadian boutique builder Demedash Effects, a maker better known for the T-120 Videotape Echo. Announced in 2022 as the company's first modulation pedal, it delivers chorus, vibrato, flange, phasing and filter-like effects from a compact 125B enclosure¹².

Where a conventional chorus pedal gives you one modulation curve, the T-60 runs two LFOs at once: one fully random, and one periodic, a mix of sine and triangle wave whose proportion shifts with the rate so the character stays consistent at any speed³. Demedash pitches it as a character pedal in the same spirit as the T-120, one that lets you "instantly overlay a worn-out layer of stretched tape to your playing"³⁴.

A tape-flavored modulator: chorus, vibrato and flange

The T-60 is built on the classic analog bucket brigade (BBD) chip, the same device found in tape-less analog delays and choruses¹. Delicious Audio described it as "an analog device with tap tempo hosted in a compact case delivering stereo Vibrato, Chorus & Flange"¹. Which of those effects you get depends on the delay between the dry and wet signals: shorter times yield phasing, filter-like and flangey effects, while longer times yield thick chorus and wide vibrato².

The tape connection is more than cosmetic. Demedash's own copy for the pedal invites you to "let it wander" and let "the years in the attic speak for themselves," framing the T-60 as a sibling to the T-120 Videotape Echo, whose sound is modeled on low-bandwidth tape fed through an uncalibrated, unbalanced mechanism¹⁵. Where the T-120 is a delay and pitch shifter, the T-60 applies that same worn-tape character to modulation.

Analog signal path, digital brain

The T-60 is not fully analog in the strictest sense. Its audio path is: the signal passes through a bucket brigade chip, and the maker describes the result as "the gorgeous sound of a classic analog BBD device"³. But the modulation driving that chip is generated digitally by a microcontroller. Delicious Audio called this "the T-60's true powerhouse," noting that the builder "employs digital technology" for control of the modulation while keeping the signal path analog¹.

That hybrid design is what makes the pedal's less conventional features possible, including two simultaneous LFOs, ramping of the Rate or Chop controls, and tap tempo²¹.

The controls

The Lag knob is the heart of the pedal's range. The bucket brigade clock circuit has a wide range of clock speeds available through it: short lag gives flanger, medium gives chorus, and longer lag gives vibrato³¹.

Random and Chop are where the T-60 departs from a standard chorus. The Random control blends the periodic and random LFOs in any proportion, from conventional smooth modulation to wandering, unpredictable wobble³. Chop then roughens both: on the periodic LFO it applies a sample-and-hold effect, "pixelating it and turning it into a staircase waveform," while the Random LFO loses smoothness and resolves into randomly generated square levels³. Together they produce rhythmic, glitching effects in both LFOs².

Regeneration feeds the wet signal back on itself, reinforcing the comb filtering at the heart of flange and chorus and adding resonance³. As Delicious Audio put it, the control lets you "re-enforce the comb-filter effect via feedback, increasing resonance and thickening" the sound¹.

The right footswitch is a tap tempo switch for the rate that doubles as a momentary switch for the Ramp effect when held, letting you sweep Rate or Chop on the fly²¹. Switching is soft, and the bypass is buffered².

Stereo outputs and power

The T-60 is mono in, stereo out, with the stereo output available through a TRS plug in the output jack². The two channels are built differently: the left provides dry minus wet (subtractive mixing) and the right provides dry plus wet (additive mixing)³. When used in mono mode, the subtractive mix is output³.

Power comes from a 9V DC supply drawing 90mA. There is no battery compartment and no adapter in the box².

Availability and finishes

Demedash lists the T-60 as available while supplies last³, and the store page has shown it sold out². It has been offered in Black Print and Stamped & Polished finishes². As a small-builder pedal, stock tends to arrive in batches rather than sit continuously available.

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