The OMP-1 OnoMATOpoeia is a boost and overdrive in one pedal, made by Emma Electronic, a little pedal company out of Denmark. In a single box it covers clean boost, light crunch and borderline distortion, and it does all of that without coloring your original signal in the least, which is what reviewers have called its transparency.1
What it does
The pedal's control section begins with two knobs that shape everything downstream:
From there, the OnoMATOpoeia moves across a wide gain range. Pedal of the Day's reviewer, Mike B, put it this way1:
"Clean boost, light crunch and borderline distortion are all achievable with ease here"
That range is the point of the pedal: where a dedicated boost pedal only pushes level and a dedicated overdrive only adds grit, the OnoMATOpoeia does both, and the reviewer found it does so while leaving your core tone untouched. For players comparing it against other gain-stacking options, it sits apart from distortion and fuzz pedals, which reshape the signal far more heavily.1
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Questions
What is the Emma Electronic OMP-1 OnoMATOpoeia?
It is a pedal from Emma Electronic, a small pedal company out of Denmark, that combines a boost and an overdrive in one unit. According to a review on Pedal of the Day, it covers clean boost, light crunch and borderline distortion, and it does so without coloring your original signal, which the reviewer described as transparent.
What controls does the OnoMATOpoeia have?
The control section starts with a Level knob, which sets the overall output volume, and a Tone knob, which works as a bass and treble EQ. The pedal's boost and overdrive functions are shaped from there, letting you move from clean boost into light crunch and borderline distortion.
Sources (1)
- Emma Electronic OMP-1 OnoMATOpoeia Boost Overdrive, Pedal of the Day, 2016-02-13
