The ezhi&aka Moomindrone T is a Drone Delay pedal, a delay design that generates a drone running alongside your guitar. Pedal of the Day describes it as generating "a nice sounding drone buzzing along with your guitar, catching some notes and making them shimmer and sparkle"1. The reviewer called it "the magnificent Moomindrone T Drone Delay"2.
What it does
The Moomindrone T consists of two sound engines: a Resonant Drone section and a Lo-Fi Delay section, with two tapable multiwaveform LFOs to modulate them1. The LFOs can be tapped to set their speed, and the modulation can go from subtle to extreme. Pedal of the Day's reviewer described the extreme end as "sounding like your deck is chewing the tape"1.
For a player, that means the pedal sits somewhere between a delay and an ambient texture generator: the drone engine holds notes and sustains them into a buzzing bed of sound, while the Lo-Fi delay degrades repeats in a tape-like way1.
Controls and switching
The pedal's controls are unusual in that they carry no markings at all1.
- The controls are many and, as the reviewer put it, "completely unlabeled, which adds to the mystique and mystery of the machine"1
- A Tap Tempo switch provides hands-free time settings1
- The footswitch arrangement is the Tap footswitch, a pad, and three toggle switches for changing modes1
The Moomindrone T's controls are many and completely unlabeled, which Pedal of the Day says adds to the mystique and mystery of the machine1. Alongside the Tap footswitch there is a pad and three toggle switches for changing modes1.
What reviewers said
Pedal of the Day described the Moomindrone T as a Drone Delay pedal that generates a drone buzzing along with your guitar, catching some notes and making them shimmer and sparkle1. The same review found the modulation can go from subtle to extreme, sounding like the deck is chewing the tape1.
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Questions
What is a drone delay pedal?
A drone delay pedal generates a sustained, resonant tone that runs underneath your playing, in this case catching guitar notes and making them shimmer and sparkle. The Moomindrone T combines that drone with a Lo-Fi delay section, so the two engines can be modulated together by two tapable multiwaveform LFOs for textures that range from subtle movement to heavily degraded, tape-like sounds.
Why are the controls unlabeled?
The Moomindrone T's many controls are deliberately unlabeled. Pedal of the Day's reviewer noted that this adds to the mystique and mystery of the machine, which suits the pedal's experimental, exploratory character. Players set the knobs by ear rather than by markings, shaping the drone and delay engines through trial and adjustment.
Sources (2)
- ezhi&aka Moomindrone T Drone Delay, Pedal of the Day, 2019-12-28
- ezhi&aka Double Tape T Broken Tape Deck Emulator, Pedal of the Day, 2026-02-08