The Fairfield Circuitry Meet Maude is an analog delay pedal, described by the maker simply as an "Analogue Delay"1. It sits in the colored-delay camp: rather than repeating your signal faithfully, it darkens and warms each repeat. RockBoard's PedalPedia carries the maker's description of it "imparting a dark and tape-like quality to your sound"2, and Delicious Audio's demo calls it an "analog take on the 'colored' delay type"3. As of 2026-10-25, the maker's own product page lists the pedal as sold out1.
The controls
The Meet Maude's front panel carries five knobs and two toggle switches. Pedal of the Day's review, published in November 2015, walks through each of them5.
| Control | What it does |
|---|---|
| Time | Adjusts the overall signal's delay time, from 50 ms up to 500 ms4 |
| Feed | Controls the amount of feedback the Meet Maude puts out4 |
| Tone | A low/high frequency EQ control4 |
| Mix | Blends your guitar's dry signal in with the delay's wet signal4 |
| Volume | Level control; the reviewer found it "has plenty of output, should you need it"4 |
| Top toggle | Random delay time modulation, a three-position switch set to Light Modulation, Heavy Modulation, or none34 |
| Bottom toggle | An added compressed option3 |
The tone and feedback controls are central to the pedal's character. The maker puts it this way: "Using the tone and feedback controls, you can shape your repeats to be much more than simple reproductions of the input."1 In practice that means the Tone knob lets you darken or brighten the repeats independently of what you play, and the Feed knob sets how many repeats you get and how they build.
How the circuit works
The delay path starts with a compression stage. Pedal of the Day's reviewer explains that "the first stage of the delay path is a JFET feedback compressor, which helps to even out the incoming signal to prevent any unwanted distortion"4. The bottom toggle switch adds a further compressed option on top of that3.
The reviewer's overall verdict on the build: "simply a beautiful piece of engineering, a complex but small pedal, with a boatload of options"4.
Modulation and CV control
The top toggle switch is what gives the Meet Maude its tape-echo mannerisms. Delicious Audio's demo describes "a random delay time modulation (top toggle switch) to add a true tape feel to it"3, and Pedal of the Day details the three positions: Light Modulation, Heavy Modulation, or none4.
Beyond the panel controls, the maker notes that "Full CV capabilities allow you to control delay time and/or feedback with any external source, like an expression pedal"1. That means the pedal can be swept remotely over its delay time and feedback, opening it up to expression-pedal tricks and control-voltage sources beyond a standard delay pedal setup.
What reviewers heard
Pedal of the Day's reviewer summed up the sound as "warm, slightly distorted repeats and the soothing tape echo sounds we all long to recreate"4. That matches the maker's own framing of a "rich and distinct character" carried on RockBoard's PedalPedia page2. Both accounts agree on the same picture: this is a delay that colors the signal rather than preserving it, in the direction of dark, tape-like repeats.
Availability
Fairfield Circuitry's product page for the Meet Maude is still live, but the pedal is shown as sold out there as of 2026-10-251. The page's product details, including the CV capabilities and the tone and feedback shaping, remain the maker's current description of the pedal1.
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Questions
How long is the delay time on the Meet Maude?
The Time knob adjusts the overall signal's delay time from 50 ms up to 500 ms, according to Pedal of the Day's review. That range covers everything from short slapback-style repeats to longer, darker echoes, and the maker's tone and feedback controls let you shape the repeats beyond simple copies of the input.
What does the modulation switch do on the Meet Maude?
The top toggle switch adds random delay time modulation, which Delicious Audio describes as adding a true tape feel. Pedal of the Day describes it as a three-position switch settable to Light Modulation, Heavy Modulation, or none, so you can leave the repeats clean or let them drift like a tape echo.
Is the Fairfield Circuitry Meet Maude analog?
Yes. Delicious Audio's demo describes it as an analog take on the colored delay type, and Pedal of the Day's review calls it all the analog you could want, with warm, slightly distorted repeats. The first stage of the delay path is a JFET feedback compressor that evens out the incoming signal to prevent unwanted distortion.
Is the Meet Maude still in production?
Fairfield Circuitry's own product page for the Meet Maude currently shows the pedal as sold out. The page remains up on the maker's site, so the pedal is still documented there, but as of the date verified here it cannot be ordered directly from the maker.
Sources (5)
- Meet Maude, Fairfield Circuitry
- Meet Maude by Fairfield Circuitry, RockBoard PedalPedia, 2026
- Fairfield Circuitry Meet Maude Analog Delay Demo, Delicious Audio, 2022-06-27
- Fairfield Circuitry Meet Maude Analog Delay, Pedal of the Day, 2015-11-17
- Fairfield Circuitry Four Eyes Fuzz, pedal-of-the-day.com, 2016-01-24
