Flower Pedals Lupine Cream channel

The Cream channel is the left-hand side of the Flower Pedals Lupine, a dual-channel stereo fuzz from Flower Pedals. Where the Lupine's other side is an octave-up fuzz, the Cream channel is a JFET based fuzz, meaning it uses junction field-effect transistors rather than diodes or op-amp clipping to generate its distortion¹. Players comparing the two channels will find the Cream side is the heavier of the pair: Delicious Audio's Paolo De Gregorio described it this way: "This fuzz is more full-bodied and heavy."¹

Controls

The Cream channel carries three controls, which De Gregorio described as "very interactive Input, Output and Bias controls"¹:

• Input sets how hard the fuzz stage is driven, and is described as very interactive with the other controls.
• Output sets the channel's level.
• Bias adjusts the operating point of the fuzz circuit, a control players use to shape the texture and feel of the fuzz.

Because the three controls interact, the channel's character changes noticeably with different settings rather than behaving as a fixed fuzz tone with a volume knob¹.

Where it sits in the Lupine

The Cream channel is one half of the Lupine dual fuzz, which pairs this fuzz with the Purple channel¹. Flower Pedals describes this side as "more full-bodied and heavy," so players looking for that kind of fuzz will find it here. For more fuzz designs, see the Fuzz Pedals type page.