Mattoverse Electronics Mattoverse Inflection Point

The Mattoverse Inflection Point is a modulation pedal from Wisconsin-based boutique builder Mattoverse Electronics that packs four functions into one box: a full-featured tremolo, a vibrato, a short reverb, and a clean boost¹. A toggle switch on the face of the pedal chooses between tremolo and vibrato mode, and eight user-selectable waveshapes, including two Random settings, shape how the modulation moves¹. Mattoverse says it works great with guitar, bass, or synths¹.

What it does to your sound

In tremolo mode the pedal pulses your volume up and down at a rate you set; in vibrato mode it modulates pitch instead. Premier Guitar describes it as an optical tremolo/vibrato design, and found you can also create basic chorus sounds and a quasi-reverb ambient effect by working the controls⁴. Guitar Pedal X's Stefan Karlsson found the vibrato "reaches wobbly, warbly detuning" at its peak, while the Sine and Lumps waveforms offer curvier modulation⁵.

The eight waveforms are Ramp Up, Ramp Down, Square, Triangle, Sine, Lumps, Stepped, and Random⁵. Premier Guitar lists them as triangle, sine, square, two sawtooth shapes (ramp up and ramp down), sweep, random slope, and random pulse⁴. The two Random settings let the modulation pattern change unpredictably rather than repeating a fixed cycle¹.

On top of the modulation there is the Space control, a short digital reverb. Premier Guitar explains that it adds a PT2399 digital delay chip to the circuit, with short, dense regeneration for subtle ambience; there are no speed or feedback controls, just a single "more" knob⁴. Guitar Pedal X calls it a short digital reverb that accents the modulation⁵.

The controls

The Inflection Point has blend and output controls in addition to the expected rate and depth knobs⁴. The blend is a dry/wet control: in vibrato mode it governs the balance between your dry signal and the vibrato/reverb³, and Delicious Audio notes it lets you dial the clean signal back in for subtler effects². Under the hood, the rate and depth knobs alter the brightness and pulsation speed of an LED, which determines the rate and intensity of the effects⁴.

There is also a 1/8" sync-input jack for external clocks and sequencers. Premier Guitar notes the pedal's synth influence is evident here: when a sync signal is present, the speed knob is disabled and the external clock takes over⁴. Two internal trim pots let you fine-tune the effects to taste⁴.

Versions: the original and the compact enclosure

The original Inflection Point occupies a standard BB-sized enclosure⁴. In December 2020 Mattoverse introduced a new version in a smaller compact-size case, with pedalboard-friendly top-mounted jacks². Guitar Pedal X describes the current pedal as "a properly neat compact Multi-FX with the perfect complement of flavours and controls"⁵.

What reviewers said

Premier Guitar's review listed the optical vibrato and tremolo, the eight waveform options, tap tempo, the wet/dry blend, and the external sync input as pros, while noting the absence of a stereo output and a battery compartment⁴. Guitar Pedal X's Stefan Karlsson was more enthusiastic still:

The reviewer verdict on the Inflection Point comes from Guitar Pedal X, whose writer concluded that it is "a truly great and properly versatile Multi-FX / Multi-Modulation pedal"⁵. In vibrato mode, the Blend control governs the balance between dry and vibrato/reverb³.

He noted that as of 2024 the price was £199 from the Mattoverse Webstore⁵, against the maker's current US list price of $199.00¹.

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