The Old Blood Noise Endeavors Float Dual Moving Filter is a filter pedal built around two independent analog filters, each with its own set of controls and its own footswitch. Guitar World described it as the boutique builder's first digitally controlled, fully analog stompbox, available at $299 when it was announced in July 20221. Delicious Audio likewise called it OBNE's first digitally controlled analog pedal2.
Two filters, one pedal
The core of the Float is two independent filters. Each side carries its own controls for filter type, cutoff frequency (tweaked via a slider), LFO rate, envelope sensitivity and LFO shape, plus resonance and volume per side1. That layout means the two sides can be set to different filter types and movements and switched in and out separately, since each has its own true relay bypass footswitch1.
Beyond the front panel, Delicious Audio notes hidden settings for LFO phase and envelope speed2, which extend what the two filters can do together without adding more knobs to the top panel.
What it sounds like
Old Blood Noise positions the Float as more than a straight filter. Guitar World's coverage said it delivers "a range of classic filter sounds, but also a range of stereo movements and modulations" bordering on harmonic tremolo and phaser, with writer Dan Pechacek adding that "it kind of feels like something else entirely" beyond a filter pedal1.
Delicious Audio's product page made a similar point about running the two filters together: "Utilizing the two filters in tandem can create stereo movement, linked reactive elements, and modulations that approach" harmonic tremolo and phaser territory, alongside the classic filter sounds2. For players comparing it with a conventional phaser or tremolo, the Float's pitch is that it reaches some of those modulation shapes through filtering rather than dedicated circuits.
The Float was described as recently unveiled in August 2022 coverage3, and the price and availability figures on this page date from its July 2022 announcement1.
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Questions
Is the Old Blood Noise Float Dual Moving Filter analog or digital?
It is a digitally controlled, fully analog pedal. Guitar World described it as Old Blood Noise Endeavors' first digitally controlled fully analog stompbox, and Delicious Audio likewise called it OBNE's first digitally controlled analog pedal. In practice the audio path is analog, with digital control over the filtering and movement.
How much does the Float Dual Moving Filter cost?
Guitar World reported a list price of $299 when the pedal was announced in July 2022. As with any boutique pedal, the price on the used market may differ.
Does the Float have separate bypass footswitches for each filter?
Yes. Each of the two filter sides has its own true relay bypass footswitch, so you can run one filter alone, both together, or switch each side in and out independently.
What are the hidden settings on the Float?
Delicious Audio notes hidden settings for LFO phase and envelope speed, which sit beyond the standard front-panel controls and let you shape how the two filters' movement relates and how quickly the envelope responds.
Can the Float sound like a phaser or tremolo?
The maker and reviewers say it can approach those sounds. Delicious Audio describes modulations that approach harmonic tremolo and phaser when the two filters work in tandem, and Guitar World said the pedal goes beyond classic filter sounds into stereo movements and modulations bordering on harmonic tremolo and phaser.
Sources (3)
- Old Blood Noise Endeavors debuts the Float Dual Moving Filter, Guitar World, 2022-07-28
- Old Blood Noise Float Dual Filter, Delicious Audio, 2022-08-31
- Hear the ethereal (and "ridiculous") sounds of a harp run through a wah pedal, Guitar World, 2022-08-17
