The MOTOR PEDAL analyzes your input in real time and adjusts the MOTOR's rotational speed to match the fundamental frequency you’re playing. For example, a 440 Hz note spins the motor at 146 revolutions per second. The pickup and sensors read that motion three times per rotation. The result is fast, stable tracking that still preserves the beautifully imperfect behavior of analog hardware.

That depends on how you use it. At its core, the MOTOR PEDAL can be a thick, glitchy synth drone, a harmonic doubler, a ring-mod or cross-mod monster, a metallic, resonant noise engine, or a mechanical vocoder. It can whisper, growl, scream, shimmer, and collapse - often all within a single phrase.

The MOTOR PEDAL features a mono MAIN IN for instruments, a TRACK IN for pitch tracking, a MAIN OUT (wet + dry), a TRACK OUT (unaffected tracked signal), MIDI IN, and a DC power input (center-negative 9–12 V with a minimum of 500 mA). Connect USB-C for firmware updates, diagnostics, and MIDI over USB.

Yes, the MOTOR PEDAL includes a 5-pin MIDI DIN cable input, as well as USB-C for MIDI and firmware updates. You can control pitch, parameters, and integration with external gear or DAWs.

Experimental musicians, sound designers, guitarists bored of “more gain,” synth players craving tactility, and artists who want instruments, not presets. If you like your gear to fight back a little, you'll feel right at home.

MOTOR PEDAL includes five radically different synthesis engines, all derived from the same physical motor:

MOTOR - raw electromagnetic pickup of the spinning coils, which are glitchy, aggressive, and alive.

MXD - cross-modulation between the motor and a digital waveform, delivering harsh, distorted, metallic textures.

M-WAVE - a pitch-locked digital oscillator hard-synced to the motor; a multitimbral synth with a mechanical soul.

COIL MODE - alternating current injected directly into the motor coils, producing resonant hums, analog vibration, and nostalgic industrial tones.

VOCODER - a 24-band digital vocoder using the motor as the carrier. Speak, sing, or shred directly through the machine.

No, the MOTOR PEDAL is not stereo; it operates as mono in / mono out.

The built-in spring-loaded expression pedal is not an afterthought; it’s an instrument that features normal and “floor-it” ranges with five selectable modes: Accelerate, Brake, Clutch, Drift, and Volume. You don’t just control parameters - you drive the MOTOR with the MOTOR PEDAL.

Absolutely, the analog hard-clipping MOTOR PEDAL Drive Analog tilt EQ (±6 dB at 300 Hz) ensures that everything stays punchy, musical, and responsive.

Yes, the MOTOR PEDAL Interval Selector allows pitch offsets: ±1 octave, perfect fourths, perfect fifths for instant harmonies, drones, and alien counterpoint.

Yes, the MOTOR PEDAL includes two independent volume controls: one for the clean signal and one for the motor output. You can layer, balance, or completely replace your original tone.

X-MOD uses analog amplitude modulation to cross-modulate your input signal with any motor engine. The result: ring-mod textures, sideband chaos, and brutal harmonic complexity. This is where the MOTOR becomes truly unhinged in the best way.

They let you separate pitch tracking from audio processing. You can track pitch from one signal or process a completely different signal - opening up advanced routing for studio tricks and modular-style workflows.

Yes, and intentionally so. The brushed DC motor is a real mechanical component. Over time, its brushes will wear down; the expected lifespan is 3,000–5,000 hours of intensive use. This is indicated by a check-engine light: orange indicates approaching replacement, and red means it’s time to swap the motor part.

Not at all! Replacing the motor block is comparable to changing tubes in a tube amplifier.

No, the MOTOR PEDAL does not include a power supply. It requires a center-negative 9–12 V DC supply with at least 500 mA. Do not use an 18‑volt power source!

There are no options to insert batteries.