Game Changer Audio MOTOR Pedal
The MOTOR Pedal is a fully playable electro-mechanical synth voice that tracks your pitch in real time. Use it as a drone that doubles your lines, or as a ring-mod or cross-modulation engine for your signal. This isn't an emulation or analog modeling — this is the sound of a spinning brushed DC motor, pushed to the edge and tamed with precision control.
The MOTOR Pedal uses a real-time pitch tracker to analyze your instrument's output. Whether you're using a guitar, a bass, or a microphone, the motor's rotational speed will precisely match the fundamental frequency you're playing. For example, to match a 440Hz input, the motor will rotate at 146 revolutions per second, activating the magnetic pickup and sensors three times per rotation.
A carefully calibrated inductor captures the real-world motion of the motor's spinning coils, transforming mechanical energy into a raw, electric audio signal.
The MOTOR Pedal uses a specially-designed brushed DC electromotor block as its core sound engine. Over time, the motor's brushes are going to erode, and the motor block will need to be replaced - indicated by the pedal's check engine light turning orange and then red. The motor block is a replaceable part with an estimated lifespan of 3,000–5,000 hours of intensive playing. Installing a replacement motor is comparable to changing a set of tubes in your amp.
The MOTOR Pedal's unique features and modes allow you to use it for much more than a simple synth voice:
- FOOT PEDAL - An innovative foot pedal with normal and floor-it ranges, and five unique pedal modes.
- MOTOR - Raw electromagnetic pickup of the spinning coils. Glitchy, growling, magnetic.
- MXD - Cross-modulation of the motor with a digital waveform, creating harsh, distorted, and metallic textures.
- M-WAVE - A digital oscillator that's pitch-locked and hard-synced to the motor's output. A multitimbral synth with an imperfect mechanical soul.
- COIL MODE - Instead of spinning the motor with DC voltage, this mode injects alternating current into the motor's coils to create resonant analog vibrations and metallic hums.
- VOCODER MODE - A 24-band digital vocoder that uses the motor's output as the carrier and your instrument's signal as the modulator.
- ANALOG TONE BOOST - A powerful tilt equalizer for shaping the motor output.
- TWO VOLUME KNOBS - Independent volume control for the dry signal and motor output.
- MOTOR DRIVE - Heavy analog distortion for the motor output.
- ENVELOPE - Go from short, punctuated stabs to an envelope follower to long releases.
- GLIDE - Applies a portamento curve to the motor engine.
- VIBRATO - Classic pitch modulation, from subtle movement to wild oscillation.
- MOTOR INTERVAL SELECTOR - Allows you to offset the motor pitch by +/- 1 octave or perfect fifths or fourths.
- X-MOD MODE - Use amplitude modulation to cross-modulate the input signal with all motor engines.
- ACCELERATOR - Create a wide range of controlled pitch shifts, or "floor it" to redline the motor.
- BRAKE - Downward pitch shift, or mash the pedal to bring the motor to a stall.
- CLUTCH - Temporarily disconnect the motor from the pitch tracker—perfect for creating drones.
- VOLUME - Use the spring-loaded pedal to create satisfying volume swells.
- DRIFT - Play the pedal like a gentle vibrato arm, or just "floor it" to get a complete wipeout.
- Power: Powered by a standard 9V DC center-negative power supply with at least 500 mA (not included).
- Connectivity: Additional 5-pin and USB-C MIDI functionality.
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