Death by Audio started in 2002 with the most insane pedal of all time: the Total Sonic Annihilation. Here was a pedal that literally transformed all of your pedals into different effects by force feeding them back into themselves. Now the original circuit has been re-imagined as the Total Sonic Annihilation 2. Totally new functionality creates wildly more warped alien space sounds than the original, with even more control. The TSA2, like its predecessor, works on a simple premise: what if effect pedals were patched back into themselves? What does it sound like for a filter to be multiplied by infinity? Or if your modulator was modulating its own modulations? The TSA2 creates a controllable feedback loop – your pedals will cycle back on themselves, feeding the output back into the input as much or as little as you want. Experience true sonic exploration: every unique pedal array will produce a vast world of textures and possibilities. The TSA2 has additional features that allow equal part control and mad-scientist experimentation. Featuring an active boost, phase reversal, and limiter, any pedal – no matter how quiet, loud, or phase shifted – can find its place in the loop of the TSA2. Or, you can use those controls to warp and blast your sound to any extreme. The TSA2 also works on its own as a standalone oscillating fuzz blaster for your guitar/bass/synth with nothing in the loop and the active boost on. ORRR….if you want, it can be used as its own independent oscillating noise device….on…its…own! This monster brings you to the next level of sonic possibilities!
louisclifford (verified owner) –
Hugely versatile dirt/fuzz pedal, with the added fun of some glitchy pseudo octave effects too.
I’ve owned many drives and distortions over the years, searching for something that works for me, and the versatility that the Frazz Dazzler provides seems perfect to me.
The Frazz Dazzler is voiced really nicely without any messing with the (active – cut or boost) EQ, and once you start experimenting with that, along with the various levels of compression or openness available thanks to the Volts knob (not to mention the second gain voicing switch), there’s a huge set of tones available.