Klowra Leap Octave/Freeze effect pedal

General

With the Klowra Leap Octave, you give your guitar or synthesizer a new voice, or several at once! This compact digital effect pedal combines polyphonic octave processing with detune and a freeze function. Thanks to fast, low-latency tracking, you can play both chords and single notes while maintaining a natural touch response. The original signal, the higher octave, and the lower octave each have their own volume control, allowing you to mix in exactly the amount of effect you need. Go for the sparkle of a twelve-string guitar, a solid bass imitation, or layered sounds reminiscent of an organ or synthesizer, for example.

Three sound modes and lively detune

With the TONE control and the central switch, you determine how the Leap Octave colors your sound. In LP mode, you tame only the high frequencies of the upper octave, while HP mode filters only the lows from the lower octave. Your dry signal remains untouched in both modes. If you choose TILT, you influence all three signals simultaneously: starting from the neutral center position, you make the whole sound brighter or darker. For extra movement, use the DETUNE button. The Clean, Shallow, and Deep modes offer a raw starting point and two detune depths, respectively, allowing you to give the octave sounds a floating, chorus-like character.

Freeze, external control and switchable bypass

Hold down the footswitch to use Freeze to hold a sound as a continuous harmonic background. You can then play over this with your guitar or synthesizer. This function can also be controlled with an external instantaneous TS footswitch via the 3.5 mm CTRL input; an adapter cable is included. Under the hood, Klowra's WildSeed Engine features 32-bit floating-point DSP and 24-bit AD/DA conversion. You can choose between true bypass and buffered bypass, while the soft-touch relay circuit enables silent switching. The compact size saves space on your pedalboard. Furthermore, the pedal features a USB-C port for firmware updates and requires a 9 V DC power supply.