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Mooer Audio Releases the Red Truck, Baby Bomb, Mod Factory Pro, and Tender Octaver Pro

The Red Truck combines two analog drive pedals, an analog distortion, some brand-new digital effects, an integrated loop switcher, and a tuner.

MOOER Baby Bomb 30

Shenzhen, China (April 3, 2017) -- Following hot on the heels of the much sought after micro preamps which caused such a stir recently, Mooer have released a new power amp in the form of a micro pedal. Don’t be fooled by its tiny size, Baby Bomb provides a true 30 watts of power to drive any guitar cabinet with an impedance of 8Ohm - 16Ohm. A perfect partner for your favourite preamp pedals.

With just two simple controls the Baby Bomb is easy to setup. Connect your pedalboard to the input of baby bomb. Connect the output to your preferred guitar speaker cabinet using a speaker cable. Set the Presence switch to warm or bright and adjust the volume control. If you push the volume control past 12 o’clock Baby Bomb can provide a warm, true tube like, post stage overdrive which feels natural and pleasant to the touch. Ideal for any musician on the move who needs to pack light.

Features:

  • 30 watts of power output
  • Master volume control can provide smooth post stage overdrive
  • Warm/bright switch to adjust the power stage presence
  • Built in over-current protection
  • Can be connected to speaker cabinets with a load of 8 Ohm or 16 Oh

The Baby Bomb 30 will be available from official Mooer dealers and distributors worldwide at a street price of about $109 USD each.

The Red Truck is an all-in-one solution for the professional guitarist on the go. Following diligent research we've brought together two of our most popular analog drive pedals, a brand-new analog distortion, some brand-new digital effects, an integrated loop switcher and an accurate tuner into a simple-to-use floor unit. Great tone, ultimate flexibility, easy control, and extreme portability makes Red Truck ideal for all levels of players from beginners to professionals.

A built-in serial effects loop which lives between the drive effects and modulation makes it easy to use with your favourite stompboxes and preamps or connect to your amplifier using the four-cable method. The Red Truck has stereo outputs and a dedicated output with speaker simulation for direct connection to your mixing board, audio interface or headphones.

No matter where in the world you are going to play and what you need to connect to you can always carry a fully professional pedal effects rig with you with ease.

Features:

  • Six effects pedals built into a simple unit: boost, overdrive, distortion, modulation, delay, and reverb.
  • Built-in precision guitar tuner to make sure you’re always in tune
  • Tap tempo and independent sub divisions to synchronize your delays and modulation effects
  • An integrated effects loop provides the ability to use red truck in many different ways
  • Stereo outputs and a dedicated direct output with speaker simulation for connection to a mixing desk or headphones
  • Includes a neat carry case for easy transportation

The Red Truck will be available from official Mooer dealers and distributors worldwide at an expected retail price of $200 - $250 USD.

The Tender Octaver Pro from Mooer expands on the very popular Tender Octaver polyphonic harmony pedal with an array of new and exciting features. Tender Octaver Pro provides two synthesized harmony voices, one upper and one lower, with independent volume, tone, and pitch for each. The addition of a pitch control allows any harmony to be created between unity and +- 1 octave. The smooth control makes volume swells super easy. Connecting an expression pedal will give the user real time control over the synthesized voices pitch, allowing pitch shifting and many expressive possibilities.

Harmonizer, synth bass, organ simulation, detune chorus, pitch shifting and many more cool effects are all possible with the Tender Octaver Pro. To wrap it up Mooer have built in four slots for storing your presets which save every paramater of the pedal and can be easily recalled using the dedicated preset footswitch. So this pedal is aimed right at the hearts of guitarists who want an Octave pedal they can use seamlessly for live performance.

Features:

  • Separate volume, tone and pitch controls for both sub and upper octaves
  • Smooth control for automatic volume swells
  • External connection for expression pedal to control octave pitches
  • Store and recall up to 4 user presets
  • Stereo outputs

Tender Octaver Pro will be available from official Mooer dealers and distributors worldwide at a street price of around $169 USD each.

The Tender Octaver Pro from Mooer brings together two extremely high quality, digital modulation engines and squeezes them into a very small, dual footswitch pedal crammed full of features. With 16 different modulation effects spanning all the regular stuff like phasers, chorus and tremolo, right through to some totally freaked out ring modulators, lo-fi filters and pitch effects. The Mod Factory Pro has something for everyone.

The ability to combine both engines and adjust the internal signal routing expands these 16 effects beyond any modulation stompbox on the market in this price range. Added Tap tempo functionality, Expression pedal expandability, Leslie type acceleration pedal and true stereo outputs makes Mod Factory Pro truly versatile and a great choice for professionals or beginners a like.

Features:

  • Two Independent processing modules containing a total of 16 modulation effects
  • Adjustable signal chain routing
  • Store and recall up to 4 user presets
  • Tap Tempo functionality
  • Expression pedal expandability
  • Leslie-style acceleration pedal
  • True stereo outputs

Mod Factory Pro will be available from official Mooer dealers and distributors worldwide at a street price of around $169 USD each.

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