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Hypnosis $499 dreadbox-fx.com

Greece’s Dreadbox are known for their desktop synths, having focused lately on releasing multiple iterations of their well-regarded NYX, Erebus and Hades instruments. They also have a great backcatalog of effects though, including numerous stompbox and Eurorack processors, as well as the onboard effects on their synths. Hypnosis is their meatiest effect so far though: a stereo analog multi-effect combining a chorus/flanger, delay and spring reverb.

The unit itself lives in a metal desktop box adorned with a retro interface like something out of an ’80s arcade, leaving little

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