If you thought you’d seen it all in pedal design, think again. Gamechanger Audio has taken a literal spinning brushed DC motor and dropped it inside a stompbox, birthing the Motor Synth Voice Pedal — a fully-fledged electro-mechanical synthesis engine that transforms the energy of moving parts into an organic, pitch-tracked audio signal.
Unlike digital emulators or modeling pedals, Motor is powered entirely by physical motor movement. Its real-time pitch tracker precisely follows your instrument’s fundamental frequencies, whether you’re running a guitar, bass, mic, or keyboard through it. The result? An authentic, unpredictable, and richly textured signal that feels alive.
With five distinct operation modes — magnetic pickup, cross-mod, multitimbral, resonant, and vocoder — Motor offers a buffet of sound-shaping possibilities. Add in an extensive set of controls (Vibr/Glide, Release, Clean, Motor, Shift, Tone, Mod, Drive, Engine, and Pedal), and you can go from swelling ambient washes to snarling, distorted synth leads with the twist of a knob.
The Motor doesn’t stop at traditional stomp-style functionality. Next to its main switch lies a spring-loaded expression controller, acting like a gas pedal for your tone. Slam it forward to redline the motor, ease back to slow it down, or manipulate it for volume swells, braking effects, or glitchy drift textures. It’s a performance tool as much as an effect, built for improvisation and spontaneity on stage or in the studio.
The Motor’s forward-thinking design includes USB-C and 5-pin MIDI, plus versatile track I/O for creative routing. Indicator LEDs keep you locked into its status in real time, while a replaceable motor block guarantees up to 5,000 hours of continuous play. For players chasing the frontier of mechanical synthesis, this pedal is as radical as it gets.
Get the Gamechanger Audio Motor Synth Voice Pedal here for $399.99 and keep up with all our Gamechanger Audio coverage here.
