The Old Blood Noise Endeavors Beam Splitter – the new version, aptly dubbed V2 – takes a single input signal and splits it into three copies, running them through three distinct overdrive voices before sending two of those signals through their own individual delay lines.
Depending on how you set it up, the output can stay in parallel mono, spread out across stereo, or split even further into three separate outputs — what the company calls “trereo.” While the core goal is sheer bigness, the full control set opens the door to classic drives, flanger-style textures, lo-fi vibratos, trailing slapback echoes, and plenty more.
The Beam Splitter V2 offers buffered trails or true bypass switching, onboard presets, expression control over every knob, and full MIDI control over everything in the pedal. It accepts mono or stereo input, though stereo input collapses to mono when the pedal is engaged, and outputs in mono, stereo, or the pedal’s signature trereo configuration.
On the control side, each of the three drive sections has its own Gain, Volume, and Tone controls, shaping distortion amount, overall volume, and brightness independently.
The two delay sections each get Time and Feedback controls, with delay times reaching up to 211ms and Feedback dialing in resonance or decay. A Deviate control randomly varies delay time for a more natural, chorus-like feel, while Spread sets the amount of stereo width. A Delay Select control lets you choose which of the three drive voices get sent through the delays.
The Beam Splitter V2 is available now for $379.00 in Cool, Warm, or Shadow finishes. Get all three here.
