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Guitarists have been blending effects in parallel for decades—chasing clarity, dimension, and tones that aren’t possible with traditional serial pedals. But most solutions are complicated, inflexible, or noisy. The Parallelarator from Cosmic Loop FX changes that. It combines a clean analog parallel mixer, a multi-loop stereo processor, and a wet/dry/wet routing engine—hand-built in the UK—into one pedalboard-friendly unit.

When we designed the Parallelarator, we wanted to build more than just a pedalboard utility. Here’s how it can become a secret weapon for recording, mixing, and re-amping — even when you’re nowhere near a stage.

If you’ve tried integrating the Nano Cortex with a stereo guitar rig that includes pedals like the Eventide H90, Strymon BigSky, or Meris LVX, you’ve probably hit this wall. Run the Nano before your stereo pedals, and you lose your spacious stereo image. Run it after, and your drive or fuzz algorithms might sound flat or unresponsive. So how can you keep your signal stereo and dynamic without rethinking your entire rig?

If you’ve ever switched on a pedal or blended two sounds together and thought, “Why does my tone suddenly sound thinner?”  — you’ve...