Poly Effects Trails Ambient Multi FX Pedal

Fancy stepping into some properly otherworldly sonic territory? The Poly Effects Trails is no ordinary pedal — it’s a full-on playground for experimental textures, from sympathetic strings and granular soundscapes to vinyl-style delays and modulated vocal modelling.

You’ve got seven beautifully weird modes, all in lush true stereo, each with its own set of controls (because, frankly, each one’s its own little universe). And if that wasn’t enough, there’s an onboard 8-step sequencer to bring everything to life and keep things moving.

7 modes of pure ambient bliss

• Meadows: Think sitar, think sarod — those shimmering sympathetic strings ringing along with your playing. Pick out single notes up high for that exotic sparkle, or strum down low and you’ll get these rich, blooming textures. It’s properly immersive.
• Haven: Turn your guitar into a bell factory. This resonator-based mode gives you chimey, almost meditative tones with control over the “material” of the bells. From delicate and glassy to deep and hypnotic.
• Prairie: Not your typical delay. This is like playing back your signal on a worn-in vinyl record — crackle, wobble, character and all. It’s nostalgic, it’s quirky and it’s got bags of vibe.
• Outback: Yep… this one models a human mouth. Your guitar signal gets shaped like a talk box or formant filter as the “mouth” opens and closes. It’s strange, expressive and surprisingly musical.
• Tundra: A pitch-shifting delay with a twist. You can freeze notes and manipulate them after the fact, either with onboard controls or MIDI. Brilliant for ambient textures and evolving soundscapes.
• Badlands: This is not your polite overdrive. It’s gnarly, aggressive and gloriously chaotic. Wavefolding and Chebyshev shaping combine for a unique, almost broken-sounding distortion that really shines on sustained notes.
• Coast: A microlooper and granular engine that captures little snippets and turns them into full-on soundscapes. Freeze some audio and start tweaking — you’ll lose hours in the best way possible!

• Your ultimate ambient wingman: Trying to pin the Poly Effects Trails down to a single effect? Good luck. It comfortably blurs the lines between ambient reverb, delay, synth, resonator, microlooper and an 8-step sequencer — all in one compact box. If you’re chasing lush, emotional, cinematic soundscapes, this is the pedal for you.
• 7 inspiring modes: You get seven unique modes, all running in lush true stereo and each one behaves like its own little sonic world. The controls adapt depending on the mode too, so you’re not just tweaking — you’re properly exploring.
• Loads of presets: Tweak to your heart’s content and save your favourites. With up to 8 presets per mode, you’re looking at 56 onboard presets in total. Plenty of room for all your creations.
• Set Lists for the real world: Gig on the reg? You can build custom Set Lists so your go-to sounds are ready exactly when you need them, in the right order. That means less frantic foot-tapping and more actually playing your guitar.
• MIDI control: Full MIDI support means you can switch presets remotely via program change messages. Setting the MIDI channel is nice and simple too, just tap the Badlands icon four times and pick your channel.

• Modes: 7
• Presets: 8 per mode
• Out: Mono or true stereo (via TRS)
• Power requirements: 9V, centre negative (PSU not included)
• Current draw: 500 mA
• Dimensions (W x D x H): 102 x 112 x 60 mm
• Country of manufacture: Australia