Old Blood Noise Endeavors Dweller

Dweller: When the Phaser Enters a New Dimension

With the Dweller, Old Blood Noise Endeavors doesn't offer just another phaser, but a hybrid approach they call a "phase repeater." The idea: start from a phase movement based on all-pass filters (like a classic phaser), then integrate a notion of time at the very heart of the stages. The result: the pedal can shift from familiar, musical phasing to impressions of repetitions, resonances, and texture that sometimes evoke a very short delay or even a diffuse ambiance.

The Voice selector lets you choose between a 4-stage structure (more direct, more punchy) and 8-stage (denser, deeper), placing the Dweller both in the tradition of characterful phasers and in a clearly experimental approach.

Who Is It For? Styles and Contexts Where the Dweller Excels

The Dweller is aimed at guitarists (and bassists) who like to sculpt their sound, from the seasoned musician seeking a signature modulation to the texture creator wanting an inspiring sound design tool. In moderate settings, it behaves like an expressive phaser pedal to enrich chords, arpeggios, or a slightly crunchy clean tone.

When you push Stretch and Regen, it becomes formidable for ambient, shoegaze, post-rock, indie, psychedelic worlds, but also for more modern parts where quasi-sequenced movements are sought (sample & hold waveform). In the studio, it helps create lively and unpredictable layers; live, the expression input allows evolving the texture without stopping playing, ideal on a pedalboard focused on atmospheres.

Controls, Modes, and Design: Simple on the Surface, Vast in Results

The Dweller gets straight to the point with five controls designed to remain musical even when exploring: Rate adjusts modulation speed, Depth its amplitude, and Regen adds feedback to enhance contour (up to very pronounced resonances). The core of the concept is Stretch : it modifies the "internal" time of the phase repeater, and it's what shifts the pedal from an organic phaser/vibe to sensations of repetitions, atypical flanging, or moving space. Finally, the Mix precisely blends the effect from 100% dry signal to 100% wet signal.

Regarding modes, two selectors multiply personalities: Voice (4 or 8 stages) and Shape (sine, triangle, sample & hold). Add to that a dedicated expression input for external control of Stretch, an internal potentiometer to adjust output level, and a true bypass relay switching via soft-touch footswitch for clean integration on stage or in the studio.

Sound Character

In 4-stage mode, the Dweller can remain precise and "snappy": perfect for adding movement to a riff or thickening a clean tone without drowning it. In 8-stage mode, the sweep becomes broader, more enveloping, and the effect takes on a truly immersive dimension. The sine and triangle waveforms cover the classic phaser territory (from soft to very present), while the "sample & hold" mode transforms modulation into stepped filtering, ideal for quasi-rhythmic textures, unpredictable accents, and electronic atmospheres.

The real playground is the Stretch + Regen duo: with moderate Stretch, you flirt with interference and thickness close to flanging; pushing it further, the Dweller generates sensations of warm repetitions and shifting space, as if the phaser "remembers" what it just did. The Mix helps keep the attack intact or, conversely, dive into 100% wet, perfect for intros, transitions, and soundscapes. This sonic signature is found on indie/alternative pedalboards, notably with artists like Julien Baker, Stephen Laurenson, or Mariah Schneider.

Technical specifications

Effects	Chorus / Flanger / Phaser, Phaser	Use	electric guitar
Format	Pedal	Color	Green
Type	sector

Rate	modulation speed	Shape	sine, triangle, sample & hold
Depth	modulation depth	Expression input	external control of the Stretch parameter
Regen	feedback / resonance intensity	Internal potentiometer	output level adjustment
Stretch	time modification within stages (signature "phase repeater")	Required power supply	9V DC, center negative, 2.1mm plug
Mix	blend from 100% dry to 100% wet	Current required	110 mA (minimum recommended)
Voice	4 stages or 8 stages