Guess who’s back.

Worth the wait.

Here at NativeAudio, we try to be intentional about the pedals we create. Each release is the accumulative total of many long discussions, endless tweaks, heart breaking-setbacks, and exciting breakthroughs. Why put ourselves through all this? We LOVE what we do, and making pedals that inspire people to connect to their creativity is a truly amazing honor.

With all that said, we are happy to announce that Niisoo Harmonic Equalizer is back in stock!

Niisoo: If you don’t know, now you know.

The Niisoo Harmonic Equalizer is a filter effect unlike any you’ve used before. It works by allowing the user to set two frequency points, and then shift between them. This shifting is tied to a time control knob that dictates how quickly the shift will occur. The minimum time setting will deliver an instantaneous shift while the maximum setting will take approximately twenty seconds. Niisoo also features a resonance control, low-pass, band-pass, and high-pass filters, shift direction switch, and a momentary/latching switch, that dictates how the shift control behaves.

It can be an eq with presets, it can achieve deep synth style filter sweeps, it can be used for phasing and rotary sounds, or you can connect it to an expression pedal and use it as a highly customizable wah. With it’s intuitive interface and broad ranging feature set, Niisoo is only limited by your imagination.

The story behind Niisoo.

Niisoo is a tribute to my Blackfeet (Amskaapi Piikuni) heritage and translates to the number four. The number four plays a significant role in Blackfeet culture, especially in how it relates to the four seasons. Each season symbolizes a phase in life: Spring brings new beginnings, Summer is for movement and abundance, Fall prepares us for winter through the hunt, and Winter is a time of storytelling, teaching, and reflection.

The design for Niisoo represents a blanket, an important tool and symbol in Blackfeet culture, offering both protection and storytelling through its patterns. The four colors on Niisoo highlight the four seasons, illustrating their role in the lives of our ancestors. Just as blankets are gifted as tools to loved ones, we offer Niisoo as a tool to inspire your exploration and creativity.

Express yourself.

Join us today as we connect Niisoo to our expression pedal to explore the funky and expressive sounds that are only a step away. We’ve tapped Birthday Germanium Frybread Fuzz for all our dirt needs, and we’ll use it to dial in a range of tones both subtle and chaotic. All of which will be combined with the various filter modes of Niisoo. Let’s Go!

0:00 - 0:53 Breaking like waves.

In this first section, we’ll use the band-pass mode in conjunction with the expression pedal to create a gentle modulation effect. We’ve dialed the filter heavy on the the bass side giving us a dark tone in the heel-down position. This setting will produce volume swells as it sweeps the selected frequency range.

0:54 - 2:08 Blooming and bouncing.

Next, let’s layer guitar and bass using different filter settings on each. We’ll use the low-pass on the guitar for a steep and cutting filter that slices off most of the audible range in the heel down position, allowing for dramatic blooming effects. We’ll apply the band-pass mode to the bass with a high resonance for more midrange and a prominent shifting effect. This setting opens the door to a world of funky and synthy weirdness.

2:09 - 2:51 Feeling swell.

For this section, we’ll listen to the band-pass mode on guitar. We’ve dialed in a wide sweep, and applied a high amount of resonance. This gives us a mid focused wah sound that is gentle and responsive. With Niisoo, fine tuning the range of your wah is quick and easy. You don’t have to worry about if it will get along with a certain amp or instrument. Just turn it on, and in seconds you’re dialed in.

2:52 - 4:08 Huge range.

Let’s dig in to the band-pass mode a little further but use a much more aggressive fuzz tone. We’ve set the frequency points far apart to give us a wide sweep. This combined with the heavy fuzz, creates all sorts of textural anomalies and artifacts. Listen how satisfying it is as the tone slowly blooms in the beginning of this clip.

4:09 - 5:07 Flip the script.

For this last clip we’ll reverse the shift direction toggle on the guitar track, this flips the heel and toe position resulting in a very different feel and sound. This is a fun way to shake loose some creativity if you’re feeling stale. Some gentle low-pass filtering adds some movement to our bass track and rounds out this section.

Let's make some noise!

Now that we've explored the possible, let's go and create the impossible. This is a limited drop, so when it's gone, it's gone. We're grateful to keep sharing the Ghost Ridge story—it means a lot to our Blackfeet people to keep this history alive.