Alexander Pedals Quadrant Audio Mirror vs Electro-Harmonix Pico Attack
The Alexander Pedals Quadrant Audio Mirror and the Electro-Harmonix Pico Attack are both pedals sharing smooth, ambient. The Alexander Pedals Quadrant Audio Mirror leans dark and pristine. Current prices: $199.99 vs $112.27.
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Blended from circuit-archetype lineage, dynamic feel, tone-signal overlap and tone-vector distance — the tone vector itself is derived from editorial description text, not a measured acoustic signal, so this reflects how similarly the catalog copy describes the two, not a lab measurement. Shown only within a gear class, and only where there's enough evidence to be meaningful.43% — somewhat different
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Genres both listings are associated with.- Ambient
- Experimental
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Derived from overlapping tonal signals across both listings.- smooth
- ambient
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Citation/mention fame — how often this gear is cited across artist rigs and gear discussion.$199.99via Reverb
$112.27via Reverb
The Alexander Pedals Quadrant (also marketed as Quadrant Audio Mirror) is a four-mode NEO Series digital delay pedal with an analog dry signal path ensuring no coloration of the dry signal regardless of mode. Four delay engines — MAG (warm tape-style repeats with progressive top and bottom rolloff), BBD (warm bucket-brigade character closely emulating the Electro-Harmonix Deluxe Memory Man), DIG (clean bright early-digital clarity), and LOFI (deliberately degraded lo-fi repeat textures) — cover the classic delay spectrum. Features expression pedal morphing between two complete preset settings and MIDI with firmware updates via USB.
The Electro-Harmonix Pico Attack Decay is a compact tape reverse simulator that recreates the classic Attack Decay effect, producing volume swells, backward tape sounds, artificially short staccato notes and bowed, violin like attacks. It offers a Mono mode with one volume envelope for everything you play and a Poly mode where each note gets its own envelope, creating cascading swell effects and smooth, agile attack shaped leads. From slow ambient swells to reverse tape textures and snappy synth like attacks, it is highly expressive. It suits ambient, experimental, indie and lead players who want auto volume swells, reverse tape effects and attack shaping, including polyphonic per note swells, in a tiny pedal.
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Genres this gear is documented as being used in.- Electronic
- Country
- Blues
- Indie
- dark
- pristine
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Occasions this gear suits — judged per model, or derived from its wattage, connectivity and category.- Live
- Studio
- Worship
- Live
- Studio
- Busking