KMA Machines Mandrake vs Old Blood Noise Endeavors BL-13
The KMA Machines Mandrake and the Old Blood Noise Endeavors BL-13 are both pedals sharing octave. The KMA Machines Mandrake leans aggressive and saturated. The Old Blood Noise Endeavors BL-13 leans ambient.
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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.47% — somewhat different
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Genres both listings are associated with.- Experimental
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Derived from overlapping tonal signals across both listings.- octave
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Citation/mention fame — how often this gear is cited across artist rigs and gear discussion.$179via Reverb
The KMA Machines MANDRAKE is an octave fuzz pedal from German boutique manufacturer KMA Machines (Berlin, Germany), delivering upper-octave synthesis combined with fuzz saturation for the gated, aggressive octave fuzz character in the tradition of vintage octave fuzz circuits. KMA Machines Berlin boutique quality applied to a modern octave fuzz for heavy, psych, and experimental applications.
The Old Blood Noise Endeavors BL-13 Octave is part of the brand's BL series of variable-clock effectors, pairing octave-up and octave-down voices with a touch of reverb for a drifting, out-of-sorts, grimy ambience. Rather than a clean, precise octaver, it leans into character, producing unstable, atmospheric octave textures with a lo-fi haze, and its variable system clock lets players move between cleaner, higher-fidelity tracking and darker, degraded, drifting tones. It suits experimental, ambient, and shoegaze players who want octave effects with built-in mood and grit rather than surgical accuracy. Now discontinued, it remains a distinctive, texture-focused octave-and-reverb box for those chasing evocative, slightly broken octave ambience in their sound.
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Genres this gear is documented as being used in.- Ambient
- Shoegaze
- aggressive
- saturated
- ambient