Guelph, Ontario.
Pedal Book, a new iOS app for guitarists who use analog effects pedals, is now available on the App Store. The app lets players build a digital copy of each pedal they own, match its controls to their real settings, and save the result as a tone.
Analog pedals have no built in way to store a setting. Most guitarists rely on tape, a marker, a handwritten note, or phone photos to hold onto a sound they like.
To use Pedal Book, a user recreates their real pedal, either by building it from scratch or by photographing it to place the controls automatically, then matches the digital controls to the real ones and saves the result. Settings can be named and organized into folders. The same process applies to full pedalboards, including which pedals are switched on, so a full setup can be saved and recreated later.
“I thought in this day and age, with AI and everything, we are still writing on tape with a Sharpie to mark where knobs go? That is ridiculous,” said Malcolm Lowy, the app’s creator.
“Guitar pedals are really there to inspire us to play more. There is nothing inspiring about scrolling through your camera roll trying to find a picture of a pedal taken months ago,” Lowy said.
Pedal Book runs entirely on the user’s device, with no account, sign up, or login, and no data sent to or stored on any server. The app is free to download, with a limited number of pedals, tones, and pedalboards included. Additional capacity and a custom pedal finish option are available through one time purchases, with no subscription required.
Pedal Book is available now on the App Store for iPhone.
For more information, review copies, or interview requests, contact:
Malcolm Lowy | pedalbookinfo@gmail.com | pedalbook.ca