Walrus Audio’s Lore & Fable Pedals Go Stereo!
Walrus Audio expands its Storybook Series with the new Lore and Fable MKII stereo pedals, delivering granular and reverse soundscape effects.
Walrus Audio has officially reopened the pages of its beloved "Storybook Series," and this time, the magic is expanding into full, glorious stereo. Meet the all-new Lore Stereo Reverse Soundscape Generator MKII and Fable Stereo Granular Soundscape Generator MKII.
If your pedalboard has been begging for a cinematic, wildly creative upgrade that feels less like a standard stompbox and more like an instrument of its own, your happy ending has arrived.
Two Pedals, Two Different Adventures
While both the Lore and Fable MKII share a powerful new processing architecture under the hood, they take entirely different sonic paths to build their massive, evolving soundscapes.
The Fable MKII: A Granular Glitch Wonderland
The Fable MKII is a stereo ambient creation machine built around delay and granular processing. It takes simple phrases and morphs them into entirely new, organic clouds of sound. Fable runs its dual effects in series, with separate Feedback and Regen paths, so your repeats continually transform rather than just echoing back cleanly.
With five distinct granular modes, you can explore:
- Reverse delays folding into reverse grains.
- Forward delays exploding into bright, octave-up swarms.
- Analog-style echoes sinking into octave-down rumbles.
- Wild, multi-tap grain-verbs and randomized pitch scattering.
The Vibe: Chaotic, glitchy, and endlessly shifting. The Fable MKII rewards experimentation and is perfect for players who want their soundscapes to feel alive, unpredictable, and beautifully broken.
The Lore MKII: A Reverse Time Machine
If the Fable is about chopping and scattering time, the Lore MKII is about bending it backward. The Lore focuses heavily on reverse reverb, reverse delay, and pitch shifting.
Also featuring five carefully voiced dual-effect algorithms with complex nested feedback paths, the Lore delivers:
- Eerie, creeping swells of reverse delay into reverse reverb.
- Shimmering octave-up ambience for angelic, dreamy pads.
- Murky octave-down drones for cinematic gloom and tension.
- Dueling pitch delays that behave like rhythmic sequencers.
The Vibe: Dreamy, delicate, and deeply atmospheric. The ultimate one-pedal toolkit for scoring your next adventure, washing your tone in vast shoegaze ambiance, or creating lush, time-stretching beds of sound.
The Shared Magic Under the Hood
Walrus Audio didn't just slap a second output jack on these pedals and call it a day. Both units run on Walrus’s proprietary MDSP digital processing platform, delivering high-headroom, high-fidelity processing. This ensures your tone stays pristine and musical, even when the time-stretching and nested feedback loops hit maximum intensity.
Here is what both pedals bring to your modern gigging or studio rig:
- Performance-Focused Tweak Control: Instantly access stereo width, modulation rate and shape, shift, and ramp—all without tedious menu diving.
- Dive / Rise Switch: Hold down the tap footswitch to instantly manipulate the pedal's internal clock rate. This triggers expressive, seasick glides, tape-style pitch bends, and dramatic sweeps that are perfect for spontaneous live transitions.
- Rig-Ready Connectivity: Full stereo I/O (can be run mono-in/stereo-out), MIDI clock sync, full MIDI CC control, and an assignable expression input to sweep parameters hands-free.
- Presets on Demand: Store 3 color-coded presets directly on the pedal (plus a Live mode), or access up to 127 saved soundscapes via MIDI.
Both the Lore and Fable MKII retail for $349.99 / £319.00 and come in two aesthetic options: stunning custom storybook artwork by illustrator Niall Grant, or sleek, minimal black enclosures for a stealthier board. By bridging the gap between traditional effects and fully automated studio sound design, Walrus Audio has created two incredibly inspiring pedals that make getting lost in your own music easier—and more fun—than ever.
- +Powerful stereo processing with nested feedback paths
- +Five inspiring dual-effect modes on each pedal
- +Full MIDI control and clock sync for rig integration
- +Performance-focused tweak controls without menu diving
- +Dive/Rise switch for expressive real-time modulation
- +High-fidelity digital processing via MDSP platform
- +Two distinct sonic personalities in one series
What's the difference between the Lore MKII and Fable MKII?
The Fable MKII uses granular processing and delay to create chaotic, glitchy soundscapes with five transformation modes. The Lore MKII emphasizes reverse reverb, reverse delay, and pitch shifting for dreamy, atmospheric textures. Both share the same stereo I/O and MIDI control features but take sonically different approaches.
Are the Lore and Fable MKII true stereo pedals?
Yes. Both pedals feature full stereo I/O, allowing mono-in/stereo-out operation. They also include separate feedback and regeneration paths that process effects in series, creating evolving soundscapes rather than simple echoes.
Can you control the Lore and Fable MKII with MIDI?
Yes. Both pedals support MIDI clock sync and full MIDI CC control, allowing you to sync to your rig and automate parameters. You can also store up to 127 presets via MIDI or keep three color-coded presets directly on the pedal.
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