'90s-tinged Soft Clipping with Adaptive Drive Circuitry Sometimes, the fabled overdrive of your dreams isn't gold or green — it's blue! The Halcyon Blue presents an Origin Effects homage to blue-blooded overdrive from the '90s that's known for its visceral pick response, midrange cut, and, above all else, its genre versatility. As a brand that designs and builds pedals in the UK, Origin Effects is uniquely qualified to reproduce this originally British circuit using new modded voice options. The Halcyon Blue makes a phenomenal foundation for dirt pedal stacks, an always-on enhancer for taking clean tones to that elusive edge of breakup, or a simple way to goose an overdriven amp for greater saturation. The pedal's soft-clipped midrange emphasis brings more note clarity to dense overdriven tones, and there's even a Dry blend control for adding dry signal back in for shades of tone that the original can't deliver. This