“Dialing in these inspiring studio grade tones has never been easier and never sounded better”: Walrus Audio responds to player feedback and overhauls its flagship Mako pedal line with new MkII series

Way back in the halcyon pre-pandemic days of January 2020, Walrus Audio launched the D1 Delay, its first entry in the Mako Series. Featuring twin-footswitch operation, multiple algorithms, stereo ins/outs and MIDI functionality, the Mako line was heralded as Walrus’s most ambitious pedal offering yet.

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