About

Introduction

EffectsDatabase started as DiscoFreq's Envelope Filter Site somewhere early 2003, when I was searching for envelope filters but couldn't find lists longer than 20 models, while I found over 50.

After one year I moved, had to change provider, so I moved the site to filters.muziq.be. But after the filters I started adding ring modulators, octavers, flangers, phasers,... until I decided to add all pedals. In 2009 the site moved to EffectsDatabase.com when I managed to buy that domain (it was not used for a couple of years then).

Counting since August 2006, the site had more than 13.3 million pageviews (November 2011) and will probably reach 5 million unique visitors around New Year 2012.

Some quotes about Effects Database

• "One of the greatest websites EVER"
• "Simply the best information found on effects."
• "Very ambitious given the massive amount of pedals out there."
• "You can't be into guitar effects and not be a regular visitor of EffectsDatabase"
• "The related auctions on the right are great, they already cost me a lot of money! thanks!!!" (do you know other sites that get thanks for their ads? ;))
• "my Bible"
• "Amazing"

In the media

	April 2007 Interview for Fuzz, The Sound That Revolutionized The World (IMDB), a DVD documentary. Other interviewees included Billy Gibbons (ZZ Top), Peter Frampton, Jon Spencer, J Mascis, Steve Albini, Chris Ross (Wolfmother), Craig Anderton, Art Thompson, Mike Matthews (Electro-Harmonix), Scotty Smith (Pro Analog), Mike Pierra (Analog Man), Jeorge Tripps (Way Huge), Zachary Vex (Z. Vex),...
	October 2009 Interview (2 pages) with Effector Book Vol.6, a Japanese quarterly magazine.
	June 2010 Interview (3 pages) with Poppunt magazine (in Dutch): web version / PDF of print version
	November 2010 Interview: Conversation with Bart Provoost of 'DiscoFreq's Effects Database' with Melx: Adventures in Effectors
	November 2011 Article: The Effects Database- The Wikipedia of Effect Pedals by Fuzz Box Girl
	March 2012 Video: The Messe Guitar Effects Report . At Musikmesse, Craig Anderton (!!!) asked Bart (DiscoFreq) to present the guitar effects report for Harmony-Central