Ed O'Brien

Listed under O'Brien's gear on The King of Gear.

"Used to switch presets on his Korg A2 from 1993 to 1995(?)."

"Used from 2006-2007 to activate his rack units, in conjunction with his Sound Sculpture Switchblade."

"Used for live performances of 15 Step, from the original In Rainbows touring until 2012, when Ed began using has Strymon Timeline for the part. Ed used the unit to trigger samples of the effected Autoharp heard on the album version of the track."

"The Gear Blog is a behind-the-scenes look at the instruments and equipment that graces the Austin City Limits’ stage. Our Audio Engineer Kevin Cochran goes in-depth to give our gearheads some insight." - Austin City Limits. This image of Ed's pedalboards comes from this article and you can see the Tech 21 MIDI Mouse pedal in the right pedalboard in the top right.

"Used to switch presets on his Yamaha FX500 in 1993."

"Though Ed generally prefers digital and analog delays, he did briefly use a Space Echo in circa-1996."

"Used from circa-2008 to circa-2012."

At 0:22, a Molten MiDi 2 can be seen on Ed's pedalboard.

"Six-button MIDI controller by Korg. Used to switch presets on his Korg A2 from 1993 to 1995(?)."

"Six-button MIDI controller by Yamaha. Used to switch presets on his Yamaha FX500 in 1993."

"Ed favored these half-rack delay units during Radiohead’s early years. He used two of them in addition to his BOSS DD-5 from 1996-1998."

In this June 2023 YouTube at 24:26 on the GigRig channel, Ed adds the 636 preamp to the pedalboard he’s constructing with Dan.

Ed O'Brien uses the Oto Machines BIM as part of his 2025 Radiohead Tour Pedal Board, which was designed by TheGigRig. This information is confirmed in the YouTube video "Radioheads New Touring Pedalboards Design, Build and Gig for Ed O'Brien and Colin Greenwood" by TheGigRig.