Seppuku FX

[Christophe]

The Pitch Monster is another incarnation of the Digital Pitch Modulator. I have the DPM-2 with a fourth knob and I'm happy with it. A three-knobbed model is for sale in Japan for over $300 (http://www.ebay.com/itm/264439732626).

I totally forgot about "Audio Slime"!

Yep I saw that. But the Pitch monster has a ring mod inside (hearing the demo it seems that it does). Does the pitch mod ventures into ring territory as well?

[Pepe]

It gets a bit ring-mod-ish in some settings. You know my demo?

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_lLByRhpyE[/youtube]

[Christophe]

Oh yeah seen it. Love your demos. Maybe it’s close, it’s hard to tell from vids. The vid from geargasstore seems to show that the pitch monster is more aggressive/wicked... but maybe not...

[$harkToootth]

I would probably irrationally get it if I saw one (that's the collector in me).

That feel when you can't quite pull the trigger on a hardware sampler that does way more than this pedal and costs WAY less then you see yourself post crap like this. #justwhenyouthoughtyoubecamearationconsumer dot bl0gsp0t

[lordgalvar]

"Ring Mod" is one of the modes on that chip. Same as all those "DIY Circuit Bent Ring Mod Crazy Noise" pedals and DBA Robot. And Seppuku Digitizer (some versions...I think he used that name for a few different pedals). Pitch Monster is probably different on the preamp and output sections (like how memory loss and anal synths vary) but overall the same idea. Pepe's demo is the best!

[$harkToootth]

Pardon my French but good... fucking... God...

The opposite approach:

https://reverb.com/item/27538940-super- ... _sold=true

Complete with shoutout to UC?

NSFW: show

Very very rare, near impossible to find.

Last two posted on reverb sold for $475 and $510 respectively. Both sold within a day of being posted.

The digital water – in the opinions of many, is the crown jewel of Seppuku pedals and one of the coolest pedals ever made. It has the nicest cascading watery delay tones of any delay that I have ever found, and I have tried over 100 delays - this one is truly unique, and very musical super useable.

It can do several particular watery delay tones that no other pedal on earth can achieve - cascading waterfall, the watery sound of a running stream or Brook, bubbles, uneven wave tides, liquify gitches, reverse water delay, watery pitch modulated delay, wet lo-if echo, and other unique aquatic sound effects that take you far into into the ocean’s depths...

On top of all of that, there is even more in the modulation department. It does the super appealing “random modulation” that is so desirable among delay pedal connoisseurs and is very pleasing to the ears - the random modulation has no regular LFO pattern but an unpredictable, natural sounding randomness to it. Completely unique. Raw and organic.

It can also do normal sinewave/normal sounding modulation like every single other boring modulated delay for when you want that. It does sound good enough in its normal settings to replace your analog delay if you so desire. I always have like five delays on my board personally, but this one is always on the random watery modulation mode. The random modulation is totally able to be tamed. VERY musical. Can be subtle or extreme. Sounds so cool and people are really pleased to hear it’s tone - a sound they’ve never heard before.

The pedal can also be set to go all out crazy, which somehow manages to stay musical and useful with actual music, not just a noisemaker.

The random modulation is just ONE of the many sounds this pedal can do besides the watery sounds, but even this random modulation feature is so rare in delay pedals that the only pedal that I know of that can do random modulation is the Pladask Täken. Taken sells for around $400-$425 used because it’s sound is so unique, yet this pedal can do so much more than the Täken, and the random modulation is much much different on this pedal.

Honestly, it isn’t even the coolest setting on the Seppuku.

There were quite a few iterations of this pedal from Seppuku, some had one knob, some had one knob and an LED, some had two knobs and an LED, and some had two knobs and a switch. The one with the two knobs and a switch is the most sophisticated, final iteration of the pedal and few were built.

This version is the only one that allows you to switch the watery delay / random modulation / glitch effects on or off. In the off position, it does a whole array of tones from reverse delay, to delay with normal modulation, to digital, analog, ping pong, pan, tape, and hold (looper). The watery delay / random modulation / glitch effect can be switched on to work with ANY of those modes (except the looper). So you can have reverse watery random modulation delay!

Sounds great with all of of the modes, but is particularly interesting with the reverse delay and tape delays as well as the mod delay.

The knobs allow you to fine-tune the modulation and get just the sound do you want. They give a variety of interesting tones across a sweep of knob turning mystery, including those unique aquatic sound effects that can’t be achieved with any other pedal, as well as things that happen like uneven delays, gitches, white noise and bit reduction.

Seppuku stopped making this pedal years ago, and the owner has publicly stated that he won’t make any pedals at all anymore. Even the Seppuku website is now shut down for good, only to become a legend, a remnant of the past.

Easily one of the coolest delay pedals ever – right up there with the the Montreal Assembly 856 For Zellersasn (technically a looper, but has ridiculous delay settings, and another favorite of delay connoisseurs).

Very small numbering these Digital Waters in existence. Very rarely come up for
sale, so I'm sure it will sell quickly.

This also can be used as a straight up chorus, or even a looper pedal with a small footprint - very versatile. The mod can obviously be switched off to just use normal delay sounds and it actually sounds great as a normal delay (much to my surprise). Many call it a Line 6 DL4 in a small enclosure. That’s a pretty legendary pedal to be compared to. Yet, obviously the DL4 doesn’t have the watery modulation and random modulation.

The reverse delay has endless interesting musical applications. If you don’t have a reverse delay - you need one. They are so inspiring and creativity inducing.

The YouTube video by ‘ugly cassanova’ called “similar
but different #1: Data Error & Seppuku Digital Water” is
unfortunately the best one on the internet, and shows just a tiny tiny bit of what this pedal can do, and shows you some of the watery delay tones and some random modulation delay tones that you can get out of it, but it’s really only the tip of the iceberg.

I also have an Audio Disruption Devices Data Error pedal that I got years ago while he was still making them and I am willing to sell one if you are looking for one of those instead.

I have been a collector of delays ranging from the 80's to now, and have owned somewhere around 120 different delays, ranging
all the way up to the most expensive, but specifically focusing on the most unique experimental pedals that make sounds no other pedal can make. This, I have to say, is completely unique in what it can do, and especially in how useful and musical is is. 100% unlike any other pedal out there.

I tried everything to get these sounds out of other delays that had the most promise in coaxing these tones from. I wanted a watery delay AND a random modulation delay pedal, but seriously struggled for years not finding anything. Only the seppuku could do it.

After a ton of time and effort, I realized that my favorite delay tones can’t be duplicated by anything else out there, even with the use of delay effects loops and combinations of pedals etc. I tried EVERYTHING.

Stereo in and outs, great for Wet/Dry or W/D/W setups.

Preset modes:
reverse delay
dark analog
bright digital
pitch modulation
stereo panning
ping pongs
tape
looper

[$harkToootth]

Whoever you are... you will never be in the African Noise scene with me, Uganda Boy, and Jeffro Mugando.

[adamajah]

"$60 pedal with $25 in parts for mods" _mystery man

Pardon my French but good... fucking... God...

The opposite approach:

https://reverb.com/item/27538940-super- ... _sold=true

Complete with shoutout to UC?

NSFW: show

Very very rare, near impossible to find.

Last two posted on reverb sold for $475 and $510 respectively. Both sold within a day of being posted.

The digital water – in the opinions of many, is the crown jewel of Seppuku pedals and one of the coolest pedals ever made. It has the nicest cascading watery delay tones of any delay that I have ever found, and I have tried over 100 delays - this one is truly unique, and very musical super useable.

It can do several particular watery delay tones that no other pedal on earth can achieve - cascading waterfall, the watery sound of a running stream or Brook, bubbles, uneven wave tides, liquify gitches, reverse water delay, watery pitch modulated delay, wet lo-if echo, and other unique aquatic sound effects that take you far into into the ocean’s depths...

On top of all of that, there is even more in the modulation department. It does the super appealing “random modulation” that is so desirable among delay pedal connoisseurs and is very pleasing to the ears - the random modulation has no regular LFO pattern but an unpredictable, natural sounding randomness to it. Completely unique. Raw and organic.

It can also do normal sinewave/normal sounding modulation like every single other boring modulated delay for when you want that. It does sound good enough in its normal settings to replace your analog delay if you so desire. I always have like five delays on my board personally, but this one is always on the random watery modulation mode. The random modulation is totally able to be tamed. VERY musical. Can be subtle or extreme. Sounds so cool and people are really pleased to hear it’s tone - a sound they’ve never heard before.

The pedal can also be set to go all out crazy, which somehow manages to stay musical and useful with actual music, not just a noisemaker.

The random modulation is just ONE of the many sounds this pedal can do besides the watery sounds, but even this random modulation feature is so rare in delay pedals that the only pedal that I know of that can do random modulation is the Pladask Täken. Taken sells for around $400-$425 used because it’s sound is so unique, yet this pedal can do so much more than the Täken, and the random modulation is much much different on this pedal.

Honestly, it isn’t even the coolest setting on the Seppuku.

There were quite a few iterations of this pedal from Seppuku, some had one knob, some had one knob and an LED, some had two knobs and an LED, and some had two knobs and a switch. The one with the two knobs and a switch is the most sophisticated, final iteration of the pedal and few were built.

This version is the only one that allows you to switch the watery delay / random modulation / glitch effects on or off. In the off position, it does a whole array of tones from reverse delay, to delay with normal modulation, to digital, analog, ping pong, pan, tape, and hold (looper). The watery delay / random modulation / glitch effect can be switched on to work with ANY of those modes (except the looper). So you can have reverse watery random modulation delay!

Sounds great with all of of the modes, but is particularly interesting with the reverse delay and tape delays as well as the mod delay.

The knobs allow you to fine-tune the modulation and get just the sound do you want. They give a variety of interesting tones across a sweep of knob turning mystery, including those unique aquatic sound effects that can’t be achieved with any other pedal, as well as things that happen like uneven delays, gitches, white noise and bit reduction.

Seppuku stopped making this pedal years ago, and the owner has publicly stated that he won’t make any pedals at all anymore. Even the Seppuku website is now shut down for good, only to become a legend, a remnant of the past.

Easily one of the coolest delay pedals ever – right up there with the the Montreal Assembly 856 For Zellersasn (technically a looper, but has ridiculous delay settings, and another favorite of delay connoisseurs).

Very small numbering these Digital Waters in existence. Very rarely come up for
sale, so I'm sure it will sell quickly.

This also can be used as a straight up chorus, or even a looper pedal with a small footprint - very versatile. The mod can obviously be switched off to just use normal delay sounds and it actually sounds great as a normal delay (much to my surprise). Many call it a Line 6 DL4 in a small enclosure. That’s a pretty legendary pedal to be compared to. Yet, obviously the DL4 doesn’t have the watery modulation and random modulation.

The reverse delay has endless interesting musical applications. If you don’t have a reverse delay - you need one. They are so inspiring and creativity inducing.

The YouTube video by ‘ugly cassanova’ called “similar
but different #1: Data Error & Seppuku Digital Water” is
unfortunately the best one on the internet, and shows just a tiny tiny bit of what this pedal can do, and shows you some of the watery delay tones and some random modulation delay tones that you can get out of it, but it’s really only the tip of the iceberg.

I also have an Audio Disruption Devices Data Error pedal that I got years ago while he was still making them and I am willing to sell one if you are looking for one of those instead.

I have been a collector of delays ranging from the 80's to now, and have owned somewhere around 120 different delays, ranging
all the way up to the most expensive, but specifically focusing on the most unique experimental pedals that make sounds no other pedal can make. This, I have to say, is completely unique in what it can do, and especially in how useful and musical is is. 100% unlike any other pedal out there.

I tried everything to get these sounds out of other delays that had the most promise in coaxing these tones from. I wanted a watery delay AND a random modulation delay pedal, but seriously struggled for years not finding anything. Only the seppuku could do it.

After a ton of time and effort, I realized that my favorite delay tones can’t be duplicated by anything else out there, even with the use of delay effects loops and combinations of pedals etc. I tried EVERYTHING.

Stereo in and outs, great for Wet/Dry or W/D/W setups.

Preset modes:
reverse delay
dark analog
bright digital
pitch modulation
stereo panning
ping pongs
tape
looper

[$harkToootth]

It does all the water sounds. It does the pee pee sound. It does the pee pee in the urethra sound. It does the liquid diarrhea in your tummy. No other delay does this. Doctors hate him. It does the sound of when the boys are back in town and they step in a pedal. It does the sound of Christ turning water into wine. It did my taxes for me too. Cialis? Who needs that? This pedal fixes that. Birth Control? Fixes that too. The fridge is full but you ain’t cooking eggs. You got athletes foot? Gone. This pedal does the tough act’in tinactin spray. It’s basically a Buchla. Case closed. 100%. Ever see PRIMER? This pedal follows the time travel rules of that film. Don’t vaccinate your kids... just get this pedal.

I’m talking smack but it’s all in good fun. I feel okay with it because I actually own this pedal and use it It’s not like smack talking a synth I’ve never used. Rhys got enough of my monies over the years plus he meditates so he doesn’t give a goof about my tomfoolery. This is less about the pedal and more about the rhetoric of the Reverb copy anyway.

[Christophe]

It’s already gone! That was fast. The seller wasn’t an Ilfer I reckon... it was really too expensive anyway. I’ve pulled the trigger on the dpm from eBay. Should be here tomorrow !!

[Pepe]

Oh, I wish you lots of fun with it. I don't know if you can create all the sounds of the four-knob model if you turn down the guitar volume.

[Christophe]

Thanks man, I'll let u know!

[$harkToootth]

Inspired by ideas from D'arcy's thread.

[Christophe]

BAD LUCK:
My Seppuku dpm coming from Japan was stuck for 10 days in customs... and has been sent back!!!
Reason: the sender didn’t add the invoice where it can be seen on the package. Post office was supposed to tell me but they didn’t. Hope the seller will understand...
Conclusion : if you buy on eBay from a user (not a store), always pm them about that visible invoice issue...
Damn It makes me mad...

[Confuzzled]

I like Rhys' bends on the NUX timecore but I think I like the a.d.d. pedals & simon the magpie versions a bit more. The a.d.d. version is also wired better.