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Just got a chance to play the Hydra. It is a monster of a pedal. Highly inspired by it. The site describes it as "PLL-Based Analog Frequency Multiplier Synth Fuzz". Much sub-octavy oscillating fuzziness. Cool to let it self-oscillate as well - if thats yer thing. Reminded me of my Snazzy Mini-Ark - except way de-featured. Freakin love my Mini-Ark (highly recommend to anyone BTW). The Screeching Owl website has an "On Indefinite Hiatus" message and who knows how many were built. http://www.screeching-owl.com/

Any Screeching Owl owners out there?

Anyway there's one at Trade-Up Music in Portland
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That must've just happened. I wanted to contact him right after I read the interview. Maybe he got flooded with emails.
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I have all of them - Hydra, demon attack, and great horned owl.

I've been meaning to get some demos up, but way too much shit so little time.
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excane wrote:I have all of them - Hydra, demon attack, and great horned owl.

I've been meaning to get some demos up, but way too much shit so little time.


Is there anyone who has any recordings where they used this? Not many demos online that I can find.
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Never got around to recording it, but I'm glad this thread was bumped.... I'll add 'em to the list
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excane wrote: .... I'll add 'em to the list


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:doom:

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Would love to hear an excane demo because that demo on the website doesn't do anything for me.
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I just love the name, sounds like a band that would've opened for Earth Crisis.
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From looking at the controls, and reading the descriptions, it looks (and sounds) like the lower half of a Schumann PLL. Build the squarewave section, the divider section, add the Loop control («Lock Time: Controls the lock time for the PLL frequency multiplier. Turn it all the way up to get crazy warbling tones», same deal on the PLL), and you`ve got the Hydra description covered. Even the self oscillation can be arranged, via the 4049`s VCO.

Build a Schumann PLL, and don`t bother torturing yourself with also rans. Just my POV.

If anyone can provide gut shots, it would be nice to test my theory.
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digi2t wrote:Build a Schumann PLL, and don`t bother torturing yourself with also rans. Just my POV.


Yeah, I'll get right on that.

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Hey a fellow Portlander! Trade Up is awesome, I saw that in there too.
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I have one. It's kind'a cool for weird sounds but I don't find that it tracks well enough for a part in a song... unless it is a weird, glitchy, noisy part.
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Mudfuzz wrote:I have one. It's kind'a cool for weird sounds but I don't find that it tracks well enough for a part in a song... unless it is a weird, glitchy, noisy part.


Would some gut shots be too much to ask?

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digi2t wrote:
Mudfuzz wrote:I have one. It's kind'a cool for weird sounds but I don't find that it tracks well enough for a part in a song... unless it is a weird, glitchy, noisy part.


Would some gut shots be too much to ask?

Cheers!

not really but it's in a travel case with my other pedals that aren't on my board so it might be a few days before I dig it out..
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