Crushsound | Farmer's Mill

[Doctor X]

its really solid metal construction, quite big and heavy but pretty indestructible, all the knobs and footswitch are really solid. very good build quality.

its a buffered pedal with a 3way switch at the back for off (turns off buffer) / full range effect / low freq range effect, there is an indicator light for when switched on, another that flashes in time when activated, and another to indicate if the boost circuit is activated
the footswitch is held down for momentary, doubleclick for always on (single click to reset to momentary)

soundwise its a random on/off tremolo with a very clean edge to the 'wave', i havent noticed any 'thump' as the sound alternates on/off.
there is rate, mix (from zero to full), and the most interesting part is the 'mill' dial.
the 'mill' is the random factor of the on/offs, as you increase the amount it increases the range of the randomness, so you'll get longer and shorter lengths of silence/sound (it may also be increasing the frequency that those longer segments occur as well as the actual lengths)

what that means in practice is that to the left the randomness is within a more predictable range and 'even-ish', and to the right it get progressively more chaotic sounding.

full applies the effect to the whole signal, with the mix affecting the depth of the sound drop, with the low range selector it only applies the effect to a fixed part of the eq spectrum with the higher part of the signal passing through

at the highest rate there is the usual drop off in perceived volume, the boost circuit when you click it on adds an immediate few db of level at its lowest setting, which to me was a little bit too loud to exactly match my bypassed signal.
i would have preferred the boost circuit to switch on at zero boost so that i could have dialed in just the 1 or 2 db that i wanted to volume match, rather than as a 'boost'

it's very hypnotic with sustained chords and washes of ambient sound, i like it at about halfway depth, or a bit more when set to low range, with the rate about halfway too.
it works well combined with a predictable modulation like chorus or phaser
i keep meaning to make demo vids of loads of pedals, i'll try and get around to doing some.

[MEC]

^ Excellent and accurate review there.

Behndy style: dan w rehouse!

I looked at something like that but the board is triangular and the smallest it would go would be the ILFDD size enclousure.

[goroth]

^ Excellent and accurate review there.

Behndy style: dan w rehouse!

I looked at something like that but the board is triangular and the smallest it would go would be the ILFDD size enclousure.

Triangle... wow...

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWOS9ffvltQ[/youtube]

[crushsound]

Thank you for the reviews!

Here's the triangle (pcb only):

[goroth]

Man, my gas is really increasing for this thing!

[Dogbrainz]

^ Excellent and accurate review there.

Behndy style: dan w rehouse!

I looked at something like that but the board is triangular and the smallest it would go would be the ILFDD size enclousure.

Definately keen to get one. It seems like it'd be rad for chaotic Nirvana-ish song endings.

Would definately like to hear more demo's of it used with delay/modulation effects and in a more chaotic sense with some fuzz/heavy distortion.
Doesn't seem like something you'd use in a bluesy context, as in the demo's, but would probably sound rad when used as Doctor X suggests, with delay or rhythmical modulation so that you could get a more controlled sound as well.

[Gigahearts_FX]

I have one, it's a great pedal. Used with a delay in front and a reverb behind with the mix around 10 o'clock you can get some amazing ambient textures. So far, so like. Plus the customer service is excellent.

[crushsound]

Hi!

Here's a review from Gizmag. BTW: You can see what's inside in the image gallery

http://www.gizmag.com/farmers-mill-crus ... iew/29750/

Best,
j

[crushsound]

And a video demo covering basics from Paris by Julien Bitoun:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvK3yhp2Rqo[/youtube]

Best,
j