weird fuzz coming... year2525 (videos added!)
Posted: Tue May 25, 2010 12:36 pm
year2525 (inspired by the amazing zager & evans tune) is the first in a series of fuzz/filter pedals that i'll be slowly releasing over the year...
i don't have an "official" description, but it's a lo-fi fuzz sent through an oscillator which acts as a filter, accentuating different harmonics and shaping the signal in different ways - at different points there is octave down, strange tracking, envelope-type effects and random notes. it has simple controls that are extremely interactive and have a very wide range of sounds available - push it with a heavy fuzz and everything craps out into oscillations while lowering your volume will get a completely different response (no cleanup here...). it's only powered by a 9v jack to save the environment and keep things consistent, as it is quite sensitive to voltage changes (a starve option is not entirely useful to anyone already thinking about mods...).
the closest thing i can compare it to is a grungy fuzz played through a fucked up cocked wah.
the controls are as follows:
z: volume, it's pretty loud
y: oscillator frequency, counterclockwise yields the most "normal" fuzz, while turning clockwise yields different harmonic/pitch changes
x: saturation, varying this changes the "blend" (best word i can use to describe it) of fuzz to oscillator. counterclockwise will give a more trebly signal with more of the oscillator harmonics and at certain settings an envelope-modulation effect, clockwise gives more bass/compression and less accented harmonics. this control will also affect the range of the oscillator to some degree...
<3 switch: a three-way range switch for the oscillator. center - high freq (plain fuzz>crackles), up - mid freq (high>low), down - low freq (mid>octave down and poor tracking)
there is also an internal trimpot which can be used to roll off some high end if you're playing through a bright amp - 6db/octave from around 10khz down to around 1khz. i chose to make the tone control internal to simplify and leave room for more additional surprises on later versions...
teaser pic/vid (better video demo coming soon):
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQqJdfZdnV8[/youtube]
i don't have an "official" description, but it's a lo-fi fuzz sent through an oscillator which acts as a filter, accentuating different harmonics and shaping the signal in different ways - at different points there is octave down, strange tracking, envelope-type effects and random notes. it has simple controls that are extremely interactive and have a very wide range of sounds available - push it with a heavy fuzz and everything craps out into oscillations while lowering your volume will get a completely different response (no cleanup here...). it's only powered by a 9v jack to save the environment and keep things consistent, as it is quite sensitive to voltage changes (a starve option is not entirely useful to anyone already thinking about mods...).
the closest thing i can compare it to is a grungy fuzz played through a fucked up cocked wah.
the controls are as follows:
z: volume, it's pretty loud
y: oscillator frequency, counterclockwise yields the most "normal" fuzz, while turning clockwise yields different harmonic/pitch changes
x: saturation, varying this changes the "blend" (best word i can use to describe it) of fuzz to oscillator. counterclockwise will give a more trebly signal with more of the oscillator harmonics and at certain settings an envelope-modulation effect, clockwise gives more bass/compression and less accented harmonics. this control will also affect the range of the oscillator to some degree...
<3 switch: a three-way range switch for the oscillator. center - high freq (plain fuzz>crackles), up - mid freq (high>low), down - low freq (mid>octave down and poor tracking)
there is also an internal trimpot which can be used to roll off some high end if you're playing through a bright amp - 6db/octave from around 10khz down to around 1khz. i chose to make the tone control internal to simplify and leave room for more additional surprises on later versions...
teaser pic/vid (better video demo coming soon):
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQqJdfZdnV8[/youtube]
