My crazy noisy multi fx pedal project
Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2008 11:17 am
i have this crazy idea of building the ultimate noise pedal for myself.
It will incorporate several (probably 3) FX that would be quite normal effects when used alone but could produce crazy sounds and destroy the guitar signal when used together.
Don't hold your breath too long. I'm not able to design circuits with the little DIY pedal knowledge I have now, i'm looking at building cool circuits found on the web, combine them and mod them a bit to expend their possibilities.
All this will have to be fitted in a 1590DD enclosure with 3 stomp switches and probably a lot of knobs and little switches..
it will feature:
- the thing modulator circuit.
it's a basic and simple to build ring modulator but it sounds quite nice.
i already almost built it.
I'll mod it with a switch placed before the rate pot allowing to choose 2 different resistors: that will give the possibilty to have very low rates to very hi rates.
i'll also put a switchable photo eye after the pot.
- The Psychtar circuit:
It's a circuit that make the guitar emulate a sitar sound and an octave fuzz.
I'm building it these days, it's almost done. I breadboarded it before: it sounds great and wicked.
- A mysterious 3rd effect:
my first idea was to put a buzzbox circuit. it's a simple but very nice sounding octave fuzz. i actually build it and all.
but since I heard the octave fuzz in the psychtar, i'm not so sure because the sound is quite close to the buzzbox.
i'm thinking of an enveloppe filter but any suggestions are welcome.
i'm also thinking of putting a switch to invert the order of the psychtar and thing mod or try other way to wire way together such as in parallel alongside a blend/balance knob...
Again if you have ideas of routing, I'd like to hear them.
Once all the circuit will be built, I'll try the different rouing option on breadboard and chose the most interesting one.
I almost forgot: i'll also add a feedback loop with a photo eye in the thing and maybe a 2 or 3 band EQ or a big muff tone stack somewhere in there..
i'll post pics to show how the project progress and maybe ask questions..
It will incorporate several (probably 3) FX that would be quite normal effects when used alone but could produce crazy sounds and destroy the guitar signal when used together.
Don't hold your breath too long. I'm not able to design circuits with the little DIY pedal knowledge I have now, i'm looking at building cool circuits found on the web, combine them and mod them a bit to expend their possibilities.
All this will have to be fitted in a 1590DD enclosure with 3 stomp switches and probably a lot of knobs and little switches..
it will feature:
- the thing modulator circuit.
it's a basic and simple to build ring modulator but it sounds quite nice.
i already almost built it.
I'll mod it with a switch placed before the rate pot allowing to choose 2 different resistors: that will give the possibilty to have very low rates to very hi rates.
i'll also put a switchable photo eye after the pot.
- The Psychtar circuit:
It's a circuit that make the guitar emulate a sitar sound and an octave fuzz.
I'm building it these days, it's almost done. I breadboarded it before: it sounds great and wicked.
- A mysterious 3rd effect:
my first idea was to put a buzzbox circuit. it's a simple but very nice sounding octave fuzz. i actually build it and all.
but since I heard the octave fuzz in the psychtar, i'm not so sure because the sound is quite close to the buzzbox.
i'm thinking of an enveloppe filter but any suggestions are welcome.
i'm also thinking of putting a switch to invert the order of the psychtar and thing mod or try other way to wire way together such as in parallel alongside a blend/balance knob...
Again if you have ideas of routing, I'd like to hear them.
Once all the circuit will be built, I'll try the different rouing option on breadboard and chose the most interesting one.
I almost forgot: i'll also add a feedback loop with a photo eye in the thing and maybe a 2 or 3 band EQ or a big muff tone stack somewhere in there..
i'll post pics to show how the project progress and maybe ask questions..
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