The idea is to combine a Fuzz/Distortion with a parametric EQ. This build combines switchable octave, Rat style hard clipping, into a Harmonic Energizer type parametric EQ, with some added clipping on the output because the output gets pretty hot.…
Glitchstorm is a bytebeat synth from Spherical Sound Society. What are ByteBeats? What do they sound like? Try out this online ByteBeat Composer. My first version of this was particularly bad. This will hopefully offer some redemption. I had some…
This was my version of the Ugly Face. I replaced the LM386 with a dual op-amp. I used one op-amp as an input buffer and amplifier, the extra op-amp as a mixer. The idea was to mix the input with…
I’ve been building this tremolo for years, I think it sounds really great. I found it in the Stompboxology News letter, which I bought around 2000! I’m in the process of learning Kicad, I wanted to learn how to make…
Working on making PCBs with Kicad and SMD components. I went to my go to project the Ugly Face by Tim Escobedo. What ever happened to Tim Escobedo? I took the original Ugly Face with a couple value changes and…
A few fur covered Ugly Face clones. This circuit is so much fun. It really needs an update. Ideas coming soon!
Browsing the internet today, I found this: Looks like they have mocked up a Boss style enclosure using PCB material, hard to tell for sure. Great work! I love a custom enclosure.Explore this site and translate some pages, there…
This is a Rat Clone. I made this with an LM308 in a “can”, the TO-99 package. I also used a DeMont 3PDT. This is a high quality switch that is rated to last for 200,000+ cycles. Those standard blue…
Awhile back I built the Big Muff Plus by Mic Tester, over at FreeStompBoxes.org. This is a Big Muff with a JFET input and output buffer, and a James tone stack, which offers Bass and Treble controls, for a wider…
I put a star in the title of this post because my analysis is going to be really rudimentary and amateur. It’s just where I’m at in my understanding. That said lets look at the Vulcan, which is a great…
I know they warned us. I’m so sad about this. They want people to migrate to Fusion but, it costs $940 per year. That’s crazy. So expensive. How many people are paying a thousand dollars a year for software support…
There was a very enthusiastic turn out at the last pedal building workshop. We had some successful bread boarding, drilled a few enclosures, and debugged a couple problem pedals. Thanks to Tayda Electronics, and Stomp Box Parts for sponsoring the…