Tuesday, 22 May 2018

Hyper Light 2: More Hyper, More Light.

Hyper Light 1 had a good response, so I've got the version 2 on its way to me!

New features:

  • Modulation inputs for carrier frequency and time
  • Almost no treble bleed!
  • Improved feedback response (no lockup)
  • Better mix knob (external this time)
  • Onboard bypass indicator (I don't know about you but I think these are a godsend)
  • Better solder pads (sorry the other ones were thin as a rake!)
  • Optional SMD socket for the LMC567 as the DIP8 package is increasingly difficult to find

It's gonna be pretty! Oh and it's 1590BB now. It outgrew itself! If you're very clever it might go horizontally in a 1590B.

Wednesday, 9 May 2018

Shagpile envelope-controlled double tracking/chorus pedal

I've been designing this lately - the Shagpile - an envelope controlled double tracking/chorus pedal. Basically, instead of having an LFO control the clock speed of the second voice, it's controlled by a very wobbly envelope follower, so modulates in unpredictable ways rather than the smooth in-out of a chorus.

Two controls - flutter controls the gain of the envelope follower, taking it from barely a ripple to Clari-Not style huge wobbling. Tracking controls the delay time of the second voice, from barely-even-there to nearly a second later. When you strum chords with the tracking quite close and the flutter about halfway, it sounds a bit like a very wobbly chorus.

The single switch makes the second voice slide up in pitch or down in pitch.

Pics!


Just sent off for the second version of this in a prototype run, and they'll be for sale in the usual way and maybe even in a limited, full pedal version. Decal needs a little work, other than that I'm very happy with this oddball circuit.

No sound samples but you can hear it being played on all guitar parts in this tune: