Glitchstorm is an Arduino based bytebeat synthesizer. In short this is a noise maker that generates chiptune style sounds. It’s a lot of fun to play with! In more detail, bytebeats are music generated with software via non-linear algorithm. The…
If you came to the previous workshop, you should have started the Fuzz Face. When you get all of the parts soldered to the board it’s time to put it all in an enclosure. This post covers drilling the box…
The next pedal building workshop at Noisebridge will be about building a Fuzz Face. If you’re in the bay Area check out the workshop on meetup! the Fuzz Face is a classic fuzz circuit with a bit of magic. its…
I built this a few years ago. I got it out and played it for a while. sounds pretty good. This is a Big Muffin with a diode lift switch, and a blend control. The PCB is from It…
This is my take on Tim Escobedo’s Ugly Face. I replaced the LM386 with a dual op-amp and and added a mix control. The LM386 is a great chip but its gain is limited to 200. A single op-amp can…
Big Muff Workshop at NoiseBridge You want o build a Big Muff, good for you! It’s not hard todo follow the steps below. If you’re using one of my PCBs the part numbers on the PCB correspond to the parts…
I found the Schraëg filter while surfing the Modwiggler and lines forums. Described as “Schräg is an expanded repackage of the Bastl Cinnamon multimode filter”. It sounded interesting and I have wanted to try having a project manufactured by a…
Resistors are the most common component you will encounter in electronic circuits. A resistor resists the flow of electrons. To understand this you first need to understand the concepts of voltage and current. Electricity is the flow of electrons. Electronic…
Zap Frequency is a clone of the Systech Harmonic Energizer. This effect is a parametric EQ with variable band width, frequency, and resonance. The effect is very strong! It would make a good wah if you control the frequency with…
Another Super Fuzz build. I used the first PCB I designed from a post over at FreeStompBoxes.org, read about that first build here. This one looked good but it didn’t work! I put it aside because the problem wasn’t obvious.…
The Fuzz by Retro Channel is a Fuzz circuit built around the CA3046 transistor array. It’s a lot like a Fuzz Face and Tone Bender. It makes use of all of the transistors on the CA3046 and sounds pretty good…
We need to talk about sustainers. A sustainer is a device that increases the sustain of your instrument. These come in a few varieties. There are pedal sustainers, handheld sustainers, and in guitar sustainers. All of these can be divided…