Wednesday, July 24, 2013

cherry sours synth in the lobby

Here's a demo of both my kermit lunchbox amp, (sold) and my cherry sours synth which is currently on ebay right now. This was shot in that really shiny lobby in between the golden harvest and the Kushite. The acoustics are great in there, and all the GH employees had gone home so I had free reign to do this while Jam closed up the shop. Enjoy!

Tuesday, July 23, 2013

Altoids low pass filter

Here's some more of my wonderful altoids tin modular low pass filter. After about four years of doing demo videos of the uniquely vexing atari punk console I've developed a style of playing it that has just evolved from trying my hardest to convey through youtube just how cool and musical the APC is. My routine goes as follows: I put a spool of thread on top of my head and make sure it balances there the whole time; this step is very important! Then I set the right knob all the way to low and then sweep through all the stepped tones, done. Next, I move the range knob up a notch and then sweep through all the tones from low to high again, check. Guess what I do next? You guessed it! I repeat that over and over again until my head explodes like that guy on scanners. Doing this whole routing with puffhandy's dandy modular altoids low pass filter has changed my life! It's made me grow a little taller and my greasey skin cleared up. My teeth are whiter and my lawn looks better, in fact, I am pretty sure that puffhandy's dandy modular altoids low pass filter saved my marriage!

I shot this In Arcata at the Kushite and at the end you can see G street out the window when baby Olive pulled the plug on the whole thing .

Saturday, June 8, 2013

Altoids modular synth low pass filter

This is my new altoids modular low pass filter, it's the same filter I use on a lot of my instruments placed in a home all by it's self for use with any instrument you wish. It works well with my atari punk consoles, casio sk-1, any circuit bent device or even your guitar if you use a distortion pedal or some kind of preamp first in line. it has 1/4 inch in and out, power led, cut-off control knob and it runs on a single self-contained nine volt battery, (May be included)
here's a demo:

and another one:

Monday, June 3, 2013

8-BIT Fuzz true bypass synth distortion pedal


8-BIT FUZZ SYNTH octave synth distortion pedal
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8-BIT Fuzz true bypass synth distortion pedal

8-BIT Fuzz  true bypass synth distortion pedal
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Gated high gain Fuzz with synth octave tones. Sub frequencies with layer upon layer of saturated fuzz. Turn the sensitivity knob, and you have an envelope effect. With that control you can dial in rise and fall of the tone gain and octave pitch that corresponds to your picking. It produces a lot of talkey vowel-type sounds, almost like an auto-wah with distortion. The other knob is volume/ output.
These pedals are all made to order. You will have your pedal in two weeks or less. As soon as I receive your payment I can order any color pedal box you like and have it in three days. After that, it takes about four hours to build the pedal and then, based on what art work you like I will then paint it in an hour or two. If you like any of the designs here I can reproduce any of them. I can also do anything else you like, just ask. You can get a plain box in your color, or take five dollars off your total and you can have a plain metal box.
this pedal includes these features:
neutrik 1/4 inch jacks (in and out)
volume and sensitivity controls
LED (you pick the color, I have white, yellow, amber, blue, red, green, UV/purple)
runs on internal 9v battery snap or 9v adapter (tip negative)
true-bypasss switching
here's a demo video:
http://youtu.be/E-XvhaUNGsM

Saturday, June 1, 2013

OK I'm officially back now!

mini lunchbox APC with filter.


9 volt lunch box amp



9 volt lunch box amp

8 Bit Databass Synth Fuzz / Ring mod no input demo


This is a video of the pedal by it's self without any input. The 8 bit databass is A all new pedal. It's Two effects in one. On one side you've got a synth fuzz that is a square wave oscillator with a light sensor, A faux theremin, for purists. Its a square wave oscillator/ fuzz pedal; the synth is a VCO that is powered by whatever instrument you are playing through but you can switch off the gate and use it as a stand alone instrument. The fuzz/synth side has volume, sensitivity, and power starve. On the other side, Its a ring mod / weird LFO/ tremolo effect with a lot of range. There are blend and rate controls for that effect. Both effects work great together to make some unconventional sounds no one else has ever recorded.

It's IT!, the bit crushing ring mod pedal.

This is a hand-built LFO/ring mod/tremolo type effects pedal that I make. Yellow die cast aluminum enclosure, yellow 5mm led, true bypass switching, volume and frequency controls, black knobs, neutrik jacks, alpha pots, a 9 volt adapter jack (as well as an internal battery snap). With the frequency knob at it's lowest level, the pedal sounds like a really unconventional and weird LFO/tremolo. As you sweep that knob clockwise, the weirdness escalates into ring modulator/bit-rate reducing type effect that is totally unique. Each pedal is tested and hand made with care to last through the heaviest gigging. please check out the demo video and feel free to ask any questions.