Ezhi & Aka Running for 78 Skip/Glitch/Sample Rate Reducer Pedal

WHAT I SAY: ezhi&aka makes some of the most inventive pedals out there. (“Out there” being the operative phrase.) They describe Running for 78 as producing the sound of a skipping CD player - as in when you’re running for the #78 bus. But that sells this pedal short. To my ears, it is the corrosion on your tin can telephone. It’s sun spot interference in the signal of the cosmos. It’s fizz and rust and rattle. And it is beautiful. It takes the cleanest of signals and returns them as if they’ve lived a life of hard knocks and hard-won wisdom. A fantastic tool in the sound-shaper's kit.

WHAT EZHI&AKA SAYS: Running for 78 is a CD skip/glitch/sample rate reducer pedal inspired by the way old portable CD players would glitch when shaken, for example when you are running for a bus with the player being attached to your belt. Based on a 12 bit obsolete delay IC using old 256Kbit memory, this pedal provides very natural sample rate reduction ranging from slight lofi tone to complete destruction beyond note recognition, but this is just the beginning.

The main feature is the CD skip/glitch effect controlled via envelope or a built in IR sensor. Simply moving your foot over the sensor chops the signal into tiny delayed pieces and scans through them producing the effect. Envelope control provides more straightforward glitch modulation controlled entirely by your playing. Both control sources can be combined.