Costa Mesa, CA, United States
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"What we have here is a failure to communicate"Inspired by Roger Grant's idea to mimic loss of fm radio signal through the use of a simplified fm modulator/demodulator scheme.As a young child, I would hide under the table when Roger came around. Later, when I first started in electronics, he gave me a bunch of parts, tools and bench equipment.Controls interfere with demodulation accuracy resulting in familiar yet unexpected signal degradation and noise. Decoherence at its finest.CONTROLS:- TUNE: Like turning the dial on your receiver, the TUNE parameter sweeps through a wide variety of sounds. From subtle artifacts, to extreme textures, noise and distortion. Summmed with CV at T input.- SHIFT: Shifts the accuracy of tracking the incoming modulated signal. Sometimes acts as a filter. Highly dependent on TUNE.- DRIVE: Controls the input level, from clean to dirty. Pushing the DRIVE control generates extreme non-linearities from the modulator/demodulator circuit. Affects both the wet and dry signals.- WET: Amount of wet signal at the output.- DRY: Amount of dry signal at the output.- R: Preset range of the TUNE parameter: * 1 normal * 2 extended- F: Apply voice filter ~(300Hz-3kHz) to wet signal: * 0 filter off * 1 filter onCONNECTIONS:- IN: 1/4" Instrument input- OUT: 1/4" Output- T: 1/8" CV input for TUNE- 9V: 2.1mm 9VDC centre-negative tip, >30 mANOTES ON INTERACTIVITY- The TUNE, SHIFT, DRIVE and RANGE controls are highly interactive.- The higher the DRIVE, the more artifacts will be generated.- TUNE is probably the widest, most non-linear, finest control ever included in our products. Micro adjustments here will drastically change the result of the demodulation.- TUNE and SHIFT are mutually dependant, almost like they are the same control. By tweaking both, it almost seems like there is endless varieties of sounds.- The RANGE switch shifts the whole palette of possibilities.- Wet signal path is intentionally out of phase allowing for special interactivity between WET, DRY and FILTER.- If the original signal is still present on the wet side, adding dry signal will cancel it out leaving only the distortion artifacts.- If voice filter is activated in these same conditions, the result is a kind of mid-scoop instead of the usual bandpass.FEATURES AND USES:- JFET pre-amp- CV on TUNE- RFI/EMI approximator- FM/AM radio quality reducer- volatile and unpredictable distortion •noise, pop, crackle and squeal generator - impress your friendsTECHNICALS:- true bypass- dimensions 4.7" x 3.8" x 1.9" - input impedance 1MΩ- output impedance 1kΩ- power supply 9 9.6VDC - current draw 30mA @ 9.6VDC
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