Dreadbox Disorder - fuzz/envelope filter

[Quatschmacher]

Sounds cool:

 

[Stofferson]

I've got one, very cool effect. plenty to dial in.

 

Might consider putting up for sale though. 

[Quatschmacher]

3 minutes ago, Stofferson said:

I've got one, very cool effect. plenty to dial in.

 

Might consider putting up for sale though. 

Is there any gate control on the fuzz?

[Stofferson]

21 minutes ago, Quatschmacher said:

Is there any gate control on the fuzz?

Yeah from about 50% centre upwards it kicks in.

[Baloney Balderdash]

Sounds and looks great, but what the hell is he actually saying from about the 2:07 point of the video to about 2:13?

 

Maybe it will be easier for a native English speaker to decipher his thick German accent there that makes it sound like absolute nonsense to me, as if he is suddenly speaking in tongues or something.

 

 

Edited April 17, 2023 by Baloney Balderdash

[fretmeister]

3 hours ago, Baloney Balderdash said:

Sounds and looks great, but what the hell is he actually saying from about the 2:07 point of the video to about 2:13?

 

Maybe it will be easier for a native English speaker to decipher his thick German accent there that makes it sound like absolute nonsense to me, as if he is suddenly speaking in tongues or something.

 

 

 

Turn on the subtitles!

[Bagman]

The Dreadbox Kinematic is a cool pedal

[Immo]

Just got mine to replace the Mooer Bass Sweeper and I'm blown away.

I love how nicely it couples with Emma Electronic DiscumBOBulator. 

See, Disorder has a CV sockets - including ENVELOPE OUT, and DiscumBOBulator has a SIDE CHAIN INPUT. The DiscumBOBulator is an autowah by default,  but if you connect these two, DBB becomes an envelope follower, controlled by Disorder's envelope even if Disorder is turned off; as long as it's plugged in to power source, the envelope - along with its sensitivity knob - works!

They could be stacked too, of course.

[Immo]

A follow-up for anyone to whom it may concern.

If you are a stoner/doom fuzz-head, follow the Method B described in the manual to tweak your Pre-Gain and turn this thing into a beast of a quasi-octave fuzz that can outgain many purpose-built gain monsters.
If you are a funky person, follow the Method A instead. Tweak it right and you won't get a bad setting from this baby.

If you want a little bit of both, still follow Method A. Even fine-tuned for funk-stank, it will deliver TONS of heavy gain if cranked.

Also, mixing it with a different wah/autowah pedal and toying with the knobs will allow you to do the vowel (formant) wah, and setting it right (either LPF and "-" or HPF and "+" can create nice funky variations on slow-attack effect.

[fretmeister]

I have one and it's huge fun.

 

I do wish the filter control knob at the top was shorter though - feels very exposed there and could be damaged by a stray foot.

I wonder why they just didn't use a regular pot like the other controls. Bit of a weird choice that.

[Immo]

On 08/12/2025 at 12:44, fretmeister said:

I wonder why they just didn't use a regular pot like the other controls. Bit of a weird choice that.

The knob directly corresponds to the "ENV OUT" CV jack that right is next to it (in the simplest terms, the more the red LED next to the ENV switch goes bright, the closest to 5V the voltage in that jack goes). Plus let's be honest, it's primarily an Eurorack synth pedal made by a company that does a very consistent design, and that sometimes forces them to render form that thwarts function. 😁

 

But I absolutely agree. This pot would be way easier and safer to use as a regular one.