Post your latest pedal

[pantherairsoft]

9 minutes ago, LukeFRC said:

that's not something you see everyday is it? 

No, not so many of them around! I’ve wanted to try one for ages and the opportunity arose. 
 

I have A LOT of bitcrushers though, so I’ve promised myself, it either blows my mind, or I sell it on after I’ve had a good play.

 

We shall see!

[bassbora]

Just out of curiosity which bitcrushers do you have and how do you rate them?  I have been thinking about maybe getting a Frantabit next time Taylor has a build.

[pantherairsoft]

1 hour ago, bassbora said:

Just out of curiosity which bitcrushers do you have and how do you rate them?  I have been thinking about maybe getting a Frantabit next time Taylor has a build.

I owned a first run of Frantabit, but later sold it on when I was in dire need of cash. 
 

Other crushers I owned and sold: an old huge Bugbrand Bug Crusher, WMD Geiger Counter and the Civilian Issue version.

 

I also spent a lot of time with the Ottobit Jnr. It sounds fantastic, but there was an unavoidable volume spike when engaging it, which ultimately led to me not purchasing it.
 

I currently own:

Super Frantabit

WMD Geiger Counter Pro

Red Panda Bitmap 2

Frederick/Bugbrand Bug Crusher

Dr Scientist BitQuest

 

The most versatile is the Bitmap 2 IMO. The Geiger Counter Pro is incredible if you want to mix distortion and other sonic chaos in. The Frederick Bugcrusher is a great way to get no-frills sample rate reduction though as long as you don’t want expression control etc.

Edited 5 hours ago by pantherairsoft

[Raskolnikov]

Boss mt2 metal zone.  I’m using it as a preamp I love the eq.  It sounds good with the drive turned down.

 

i’m looking at their new PX1 multi effect next.  An emulation of all their vintage petals.  I might enjoy SY1 more w bass

Edited 6 hours ago by Raskolnikov

[bassbora]

13 minutes ago, pantherairsoft said:

I owned a first run of Frantabit, but later sold it on when I was in dire need of cash. 
 

Other crushers I owned and sold: an old huge Bugbrand Bug Crusher, WMD Geiger Counter and the Civilian Issue version.
 

I currently own:

Super Frantabit

WMD Geiger Counter Pro

Red Panda Bitmap 2

Frederick/Bugbrand Bug Crusher

Dr Scientist BitQuest

 

The most versatile is the Bitmap 2 IMO. The Geiger Counter Pro is incredible if you want to mix distortion and other sonic chaos in. The Frederick Bugcrusher is a great way to get no-frills sample rate reduction though as long as you don’t want expression control etc.

 

How do you rate the Frantabit against the Geiger Counter?

[pantherairsoft]

11 minutes ago, bassbora said:

 

How do you rate the Frantabit against the Geiger Counter?

The Geiger Counter is way more wild, as it’s basically a bitcrusher smashed into a super high gain distortion. The GC can do traditional SRR sounds etc, but that’s much easier on the pro.

 

If you want classic SRR sounds, I’d go with the Frantabit. If you want more chaos and harsh industrial tones, I’d go GC.

 

Overall, I think the GC Pro is one of my fav pedals of all time. It’s bonkers.

 

Worth noting that the regular GC, however, does not have a mix (the pro does), and so a good portion of tones in the original will be lacking low end (as is normal for bitcrushing), with no option to blend the lows back in without a mixer pedal. 

With my playing this afternoon with the Super Frantabit, in degrade mode, the SSR is far more subtle than I remember it being (and more so than any other bitcrushers I own). I need to play with it more this week.

Edited 6 hours ago by pantherairsoft