Cool Pseudo-Bit-Crusher Pedal

[speak_onion]

Squarewave Parade Downgrade V2:
http://thesquarewaveparade.com/DOWNGRADEv2.html

This might be a more controllable alternative to the Antenna. It seems cool to me. I wish there were samples on Bass, but I don't really think that's their target audience. I worry that it won't work well at instrument levels.

[whoatherechunk]

i saw this as well. very cool looking. anyone here own squarewave parade stuff?

[bigchiefbc]

Originally Posted by speak_onion

Squarewave Parade Downgrade V2:
http://thesquarewaveparade.com/DOWNGRADEv2.html

This might be a more controllable alternative to the Antenna. It seems cool to me. I wish there were samples on Bass, but I don't really think that's their target audience. I worry that it won't work well at instrument levels.

If you look further down that page, he does say that it works fine at instrument level:

"this is the input gain, which is in phase, has little or no frequency loss, and a ridiculous amount of gain ( over 200x ) so you can plug low level or passive devices directly into it with no need for an extra pre-amp. at its lowest setting it simply acts as a buffer, there is no input attenuation. like all of my devices its been designed to accept all synth, line level and instrument level inputs sources with no impedance issues"

I have never heard a sample of this on bass, but I was thinking about it long and hard when a Bitrman fell out of the sky into my lap. My search for bit-crushers is now over.

[bongomania]

http://thesquarewaveparade.com/sampl...hWithFrost.mp3
http://thesquarewaveparade.com/teaspoonSLIGHT.html
http://thesquarewaveparade.com/teaspoonCAS.html

I don't have any hands-on experience with these, but they look like a ton of fun. I know Squarewave Parade has been mentioned in many threads, but a search didn't turn up any obvious recent/large threads about them, so here's a bump out of curiosity.

[Taylor Livingston]

My understanding is that he now only sells his stuff on ebay for pretty big coin in extremely low quantities (there's that supply v. demand thing again), so I wouldn't be surprised if nobody here has anything of his.

[faceinbass]

My good friend has this one.
He uses it on guitar and it is pretty amazing in how crazy and un guitar like it makes the signal sound.

[megadan]

Do want! Looks like it's out of production and I've never seen one used for sale. Bummer.

[steevdeadman]

Joo want bitcrusher.... joo get bitcrusher...

http://mtlasm.blogspot.com/p/wrong-side-of-uranus.html

This thing is amazing, I got one a few weeks ago and it is by and far the best bitcrusher I have heard. And it doesn't cost you an arm and a leg (there might be a bit of a wait time, but you can count all the $$ your saving while you wait... LOL!)

I have to get around to doing a bass demo, but man does it rock.

[megadan]

Originally Posted by steevdeadman

Joo want bitcrusher.... joo get bitcrusher...

http://mtlasm.blogspot.com/p/wrong-side-of-uranus.html

This thing is amazing, I got one a few weeks ago and it is by and far the best bitcrusher I have heard. And it doesn't cost you an arm and a leg (there might be a bit of a wait time, but you can count all the $$ your saving while you wait... LOL!)

I have to get around to doing a bass demo, but man does it rock.

fantastic, thank you for the link!

[faceinbass]

want bass demo nao!

[grisezd]

Would be so nice to have a blend control, I think. I can't imagine it being terribly useful as a melodic instrument without one. Maybe that's not the point, but I often want just a touch of sour with my sweet.

[AleemRadunzel]

im sorry to harp on but.. the alesis bass multifx has a simple bitcrusher and downsampler.. cost me 30 quid including postage and includes some of the same effects as a bitrman..

it seems very stange to me to buy a high quality downsampler,,

[pygmygrizzly]

there were only 16 made.