Effects in small housings

[Amitio]

Looking thourgh this forum you see a lot of cool looking effects!
The ones that have caught my eye are those really small catalinbread effects, which im gasin for hard now.

Just wondering whether there are anyother companies making pedals in such small housings.

Pic for people who are like what-

[TaySte_2000]

I've owned all but one of the Catalinbread pedals including the very rare Pheaton Phaser which he only made 5 of. I've seen a few other homemade pedals in these enclosures but generally your only going to get a boost or gain pedal in that size.

That Serrano they do is one of the best bass boosts available just adds the right amount of mojo to your sound.

I still own the Valcoder, V8 and hyperpak, if I didn't have 3 other boosts I'd get a Serrano again and the Ottava is always tempting me.

I don't really miss the Pheaton it was more an auto wah crossed with a phaser but due to its size it had clock noise issues

[Amitio]

Its a shame that they cant make other effects in these small cases, imagine how small a your board would be with just these.

We can all dream!

[TaySte_2000]

Well they make boost, overdrive/distortion, fuzz, octave fuzz, trem and if you can find it phaser/autowah

Now I spoke to Catalinbread recently about some other mini's they are planning I can't say anything currently but bass fx was mentioned and something very very cool.

[Nyarlathotep]

Small housings are awesome. Just look at Os' GeminiDrive for a great example of fitting a lot into a small housing.

[seanm]

It's mainly about space. At minimum you need two 1/4" jacks, power jack, a pot, and an on/off switch. That takes a lot of room. Add a battery and you have very little left for the actual circuit.

If you want more controls... that needs more space. Some of the larger pedals are larger only to fit the controls.

Are the small Catalinbread pedals battery powered?

[Amitio]

Originally Posted by seanm

Are the small Catalinbread pedals battery powered?

I think there power supply only!

[TaySte_2000]

Originally Posted by Amitio

I think there power supply only!

Yeah, no space for air in these things let alone a battery

[bongomania]

Originally Posted by TaySte_2000

Yeah, no space for air in these things let alone a battery

I've been trying to get some of my hydraulic effects into a smaller housing, but I can't quite do it unless I leave out the battery.

[Nyarlathotep]

Is that Hydrophase true bypass, or buffered?

[LuvMusic]

Originally Posted by TaySte_2000

I've owned all but one of the Catalinbread pedals including the very rare Pheaton Phaser which he only made 5 of. I've seen a few other homemade pedals in these enclosures but generally your only going to get a boost or gain pedal in that size.

That Serrano they do is one of the best bass boosts available just adds the right amount of mojo to your sound.

I still own the Valcoder, V8 and hyperpak, if I didn't have 3 other boosts I'd get a Serrano again and the Ottava is always tempting me.

So, it seems overall, you like these effects with bass? Am I reading your comment correctly?

I was just looking at the line and the V8 Fuzz looks interesting.

[TaySte_2000]

Originally Posted by LuvMusic

So, it seems overall, you like these effects with bass? Am I reading your comment correctly?

I was just looking at the line and the V8 Fuzz looks interesting.

Alot comes down to size I'm pushed for space so these add effects I really need while most are great I can pretty much name a better bigger pedal for all them, true though the bigger pedals would also be catalinbread ones for example the Semaphore trem has more modes than the Valcoder and nails all the Valcoder sounds but if you need a trem that small you only have one choice but you loose different modes and things but if that doesn't bother you and it gives you all the options you need then great.

So the V8 is cool but I'm using it mainly as an oscilator and it would never be my first choice fuzz.