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Bit Crushing without a Bit Crusher

TaySte_2000

TaySte_2000

Jun 23, 2001
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#1
I'm wanting to make some of the stuff I have sound a bit more lo-fi and such. I don't want a standalone bit crusher really I had the CoPilot Antenna and while I liked the direction it was going in I'd rather try something else before I go back to it.

So basically I'm wondering what is involved in analog bit crushing and can you do it with a combination of fuzz's etc?
 
#2
Well, certainly you can get all kinds of raging grrkkkntttddrrrssff from an analog process, but in order to actually get the bit-crush effect you have to at least veer into the grey zone between analog and digital. I'm sure sombody could use a BBD chip and a flip-flop CMOS to create something close. But if it was me I'd be more inclined to get an old C64 or Amiga or an Apple II, with a working sound card, and try to use that as a signal processor. :) (I realize that's not at all what you were asking, but that's just too bad. :eek: )
 
#7
No idea if this works with bass: Everman Lo Fi Filter

o what's the Low Fi Filter?
The Low Fi Filter is what you get when you combine an adjustable wah type filter, a highpass, low pass and band pass filter circuit, custom degredation diode control, white noise source, a high gain boost circuit and even a slight octave tone all in one​

The samples don't help much either.... but it's cool idea for sounding like AM radio.
 

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