Thursday, March 24, 2011

Infinity feedback looper

This is the first of my 'SPACE AGE' pedals, it's a single FX chain switcher with footswitchable internal electronic feedback loop.It can be used for 3 purposes: 1. to switch out a single effect or entire effects chain in a true, hardwire bypass, 2. to use internally applied feedback to create lots of interesting new sounds - create oscillators out of distortion boxes, increase the amount of regeneration on delays and chorus/flange type effects and 3. the 'extra' feature is that it can be used as an A/B or A+B box, which either switches between two outputs or adds a second output without shutting off the first one. This can be used to switch between two different amps, or if you have a Fender style two channel amp you can use it to channel switch or add a boost by switching on the second channel. This is a new implementation of the old 'two channel jumper' trick that has been used for a long time, but it's footswitchable which is a nice plus. The circuit is all passive so no batteries are needed, the only downside is there are no status LEDs so you have to tell by ear which mode you are in, which is usually easy to tell if you have the feedback switch on :)

No comments: