Interesting concept..

charleshaupt wrote: Interesting concept..

+1. Looks very interesting. Love the layout as well.

Done!





Better pics, more info and video to follow (when time permits!) :]

As far as I have seen, this is the first time a tap-tempo LFO circuit has been utilized in a chorus/vibrato pedal.
The audio path in this circuit is kept analog, the only digital part is the tap-tempo and waveform generation.

Both sections are almost identical in controls, except the Tremolo has a "volume" control where the Pitch has a "blend" control. Chorus = vibrato + clean, so the blend knob permits any variation of the two.

The tempo rate can either be controlled with the "Rate" knob or tapping in a tempo with the middle footswitch.
The "multiplier" knob allows then converts that to 1/2, 1/3, 1.5, 2 or 4 times that.

Although built just for passion, if there's any interest I'd be open to do a run of 5 or so pedals if anyone would like to own one.

Regards,
Matt.

For interest, it began with a sketch:



Then painted the flower on with acrylic paints on the white power-coated enclosure:



Then applied the graphic (from the first post) followed by more clear-coat and baking to get a glossy finish.
Talk about labour-intensive! :]

What up,

Made 2 videos:

Explanation:

2min Jam:

Any comments welcome :]

Regards,
Matt.

Epic dude. Seriously.

I know this thread is about the Rhododendron, but man I liked the Icky thump... that LFO sounds sweet. Think I could have hours of fun with that!

Nice stuff!

Dude, those pedals you're making look absolutely top drawer. You've got skills man, and keep the posts coming. Really enjoying seeing what you're up to, even though I understand about 1% of the technical stuff.

Haha thanks man!
In a perfect world I'd spend far more time on pedal building than I do now,
Real life tends to get in the way of the fun stuff ?

Next step is to learn some microprocessor programming.
Then can do the really fun stuff like add presets, midi controllability etc ?

Please do that.