A million hits

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I had to post this because it’s another site milestone.  317 verified layouts, 7600+ comments and we’ve finally got to a million hits.  Here’s the stats page from the admin panel which show how much traffic has increased nicely since the blog opened in 2008.  And look at the top posts, all ZVex!  Thanks guys … Read more

Emma TransMORGrifier

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Info about the original pedal: A compressor pedal incorporating the best attributes of classic pedals while simultaneously eliminating the shortcomings common to such vintage designs. Included are controls for the adjustment of Attack, Release, and Ratio that allow the user precise and continuous variation to their sound. These controls offer the ability to custom tailor … Read more

Catalinbread Galileo

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Info from ProGuitarShop about Catalinbread’s original: In January of 2012 I began speaking with Nicholas from Catalinbread about making us a dual overdrive pedal. I didn’t have anything specific in mind. I wanted to begin the discussion of putting two of his drive pedals in one box. After a couple of meetings and many cocktails … Read more

Analog Bit Crusher

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From a schematic on the Experimentalist Anonymous forum, this is what they wrote about it: This simple box realizes the common sample rate reduction effect in analog form. Sample rate reduction is essentially very low quality analog to digital conversion. A snapshot of the input signal is taken every so often and outputted. The effect … Read more