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Fun FX Boxes

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The Comet

The Comet is a combo harmonizer and 4 second delay. I like to run the Zephyr through it.

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SampleTron

The SampleTron is a low bit-rate sampler. Features 3 banks of up to 3.3 seconds each, or one 10 second bank. Alter-able pitch, too.

Delay Array

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The Delay Array houses 3 different delay units with a 4 channel output control and a remote footswitch. I haven't done a piece of rack gear in a long time! Commission for guitarist Kelly Coyle.

Modulation Analyzer

The Modulation Analyzer is two different delay units in one! One segment is a completely over-driveable wack-out-able modulation delay combined with a 2 second delay with a sample and hold feature. Ambient loops of heaven!

 

Polyphase Modulation Analyzer

The Polyphase Modulation Analyzer is a commision for Mikael in Sweden. Dual independant delay unit. One delay does looping and the other does modulation.

Saturn Ring Mod

The Saturn Ring Modulator is built into an old Hickock Test Oscillator case. Leather box, two analog guages and beautiful birdseye brown bakelite. I didn't have to drill any new holes! I just scooped out the old guts and installed the ring mod circuit (which, by-the-way, sounds way awesome!!).

The Belvedere

The Belvedere is a 250 second delay/looper/sampler. Tweakable to act as a flanger or echo/tremolo unit. Yes- 250 seconds, not milliseconds- over four minutes of loop! The meter is from a cathode tube rejuvinator, the knobs from a 60's era light organ and the nameplate came off of a 50's mopar.

The Monterey is like the Belvedere times two! Contains two 4 and a half minute sampler/delays. Does reverse loop and overdubbing as well. Commission for BT in California.

The Monterey

Case Detail

YellowSampler

The Yellow Sampler is a very basic 4-bit sampler with pitch control. I also added a circuit-bent modulation input. The circuit came out of a toy I found at the Exploratorium in San Francisco.

The Forbin Project

The Forbin Project is a kind of vocoder/harmonizer/modulation effect. You can use the built-in mic or plug something external into it. "This is the voice of world control..." Went out to Benjamin in California.

Doyle's Device

Doyle's Device is a combo distortion, delay and envelope filter. Commission for Jason in Ireland who wants it for his theremin!

SynthBox

The Synth Box is a great multi-filter/multi-timbred/envelope-following fx box owned by Pat Hillander of the Chicago-based band Schroeder.

MineSweeper

The MineSweeper is a reverse delay and flanger unit. Some parts salvaged from a minesweeping unit...

Green Echo

The Green Echo is a great modulation-type delay box. This one is in London with Nick Rhodes and my 400 Synth.

Devine Dual Delay

The Devine Dual Delay is a combo reverse delay and 2 second looping delay. A commission for Kyle Devine of the Winnipeg-based group nêken.

Atomic Delay

The Atomic Delay is a one second looping delay mounted inside of a Victoreen Geiger Counter. When you engage the loop mode, the radiation meter moves to the "danger" setting!

 

Vwoxy Delay

The Vwoxy Delay is a commission project for Florida-based band RainyDayDallas. Mmmmm...orange juice.....

Vwoxy Delay Click on the box.

 

The MitchBox

The Murcorder is a delay and reverb device inside an almost spooky-looking meter case. Commission for Mitch Dane in Nashville!

Backwards Delay

The Backwards Delay box is just that- this has gone on to the secondary market as well...

New Supertronic

The new Supertronic Phaseshifter has a RotoPhoneVibe built-in! This is a commission for Mr. Leung in Hong Kong.

OrangeFlange

The Orange Flange was a commission for Shawn. A cool blue LED, battery test meter and highway cone orange- what more could you flange for?

EchoVibe

The EchoVibe has changed hands a couple of times. Analog echo and vibrato with lots of parameters!

Stabilized

The Stabilized is a combo distortion and looping delay unit re-housed into a cool retro portable reel to reel case. I left the microphone attached and you can patch it up to the effect circuit! This was a commision for Shawn out in California.

 

 

DBSP

The David Boyer Sonic Project was a commission for its namesake. Looping delay, distortion and flanger.

The I-49 Tremelo Oscillator generates it's own tone or can be used as a stand-alone tremelo. Sine and square wave modulation!

I-49 Tremelo Oscillator

 

SlapBox

The SlapBox is a simple echo unit now owned by Tom Heinonen.