germanium degrades as far as the electrons make it travel I have been theorised-
but frack me- where does it go?
fuzz off!
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- KVRAF
- 5140 posts since 22 Jul, 2006 from Tasmania, Australia
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- addled muppet weed
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- 105824 posts since 26 Jan, 2003 from through the looking glass
its a pretty good little pedal really, considering on release, they were dirt cheap. no more expensive than a basic big muff. (obviously an additional expression pedal adds to that). but plenty of choice too, has the wah and vocal filter, both of which can be pre or post wah. then there's a range and starve too. so definitely worth looking at imo
i don't know if there's any sonic difference, but this is the original cockfight stomp pedal, not the cockfight wah, which was later released.
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- KVRAF
- 2565 posts since 2 Jul, 2010
I finished building my original Eurorack distortion/fuzz module, so here's another Fuzz-off entry! Apologies that this one ended up sounding way more heavily-produced in the end. I didn't use that many plugins, honest.
https://soundcloud.com/phaseboundary/imrae-fuzz-off-2
It's actually quite a mild fuzz compared to other entries, but there's a bit of hyper-chaos mixed in, which you can think of as a modulated DC bias. The lead parts are also using the Befaco Rampage as a square-wave-ifier which makes them bright and steady... until they crackle out!
https://soundcloud.com/phaseboundary/imrae-fuzz-off-2
It's actually quite a mild fuzz compared to other entries, but there's a bit of hyper-chaos mixed in, which you can think of as a modulated DC bias. The lead parts are also using the Befaco Rampage as a square-wave-ifier which makes them bright and steady... until they crackle out!
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- KVRAF
- 5752 posts since 29 Sep, 2010 from Maui
I just got both the Fairfield fuzz and the Polarbear Drowner in the mail. The Fairfield unpleasant surprise is instantly my favorite fuzz.
The Drowner is very cool as well, the fuzz is good, though not remarkable imo. It get's pretty interesting when you add the bit crusher and reverb. You can bring your own fuzz or whatever and then crush it. Sadly, I still need to buy an expression pedal to make the most out of it I think.
Off to work on some examples...
The Drowner is very cool as well, the fuzz is good, though not remarkable imo. It get's pretty interesting when you add the bit crusher and reverb. You can bring your own fuzz or whatever and then crush it. Sadly, I still need to buy an expression pedal to make the most out of it I think.
Off to work on some examples...
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- addled muppet weed
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- 105824 posts since 26 Jan, 2003 from through the looking glass
that was bloody great!!imrae wrote: ↑Tue Jan 18, 2022 8:30 pm I finished building my original Eurorack distortion/fuzz module, so here's another Fuzz-off entry! Apologies that this one ended up sounding way more heavily-produced in the end. I didn't use that many plugins, honest.
https://soundcloud.com/phaseboundary/imrae-fuzz-off-2
It's actually quite a mild fuzz compared to other entries, but there's a bit of hyper-chaos mixed in, which you can think of as a modulated DC bias. The lead parts are also using the Befaco Rampage as a square-wave-ifier which makes them bright and steady... until they crackle out!
very nice fuzz too, milder perhaps but still has that "wooly" edge to it,
extra points for diy
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- addled muppet weed
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- 105824 posts since 26 Jan, 2003 from through the looking glass
ooh , look forward to these, the drowner sounds really interesting to me!! (should have known this thread might end up costing me moneypekbro wrote: ↑Tue Jan 18, 2022 9:21 pm I just got both the Fairfield fuzz and the Polarbear Drowner in the mail. The Fairfield unpleasant surprise is instantly my favorite fuzz.
The Drowner is very cool as well, the fuzz is good, though not remarkable imo. It get's pretty interesting when you add the bit crusher and reverb. You can bring your own fuzz or whatever and then crush it. Sadly, I still need to buy an expression pedal to make the most out of it I think.
Off to work on some examples...
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- KVRAF
- 5752 posts since 29 Sep, 2010 from Maui
Here's a quick test run of the Drowner, I really need to get an expression pedal or something, the bit crusher needs modulation. I have serious difficulty trying to play while adjusting the knobs at the same time, with my hands. 
Anyway, some of these pedals may need multiple examples heh.
drowner test
Anyway, some of these pedals may need multiple examples heh.
drowner test
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- addled muppet weed
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- 105824 posts since 26 Jan, 2003 from through the looking glass
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- addled muppet weed
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- 105824 posts since 26 Jan, 2003 from through the looking glass
pekbro wrote: ↑Wed Jan 19, 2022 3:37 am Here's a quick test run of the Drowner, I really need to get an expression pedal or something, the bit crusher needs modulation. I have serious difficulty trying to play while adjusting the knobs at the same time, with my hands.
Anyway, some of these pedals may need multiple examples heh.
drowner test
yep! thats definitely my kind of toy!!! fuzz plus bitcrush? whats not to love???? 
and a reverb too!
nice find, id not seen that before you mentioned it either
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- addled muppet weed
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- 105824 posts since 26 Jan, 2003 from through the looking glass
awesome!! i dont have a dedicated guitar seq, but one of the meris pedals has it built in to the bitcrusher, and it does add something different to guitar imo
i have also used my modular to sequence the bugcrusher, which was cool, but felt excessive
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- KVRAF
- 5752 posts since 29 Sep, 2010 from Maui
It's cool, a really nice pedal. The guy ain't screwing around as quality is high. He has salesvurt wrote: ↑Wed Jan 19, 2022 8:27 pmpekbro wrote: ↑Wed Jan 19, 2022 3:37 am Here's a quick test run of the Drowner, I really need to get an expression pedal or something, the bit crusher needs modulation. I have serious difficulty trying to play while adjusting the knobs at the same time, with my hands.
Anyway, some of these pedals may need multiple examples heh.
drowner test
and a reverb too!
nice find, id not seen that before you mentioned it either
occasionally I guess, got it during his blackfriday sale for $200-ish. He's based in Croatia
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- addled muppet weed
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- 105824 posts since 26 Jan, 2003 from through the looking glass
im not in purchase zones at the minute, but once im straight again, ill have a look around. otherwise just keep an eye on him for sales
croation is preferable to american, but only slightly since brexit
seriously, costs almost as much to get something from 2 bloody hours away, as it does from you or australia!!! ridiculous!!!
croation is preferable to american, but only slightly since brexit
seriously, costs almost as much to get something from 2 bloody hours away, as it does from you or australia!!! ridiculous!!!
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- KVRAF
- 5752 posts since 29 Sep, 2010 from Maui
Here's the Drowner on the Sequential Pro 3 (mono mode), a factory bass preset.
Starts out dry then: fuzz>reverb>bit crusher>fuzz+rev+bit crush>shimmer. Something to that effect.
You can choose the order of the effects chain, eg fuzz>crush, crush>fuzz, so I do that through each
crush effect. I don't mess with the wet/dry, it's set to about 40% or so.
Anyway, just a chance to hear everything with some knob tweaking. enjoy
Drowner Pro 3 test
Starts out dry then: fuzz>reverb>bit crusher>fuzz+rev+bit crush>shimmer. Something to that effect.
You can choose the order of the effects chain, eg fuzz>crush, crush>fuzz, so I do that through each
crush effect. I don't mess with the wet/dry, it's set to about 40% or so.
Anyway, just a chance to hear everything with some knob tweaking. enjoy
Drowner Pro 3 test
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