So I've been on the lookout for projects that can accept control voltage (CV) clocks or modulation in an attempt to integrate my pedalboard and modular synthesizer, and Parasit Studio's got a cool handful of options.
Todays' build is The Corruptor ring modulator version 3.0 :
(https://i.imgur.com/ayJPFwx.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/Uaem78z.jpg)
Ring modulators are really something else.. the best explanation I could find was in an article at Sweetwater "it's an audio mixer that combines two signals and outputs their sum and difference while subtracting the original frequencies" -Jake Jenkins. I can grasp it when someone poetically oversimplifies the concept like that but certainly not to the point that I can predict what's going to happen.
The best way for me to approach ring modulators with trial + error + experimentation. It won't really do your favorite cover songs and the square-wave sound isn't for everybody, but if you've got an ear for peculiar riffs and noises, the Corruptor sort of writes them for you.
Like I said- I'm all about that CV at the moment so this build can switch on/off and between another SCHMORG module and a panel-mounted source. Other than that, it's a stock build. I made a little video showing a couple possible uses and sounds, as well as the range of the frequency control. I did my best to be music-like.
There's an Aion Convex in front of it to get a good input but I didn't mess with any other drives or effects for time's sake.
*By the way this is my first DEMO, so if you watch it- any critique would be neat. I'd like to know how it might improve for next time- I'm already looking into recording better audio quality..
WTF is this "SCHMORG?"
https://www.madbeanpedals.com/forum/index.php?topic=32053.0
Thanks for reading!