Here's a possible upcoming project. It's the Pearl Octaver, which does one and two octaves down, and one octave up.
Up until now, the only DIY version I know of used SMD IC's, so decided to have a go at making something a little more through-hole friendly. It was a total PITA to get a good layout, but I have more or less succeded. The octave down can be a little glitchy, which may be due to the two CD4013's I used. I have a couple others which I'm going to try out to see if that remedies it. Or, it may just be fundamental to the design, I honestly don't know.
The octave down tracking is really good, otherwise...pretty spot on. The second octave down comes through pretty well when blended correctly. The octave up is more subtle than some of the other octave effects I've done, but I was able to dial it in with the trimpot. I have only tested this with clean guitar so far, so feeding it a distortion might bring more of the octaves out. Even clean, it sounds pretty darn badass!
I had a little noise which I was able to eliminate by moving the 9v wire around. That may need to be relocated to a different part of the board. Overall, it's a real keeper, so I think a few of you might get into this.
More info on the Octaver: http://gaussmarkov.net/wordpress/circuits/octaver-clone/
I will be doing a demo of this one sometime this week.
(http://www.madbeanpedals.com/builds/gallery/lowRider1.jpg)
(http://www.madbeanpedals.com/builds/gallery/lowRider2.jpg)
Put my name first on the list for purchase when this things availble!
Wow! Amazing build and Pcb faceplate. This sounds cool!
If you sell the PCB one day, I'm in ;)
sounds awesome!! i can't wait to see it complete and for sale!
is that a purple pcb i see?
¡Órale, vato! 8)
Awesome!
A couple of questions about this one:
1. What does the other knob do?
2. If the other knob isn't Gain, is the pedal at unity when kicked in?
3. It would also be nice to have a "blend" knob to mix the amount of dry vs. wet.
This would be a darn cool project. My POG (old case) doesn't really fit on my board well so it would be nice to have a more compact octaver without paying two large. I use one up and one down on a few songs.
J
very cool!
Each knob is a blend. The fourth one dials in the clean signal, so you can mix whatever amount of clean and octave you want.
Oh my. Yes, please.
What do you put on your knobs to prevent shorting?
Quote from: madbean on February 28, 2011, 08:14:58 PM
Each knob is a blend. The fourth one dials in the clean signal, so you can mix whatever amount of clean and octave you want.
wow. this one may require a demo!
Quote from: night-butterfly on March 01, 2011, 05:31:00 AM
What do you put on your knobs to prevent shorting?
On those I used some of Barry's 'Pot Condoms' from guitarpcb.
That looks awesome! I'd definitely buy a PCB if you should decide to offer them. No other company sells projects like this one.
Now this is exactly what I was looking for!! I want to build an analog delay in the same box with this and with the aid of a volume pedal and a ceramic slider create some very spacious volume swells... ;D Hope to see this one soon Bean!
-Kaleb
Quote from: madbean on February 28, 2011, 05:35:15 PM
More info on the Octaver: http://gaussmarkov.net/wordpress/circuits/octaver-clone/
I will be doing a demo of this one sometime this week.
Hey Brian, did you ever get around recording something with this pedal? I'm really curious about it...Also, did you build this to Gaussmarkov's specs or did you modify it some?
Thanks dude!
-Kaleb
Sick! I will build one!
Is this pcb gonna make it to production?
I would love a PCB. My buddy has a POG that does similar stuff but also has 5ths and other crazy things.
I will buy ;D
Mmmmmm...yes please.
this is super sweet. love the etched face plate and project. I'm curious how it compares to the green ringer...
Fantastic! This is just what I need to make my bass sound MASSIVE! ;D
Wow, I barely remember this post, even. So any word on this PJ? I would still love to have one!!
This one is done and will be in the next batch of manufactured boards. I've actually completely redesigned the PCB for board mounted pots.
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GHARRRR! 'scuse me, just a lil excited about this one too :D
Your demo on youtube sounds great madbean! Can't wait!
Good to hear you got the quirks worked out! Really looking forward to this one.
Quote from: madbean on August 19, 2011, 09:45:07 AM
This one is done and will be in the next batch of manufactured boards. I've actually completely redesigned the PCB for board mounted pots.
Now that's a layout I can get on board with, Nice work Brian ;)
I'm definitely looking forward to this one - !
Would there be any way to mod this to have a "Two Octave Up" and an "Attack" knob. Regardles...I want...
An additional octave would require an add-on board of some type. It would need to be either be repeated circuitry from the Octaver or something else (like maybe transformer based).
An attack knob---meaning like sensitivity to pick attack, ie the stength of octaves depends on how hard you are playing? Or, something else?
Quote from: madbean on September 13, 2011, 02:14:57 PMAn attack knob---meaning like sensitivity to pick attack, ie the stength of octaves depends on how hard you are playing? Or, something else?
By "Attack" I'm thinking more about attack time. If the pot was all the way to the left the note would sound instantly when struck. All the way to the right and the note would swell up to volume. I'm refering to how the "Attack" slider responsed on the POG2.
man... i just found madbean pedals... how i would love a non smd (mojo believer to an extent) octave pedal... i was so stoked until i saw this board is no longer available!!! ughhh... i'm a believer in the old big box pog's over the new ones and i dug the lowrider demo more than any other octaver ive heard---love the fuzzy upper with the clean lowers
will this make a reappearance? if not, anyone know where a similar board exists? i know byoc sells the mutron octave divider board seperately from the kit... and the ring mod thing is cool, but damn i want two octaves down and one up!!!!!!!
It'll be available gain it's just out of stock. Preorder will be up soon I think. It's a great pedal
dang thats exciting!!! I cannot wait for this and the loophole!!! now those are some seriously bad ass effects i would have never thought i would be able to clone when i was getting into this!
Is there a demo of this? I got one, still have yet to build it though.
Quote from: azrael on December 31, 2011, 06:28:11 PM
Is there a demo of this? I got one, still have yet to build it though.
Here's a demo from bean himself
http://www.madbeanpedals.com/forum/index.php?topic=2492.0
Bean has ONE right now available
http://www.madbeanpedals.com/forum/index.php?topic=3451.0;topicseen
I have a violinist who has been searching for an octave pedal that would work for her. After doing alot of research I came to the conclusion that this just isn't possible without spending tons of money. But curiosity got the best of me and I built the lowrider anyways. I figured I would keep it didn't work for her. The day I finished it I took it over to try and it worked flawlessly. I was amazed! The oct up is meh... but with a little clean, a little oct down and a little 2 octave down it sounded like a full orchestra! This is by far my favorite build. Maybe i can steal it back to get some pictures. Anyway, Thanks Brian!