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I think in the release doc you listed about 14kHz.  I haven't had a chance to fiddle with it but 100pF gave me enough wiggle room to nail just about anything.

I also went through clock frequency modding as well. I totally agree that this will s the analog delay that all others will be compared to. I plan on doing a sound clip as well this weekend. Can't wait to see what you did with your enclosure Gordy!

Happy Birthday Brian!!!

anamorph. it has longer delay time. I think overall it's a better sound even though build wise they are very similar.

Dude, this one is museum quality.  Those guts look like a computer render.   

Thanks John, I think I finally figured out this pedal building thing hahaha

The guts do look like that! They're almost trippy with that curve in the wires, which goes well with the sound. The PN-2 was definitely the first tremolo I wanted but they were already out of production by that time.

Now is the perfect time to build one then!

Bad ass build & demo, dude!

Thanks Keefe, you did all the real work. Thanks for making awesome stuff!

As usual, your graphics, wiring, photography, and even the demo are all top-notch! Stellar work!

Thank you, hopefully it inspires people to wanna build cool pedals like this one and make noise with them.

Excellent work, Chris!

That demo is super trippy with phones on, and while it messed with my equilibrium for a brief moment, I think that's a good thing that's how you know it works.

I think I need to get one of these on queue.

Yes, this is an awesome project and such a fun pedal.

Stellar work as ever - guts and those pcbs look amazing. One of my favourite pedal demos!

I can't wait to show the revision that's coming to my build!

Well, I guess it's time to start doing build reports again. This was a fun project and something different. The panacea is a clone of the boss pn-2 tremolo and stereo panner. Props to Keefe at lectric-fx for such a cool project and excellent execution.

The PN-2 was the first dedicated boss tremolo pedal and was released in 1990. It uses the discontinued VCA chip used in the first version of the TR-2. The pedal offers both trem and panning of both triangle and square wave form. The original pedal had stereo in and out but the panacea was simplified to mono in and stereo out, and it is possible to still make it stereo in as well. The tremolo is a standard tremolo that while good is not as refined and versatile as the TR-2, and will be a dual mono sound when using a stereo rig. The panner is where the pedal shines. It's essentially the same thing as tremolo but instead of dual mono it splits the signal between the two outputs panning between them. Going between two amps can be trippy but to fully appreciate the effect you need to experience it panned hard left and right in headphones.

The build itself was very simple and straightforward. The stacked board design.is very well thought out and is very stable thanks to the standoffs used. During testing the 4pdt switch board was not yet available so I improvised and used what I had on hand. For the enclosure I went with brother voodoo since he was perfect to represent the trippy and swampy nature of the effect. For the sound clip there is no video this time, I simply looped something simple and ran it direct to the interface and panned each output hard left and right in my DAW and used a plugin for the amp modeling. I only used the panner modes since everyone knows what trem sounds like. The drive parts use my OD-3 build. Make sure you use headphones when you listen to get the full effect.




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This is so awesome, more stereo fun. Great job Lucas!

Having built both as well as many other delays with and without modulation I will echo everything that Brian has said. The modulation of the DMM is far superior, much more musical and doesn't feel like an after thought like the optical based modulation. The increased headroom and the changes made to the compander make the DM-2 sound much more pleasing. The clock changes are fantastic and makes sourcing parts not only easier but cheaper. also, this has the addition of a stereo out. The anamorph is a superior project in every way and has dethroned my cherished AQBDLX from my pedalboard.

great Job Clinton!

'76 Champ. Love that amp.

to verify functionality and proof of life I use the JMK test rig on my bench, but for actually rocking before boxing I use an actual amp. my new squeeze is a 73 vibro champ that I bought a few months ago. I used to have a 77 champ but sold it and always regretted it. I recapped this one and put a 10" speaker in it.

Anamorph build docs are up. PCB releases tomorrow!

Incredible project!

can also confirm it is an incredible project!

poly chorus is the same circuit as the echo flanger. Follow the bias procedure in the lectric-fx dandy horse and you should be able to get it working, assuming your poly chorus uses the mn3005. Having built the dandy horse myself, it's not too bad.

Resurrecting this one for a qq:

Did you use a CoolAudio THAT2181? Curious how those work out.

I did use the cool audio chip and found it worked just fine.

I've shown this one the past couple build reports in the demo videos so I'll just go ahead and give it a proper build report. I had a previous build report of the Aurum but that was my modified version of the lower gain mode. This pedal is the stock project based on the turbo mode of the OD-2r. The OD-2 was the first all discreet gain pedal from boss and another of the hidden gems out there.

So what's the difference between the two modes? Added gain stage and lower voltage bias for more drive and compression. The turbo mode can do a medium to border line lower high gain sound compared to the low/med drive on the standard mode. This can do some really nice crunch type sounds. It has a nice midrange character but not as pronounced as something like a SD-1.

For the enclosure I decided to take this one in more of a @peccary direction. Aurum means gold and I could have done another yellow drive pedal but went with Melissa Gold aka Songbird (Screaming Mimi) and a cool 80s vibe with lots of pink against a matte dark gray tayda box. All in all it's a nice drive pedal with a nice sound and a different topology and a good build for something a little different.