December 2018 update

Hi folks!
Here' alittle bit of news. :)

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New DIY project release!

Today it's the release of a new DIY project - the 1985 Guitar Synth

The 1985 Guitar Synth is the first fully digital Parasit DIY project followed by the (non-diy) Bitbreaker Deluxe.

The goal with the Bitbreaker Deluxe was to make an octave down pedal with as few components as possible (I wanted it to fit a 1590A enclosure), similar to the 8-bitar, but with more features. This was only possible using a microcontroller chip - The Attiny85. It is a really cool chip, because it doesn't need any external components to run and it's very small. It's a bit harder to program for, but I enjoyed the challenge/limitations.

The 1985 Guitar Synth takes the Bitbreaker Deluxe octave down functionality (but a bit simplified with 3 modes insted of 5) and adds a second oscillator. This new oscillator is based on a frequency counter, which makes it extra glitchy unlike anything I've done before. I also added a hidden feature, which took up most of the program memory...
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​I hope you like it. :)

The 1985 "robot face" PCB

I got into programming this summer, because it's something i've been wanting to learn for a long time. It has opened up a world of possibilites, so a few upcoming (non-diy) pedals will have digital chips. But I'll try to keep most of the future DIY projects being fully analog/CMOS based, since there's a bit of hassle to sell pre-programmed chips.

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Upcoming DIY Projects

• The Multiwave Guitar Synth

I have been wanting to do a guitar synth with other waveshapes beside square waves. This has resulted in the Multiwave Guitar Synth which will have sawtooth, triangle, square and a special ringmod mode aswell. It's a fully analog pedal. I expect this to be released very soon (early january if everything goes well).

• ASR pedal (I have no name for this one yet)

An ADSR (which stands for Attack, Decay, Sustain, Release) is something you usually find in synthesizers to control the envelope of filters and amplifiers. I've been working on something similar for guitar, with the Attack, Sustain and Release features. It will be triggered with either a foodswitch or an envelope follower to control a VCA. So that you can use it as a swell/fade in pedal, a wierd tremolo (it will have an auto-retrigger feature) or a glorified killswitch. It will have a external trigg input and CV output for use with other gear. This pedal is still in developement.

That's all for now. More info about these projects coming soon!
/ Fredrik

The Multiwave Guitar Synth PCB