Electro Harmonix Mainframe Bit Crusher

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Effects Pedal for Electric Guitar & Bass

Bit Crusher
Produces 80s-style lo-fi sounds reminiscent of early arcade games, home consoles and home computers
Reduces the sample rate from 48 kHz to 110 Hz, which leads to reduced audio quality and aliasing, ranging from fairly "clean" sounds to unrecognizable "crushed" sounds
Bit crushing from 24 bits to 1 bit increases sampling errors that creatively degrade the sound quality for dirty "old school" sounds
Selectable high / low / band pass filter
Sample Rate Tuning mode analyzes the input signal in real time and adjusts the sample rate to match the pitch of your signal or a specified interval above your signal
Programmable preset or expression pedal setting allows the sound to be saved or any combination of the controls on the mainframe to be controlled with an external expression pedal
Controls: Vol, Blend, Bit Depth, Sample Rate, Peak, Freq
Push buttons: EXP / Preset
Switch: Filter HPF / BPF / LPF
LED: EXP / Preset Mode, Effect On
Foot switch: Effect bypass
Input: 6.3 mm jack
Output: 6.3 mm jack
Expression pedal input: 6.3 mm stereo jack
Power supply connection: barrel connector 5.5 x 2.1 mm, negative polarity inside
Power supply via 9 V DC power supply (included)
Dimensions (W x D x H): 70 x 114 x 53 mm

Note: Battery operation is not supported.

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Available since November 2020

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Versatile retro fx

JBFuchs 31.08.2021

The pedal has loads of features, letting you explore different way of using downsampling to distort the sound and add different overtones. Especially the option to connect an expression pedal gives you a multitude of options in sound shaping. Especially the filter option is a brilliant touch. Be sure to look through the manual to unlock the full potential of the pedal.
On the downside the knobs are small with very little space in between, and the exp. jack is placed very close to the input jack meaning some cables will not fit at the same time. But these are minor concerns.

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Bitcrusher vom Feinsten

andi-m 02.04.2022

gibt vom Prinzip her nicht viel zu sagen... kann alles was ein Bitcrusher so braucht, Bittiefe (offenbar 2-16 Bit) und Samplefrequenz einstellbar, Es gibt Filtermodi Tiefpass, Bandpass oder Hochpass. Im Tiefpassmodus kommt nun das was diesen hier besonders macht... zweimal schnell den Einschalter drücken und die Samplefrequenz wird durch das Eingangssignal bestimmt. Die Samplefrequenz wird dann automatisch vom Eingangssignal abgeleitet. Der Sample Frequ Regler regelt anhand der erkannten Frequenz welches Vielfaches der Eingangsfrequenz vertwendet wird. Frequenz selbst, quint, Oktave, 2. Quinte, 2. Oktave. Was speziell bei obertonreichen Saiten krasse Effekte hervorbringt, die sonst kein Effekt so kann. Auch für Gesang begrenzt einsetzbar. Klang und Filterverhalten find ich super, das Rauschniveau sehr gering. Ist zwar nicht ganz billig, aber er ist auch sein Geld wert.

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Poco di più di un banale Bit Crusher

mauropallido 30.04.2021

Inizialmente piuttosto deluso. Sin dalla progettazione poco attenta, dove in un pedalino di dimensioni assai ridotte sono stati posizionati 6 potenziometri vicinissimi e duri da modulare, tanto da non riuscire ad utilizzarli con facilità poiché non vi è spazio sufficiente per le dita.
Deludente mi è parsa anche la risposta che da con un pedale d'espressione, ma poi lavorandoci un attimo si trova il modo di renderlo utile. Anche le caratteristiche e le possibilità di modulare il suono mi son sembrate meno complete di quel che mi aspettavo, ma smanettandoci ha evidenziato altre potenzialità, come quello di trarne un interessante suono simile ad un Fuzz molto sporco e "granulare".
In sostanza inizialmente mi ha un po' deluso, perché mi è parso poco di più di un banale Bit Crusher, ma lavorandoci il pedale fornisce sicuramente una buona gamma di possibilità di modulare il suono, e con un po' di pazienza si possono ottenere senza dubbio alcuni suoni interessanti e caratteristi. Infine la qualità del suono è sicuramente molto buona.

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Carsten1234 20.01.2021

Sehr guter Bitcrusher mit endlos vielen Möglichkeiten.

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