circuit bent boss ps-2 delay synth pedal sampler lfo

spunkytoofers rabbit hole delay unit

circuit bent boss ps-2 delay sampler synth/pitch shift pedal

with expression pedal/footswitch inputs

and alternate wet/dry outputs

here are the modifications:

i've been bending this pedal for several years now. i've also owned and used this pedal unmodified with saxophone and clarinet for over 13 years in jazz and psychadelic band job experience. i've played this pedal circuit bent in practically every noise or experimental show i've done.. this bent design comes from all these years of experience working with the pedal in live musical experience modifed and unmodified. with my design i'm confident i've explored all the things i've wanted from this pedal and exploited all the nooks and crannies as well as the natural weirdness of the pedal in stock form.. .. i've configured the matrix of switches to create the least amount of negative interferance with each other and instead compliment them to bring the circuit bent options as a natural extention of the delay pedal.

it would be impossible to start to describe what the pedal does.. first there is the delay side of this pedal. this adds alot of synthesizer variants and cut ups and a wide assortment of sound mangling and tonal and synth sound variations. the delay side is capable of being a synth pedal and a bizarre comb filter in it's own right the pitch shifter side can be thought of as pitch shifter and a synth pedal. the synth or pitch tracked sound can be isolated by mixing fully wet onboard the pedal.  you can sustain the pitch shifter/synth so that it doesn't track to the input signal. the synth/pitch shifter can then be control via delay time and pitch knob.  this synth tone and all the applied bends can be thought of a fully circuit bendable monophonic synthesizer.  a few hours of experimentation and you will discover new effects impossble to describe.. here's one descption of just one effect i've discovered from tweaking: cascading flanged sample and hold with infinite variety in a delay loop cycle.. there's plenty more to discover..you'll have to listen to the audio samples and live performance videos to get a good idea of just a few of the sounds available. your input source and the onboard stock pedal controls will interact with all the bends in many different ways. although i use this primarily with feedback loops, pedal chains, or vocals most frequently i've also used this with clarinet, guitar, and a few other acoustic instrument with great results..  if you like to free form improvise with vocals this is probally one of the most intuitive and spontaneous devices with lots of elements of predicatablity vs. randomness to improvise with or against..

the pedal has an alternate wet/dry output independant of the mixed output on the onboard output jack on the boss pedal. these are located on the right side of the interface on 1/8" jacks. this allows you to plug additional outs to be processed independantly of the mixed output. this really allows for some extreme and creative possibilities!!!

regarding the extended pitch/delay time knob. it's an extended range that takes the delay time and stretches the time and pitch further. it will go so low in pitch and time it will granulate the sound, reduce the sample rate (in real time) and acts as a unique decimator in that lower range. it doesn't sound like any other decimator pedal i'm aware of.  the expression pedal input: this duplicates the knob control i've added onto the interface in case your hands are tied up. for use with a 50k expression pedal (i use a yamaha fc7 or equivalent rating, expression pedal or footswitch not included you have to supply your own) and on the left side on thebody of the enclosure i added a 1/4" inch jack so you can plug a momentary or latching footswitch to sample the input on the fly. this type of interface is perfect for those playing a guitar or something where both hands are tied up.  here is a video of a previous build called the moon cycle delay that i don't make anymore due to costs/sales. i'm using an analog synth controlled with a wind controller. the moon cycle is a different design then the rabbit hole delays but will give you an idea what kind of control is available with the expression pedal and sample locking on the fly.

below i'll list some samples with the links and videos to illustrate.. it's in so many of my works i'll try to be as concise as possible.

soundclips 1+2 can be found at www.soundclick.com/spunkytoofers

soundclip 3 can be found at www.myspace.com/spunkytoofers

1. kali yuga mp3- improvised clarinet into the delay pedal.  background sounds are a circuit bent yamaha vss-30
2. radio and circuit bent delay mp3- a live radio feed into the delay pedal. all improvisation
3. moonrise mp3 - guitar loop as a basis for songwriting manipulated after initial song goes through it's form once. 
4. video 1- live radio feed into bent delay pedal.
5. video 2- live improvisation at bent fest NYC '08. feedback loop and bent delay at 7:40-9:59
6. video 3- sample locked and looped. sample mangled various ways. light theremin demonstration
7. video 4- half stack clarinet run through a few bends off the delay. midway in the video the clarinet is locked in a loop and a rhythmic sound texture with constant variety is introduced..i added a flange that is onboard on the microcube amp on this loop
8. video 5- more lfo variations on radio sound source
9. video 6- a video made by friends demonstating a unit i traded with fellow bender and tweaker, tommy stepheson.. he demos alot of the fine points of the unit. one i like is how he alters the loop before locking it into a sample loop. no video here but here's the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSaWRWkdnEM

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