Harry Klippton
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Here it is, delay, modulation, reverb, and a shitload of knobs in a hefty enclosure- the Outskirts Echo Transmission Array- 1776 Multiplex Echo Machine+ modulation+ Rub-a-Dub reverb.
This pedal does a lot of stuff. It's a dual pt2399 delay with 3 different modes that approximate an EP-3 sound (with just Delay 2 being active,) an RE-201 sound, and an Echorec sound. There's an add-on modulation board to add modulation to Delay 1 or Delay 2 with speed and depth controls. The middle position turns the modulation off (thankfully).
In the middle are controls for the ramp up and release of the tape speed footswitch for oscillation. This was the main reason I was excited to build this pedal but more on that later.
Then there's the reverb, which is a Belton 3 brick, with decay, mix, and tone controls. I cut the brick open and removed one of the SMD resistors in the modulation section of the brick following diablo Chris's posts on the Madbean forum but I'm not sure it really made much difference.
I'm not much of a delay user. A while back, I posted this thread . Overall I was a little underwhelmed with this pedal, especially considering how much work went into it and how cool I think it looks- how cool a pedal looks is VERY important . One of my first impressions was that I don't even want to build the Hydra because why would anyone want multi head delay cuz it sounds bad. As mentioned above, I was really excited about the oscillation controls but the oscillation ended up being way more subtle than I expected. I wanted total wipeout tape sounds but the oscillation is pretty quiet and fades out pretty fast. Maybe this is when I stop chasing delays and embrace the only delay pedal I've ever loved.
This build is also significant to me for another reason, too. Several years ago, I saw a build report for the multiplex echo machine on a different starter pak kit build forum. I didn't know about any non-kit pedal building and this discovery led me to Madbean pedals. I started looking at other multiplex builds and at the time I thought they were really impressive. To me at the time, it seemed like if I could work up to building one and make it look cool like it would in my imagination, then that would be some kind of rite of passage.
This build has a lot of wacky wiring, and making the drill layout took a lot of work. The 1776 docs have more of an old school "fuck it, you build it" approach. I made my own wiring diagram, not without a couple missteps. The big gotcha for me was the boards only having one ground pad so at first I ended up without having connected grounds from the dc jack to the footswitch wiring. I had to pull some stuff out and add it in.
Demo below if you're still with me. If you read all this, thanks!
This pedal does a lot of stuff. It's a dual pt2399 delay with 3 different modes that approximate an EP-3 sound (with just Delay 2 being active,) an RE-201 sound, and an Echorec sound. There's an add-on modulation board to add modulation to Delay 1 or Delay 2 with speed and depth controls. The middle position turns the modulation off (thankfully).
In the middle are controls for the ramp up and release of the tape speed footswitch for oscillation. This was the main reason I was excited to build this pedal but more on that later.
Then there's the reverb, which is a Belton 3 brick, with decay, mix, and tone controls. I cut the brick open and removed one of the SMD resistors in the modulation section of the brick following diablo Chris's posts on the Madbean forum but I'm not sure it really made much difference.
I'm not much of a delay user. A while back, I posted this thread . Overall I was a little underwhelmed with this pedal, especially considering how much work went into it and how cool I think it looks- how cool a pedal looks is VERY important . One of my first impressions was that I don't even want to build the Hydra because why would anyone want multi head delay cuz it sounds bad. As mentioned above, I was really excited about the oscillation controls but the oscillation ended up being way more subtle than I expected. I wanted total wipeout tape sounds but the oscillation is pretty quiet and fades out pretty fast. Maybe this is when I stop chasing delays and embrace the only delay pedal I've ever loved.
This build is also significant to me for another reason, too. Several years ago, I saw a build report for the multiplex echo machine on a different starter pak kit build forum. I didn't know about any non-kit pedal building and this discovery led me to Madbean pedals. I started looking at other multiplex builds and at the time I thought they were really impressive. To me at the time, it seemed like if I could work up to building one and make it look cool like it would in my imagination, then that would be some kind of rite of passage.
This build has a lot of wacky wiring, and making the drill layout took a lot of work. The 1776 docs have more of an old school "fuck it, you build it" approach. I made my own wiring diagram, not without a couple missteps. The big gotcha for me was the boards only having one ground pad so at first I ended up without having connected grounds from the dc jack to the footswitch wiring. I had to pull some stuff out and add it in.
Demo below if you're still with me. If you read all this, thanks!
