Albert Hoffman's Hearing Aid

[Nostradoomus]

Build Rating

5.00 star(s)

This was something I meant to have completed for the one knob contest earlier this year but surprise surprise, it took time to get this circuit right.

I used that dumb ass targeted ad box. Coming soon to a boomers facebook post near you.



Most people would probably like to have control over all the parameters but I am not those people. Trimpots inside do all the work, the knob just controls the fuzz volume and the rest follows. Delay time is fixed at around 150ms, there's no trimpot for that. It's an SRS EQ Exciter into a Dr Qish filter into a Crap Fi Delay, all crammed in a 125B. I absolutely love it because it's unpredictable based on where you set the volume knob as there's an envelope detector following it. The only other external knob I might consider is the attack for the filter. Maybe.

Here it is in a (crappy first try) mix because that's what matters. Random post punk backing track I found, guitar in around :15.

https://soundcloud.com/fuckinpedals%2Falbert-hoffmans-hearing-aid

And yes I conceived the idea for this pedal based on the auditory hallucinations I experience under the influence of Dr Hoffman's formula. Over and out.

 

[Nostradoomus]

Gut shot for the nerds. Measuring is good.

 

[BuddytheReow]

White washer would have been the *chef's kiss* of this build with that enclosure design

 

[jcpst]

Man I’d hit that… with the audio signal from an instrument!

It sounds cool! And I love the art.

 

[Band of Dans]

Incredible all around. No notes.

 

[GizzWizzKing]

Your dedication to the one knob is admirable. I can dig it.

 

[JamieJ]

That UV print is hilarious and the pedal sounds fantastic! Love it!

 

[tegendemuur]

Too much control. No need for that footswitch.

 

[Nostradoomus]

That UV print is hilarious and the pedal sounds fantastic! Love it!

Thanks! It’s a laser etch that got dusted off too much so I just used it anyway as a proto

 

[Nostradoomus]

White washer would have been the *chef's kiss* of this build with that enclosure design

I’ll see what i can do, just for you.

 

[Nostradoomus]

Your dedication to the one knob is admirable. I can dig it.

I think it’s a sickness at this point.

 

[GizzWizzKing]

I think it’s a sickness at this point.

Ooo-wah-ah-ah-ah!

 

[Nostradoomus]

@BuddytheReow you wanna get nuts? LET’S GET NUTS. THREE WHITE WASHERS.

 

[lowpitch]

@BuddytheReow you wanna get nuts? LET’S GET NUTS. THREE WHITE WASHERS.

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It's beautiful

 

[BuddytheReow]

 

[Nostradoomus]

There’s still room for one or two more

 

[BuddytheReow]

I'd be more amazed if they stayed on and not just for the picture.

 

[Nostradoomus]

Five white washers. One googly eye.

C’est fini.

 

[BuddytheReow]

 

[jcpst]

I’ve got perf & vero layouts for the crap-fi… Did you have a schematic or did you base it off one of the layouts? I was having trouble finding a schematic.