bhcarpenter
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First of all, huge thanks to the PPCB crew for making something like this possible as a DIY project! I took one listen and promptly stuck Velcro on the back of it.
The artwork background is a stock image. My printer crapped out while printing the waterslide decal, resulting in lots of speckling, which I actually love. Happy accidents for the win.
The build went together easily. The way I solder FV-1s is to tack two pins to hold it in place, and then flood all of the pins with solder (don’t worry if they bridge together). Then I take a pass with the FR-301 to suck away the excess. At some point I should probably just learn how to drag solder, but this method seems to work well for now.
I couldn’t find the knobs documented anywhere, but here’s my best guess at what they control:
- Duration - Reverb dwell time
- Disperse - Not sure. Sounds like it controls the reflections build up?
- Diminish - Sounds like damping of the highs
- Density - Controls the clock speed of the FV-1. CCW is slower, allowing the reflections to spread apart and become individually distinguishable. CW is faster.
- Deflect - Reverb feedback
- Mix - self explanatory
When getting familiar with the pedal I found it helpful to start with Density all the way up and Deflect all the way down. Then the rest of the knobs can start at noon. I recommend learning how Duration, Disperse, and Diminish interact first before tweaking Density and Deflect. There are tons of great sounds in this thing.
The artwork background is a stock image. My printer crapped out while printing the waterslide decal, resulting in lots of speckling, which I actually love. Happy accidents for the win.
The build went together easily. The way I solder FV-1s is to tack two pins to hold it in place, and then flood all of the pins with solder (don’t worry if they bridge together). Then I take a pass with the FR-301 to suck away the excess. At some point I should probably just learn how to drag solder, but this method seems to work well for now.
I couldn’t find the knobs documented anywhere, but here’s my best guess at what they control:
- Duration - Reverb dwell time
- Disperse - Not sure. Sounds like it controls the reflections build up?
- Diminish - Sounds like damping of the highs
- Density - Controls the clock speed of the FV-1. CCW is slower, allowing the reflections to spread apart and become individually distinguishable. CW is faster.
- Deflect - Reverb feedback
- Mix - self explanatory
When getting familiar with the pedal I found it helpful to start with Density all the way up and Deflect all the way down. Then the rest of the knobs can start at noon. I recommend learning how Duration, Disperse, and Diminish interact first before tweaking Density and Deflect. There are tons of great sounds in this thing.