Harmonic Tremolos

[Funnel]

Looks like it’s coming from the flint because the rundown I found had the same schmidt array pedal board

Nice both the flint and the monument are great sounding harmonic trems.

I like the idea of a simple trem like the schaller/heartthrob. I’ve built the twin peaks trem, and while it’s great I want to have a simple trem pedal. While at least less knobs. Honestly, trem is one of the effects I prefer to have tap tempo for.

 

[thesmokingman]

I've been wanting to do a "simple" harmonic tremolo for a while.

Sure, you can do all sorts of cool digital stuff, or even a digitally controlled analog circuit (like the Twin Peaks, which is great), but sometimes you just want a simple analog tremolo with the basic control set.

"simple" hasn't described my diy experiences with harmonic tremolos

 

[Robert]

First prototype is on the way...

Simple, all analog, and no unobtanium components.

Controls are Rate, Depth, and Level.


This one is harmonic trem only. I drew up another version with a Standard / Harmonic toggle switch and a Shape control, but I wanted to keep this one as basic as possible... Others will follow, including a digital LFO with tap tempo.

 

[BeeSharp]

Awesome! I have the Supro, which sounds great. I had the V2 Monument, but I returned it as I preferred the sound of the Surpo.

 

[Dan0h]

Awesome! I have the Supro, which sounds great. I had the V2 Monument, but I returned it as I preferred the sound of the Surpo.

The Supro is at the top of my wish list. I’m looking forward to this new PCB when it’s ready, I know it’s not a supro clone but based on all the PedalPcbs I’ve heard I bet this tremolo will sound killer.

 

[Flying]

Great, and it's optical too!

 

[HamishR]

As much as I am no Strymon fanboy I do love my Flint. I can't fault it. I generally use the bias-vary setting and the plate reverb but the harmonic trem is amazing. I'e had many other reverbs and tremolos but the Flint beats them all. Shame we can't do a Pedal PCB Flint - I'd build it! But it's all sharc processing I believe.

 

[Boba7]

First prototype is on the way...

Simple, all analog, and no unobtanium components.

Controls are Rate, Depth, and Level.


This one is harmonic trem only. I drew up another version with a Standard / Harmonic toggle switch and a Shape control, but I wanted to keep this one as basic as possible... Others will follow, including a digital LFO with tap tempo.

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Looks great! Is it based on any of the available diy harmonic tremolos?

 

[spi]

Simple, all analog, and no unobtanium components.

Great! I've been wanting a harmonic tremolo for a while. Looking forward to this one!

 

[Robert]

It's not a direct clone of any one of them but has some similarities with a few.

We'll go more into detail after we know if it actually works.

 

[Dan0h]

Has anyone done a dual pedal with a Tremolo and a Chorus? Or would that be redundant? I have the Ceasar PCB and a 1590XX and my mind is going HMMM Harmonic Trem/Chorus pedal....

 

[Betty Wont]

Has anyone done a dual pedal with a Tremolo and a Chorus? Or would that be redundant? I have the Ceasar PCB and a 1590XX and my mind is going HMMM Harmonic Trem/Chorus pedal....

I have, as a custom for a guy. It worked geat. Harmonic trem is like light phasing and it compliments chorus well. My favorite modulation build I've done is a hardwired 2-in-1 (preset order, one bypass footswitch) of a magnavibe into a tremolo.

 

[cooder]

Woohoo pumped for this!

 

[caiofilipini]

MXR just released a new tremolo that does harmonic too:

MXR® TREMOLO

From picks to pedals and every accessory in between, Dunlop Manufacturing has been creating world-class gear for musicians for over 50 years. We consistently create the best selling picks and analog electronics, and carry a large line of accessories that set industry standards in their...

www.jimdunlop.com

 

[caiofilipini]

And here's a demo by Pete Thorn:

 

[Dan0h]

MXR just released a new tremolo that does harmonic too:

MXR® TREMOLO

From picks to pedals and every accessory in between, Dunlop Manufacturing has been creating world-class gear for musicians for over 50 years. We consistently create the best selling picks and analog electronics, and carry a large line of accessories that set industry standards in their...

www.jimdunlop.com

The $159 price is getting closer to the “should I just buy the damn thing” vs building it.
I’m a fan of Dunlop/MXR stuff, simple classic gets the job done. But from the demo it still doesn’t sound as warm and fat as the Surpo tremolo, my guess is the lack of preamp/gain knob the Supro has.
Still curious of how the upcoming PedalPCB is going to sound, thinking that might fill the gap for me.

 

[caiofilipini]

One more to the list of possible inspirations:

 

[Robert]

I'm just finishing up the prototype today.

Had to change a few component values last minute, just to get the most swing out of the LFO, but man it sounds great.


The problem is that every time I try to work on the thing I end up jamming for an hour and losing track of what I was supposed to be doing.

 

[BeeSharp]

One more to the list of possible inspirations:

A clone of this would be great. I would build the new design by pedalpcb too. The video has some close ups of the inside.

We need both!!!!

 

[benny_profane]

@PedalPCB Is the digital LFO circuit built around the TAPLFO chip?