What's on the workbench?

[Feral Feline]

What the hell is "FPGA"?

I'm not up on all you kids' super-slick jingo-slango-jargonium... but I'll take a stab at it all:

FPGA — Fuzz Propagating Germaniuhm Algae-rhythms ... green-thumbed gearheads accessing Germaniuhm's secrets on a photo-cellular level. ​

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VACTROL — VACuous(-minded) TROLl that lurks hidden within an online arena known only as TGP (tonally-generic proliferation?)​

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XMOS — eXtraneous Monophonic Outbursts of Scratchiness. Must've been one at the pub jam I was in the audience for this past Wednesday.​

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DSP — Degraded Signal Perversion... digit it, digit it all to hell.​

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STM32 — Sonic Tonic Mangler (affecting also the 32nd harmonic). How this is achieved is beyond my ken.​

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PIC — Price Inflating Chip, increases the cost of whatever build it's in, but other than that nobody knows what it does.​

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FV1 — Festering Volatility... not good tone.​

 

[manfesto]

What the hell is "FPGA"?

Field Programmable Gate Array

It's sort of like designing a custom CPU - an FPGA is basically a *bunch* of logic gates (the most basic building blocks of computing), and the connections between them can be rewritten at will (hence the "field programmable"), so it's basically custom hardware that you didn't have to fab and can fix or modify after the fact.

 

[Feral Feline]

Thank you @manfesto

 

[LukeFRC]

Field Programmable Gate Array

It's sort of like designing a custom CPU - an FPGA is basically a *bunch* of logic gates (the most basic building blocks of computing), and the connections between them can be rewritten at will (hence the "field programmable"), so it's basically custom hardware that you didn't have to fab and can fix or modify after the fact.

so in this situation they (not chase bliss) use it to digitally program a set of analogue audio circuits. So turned off it’s a load of components on a pcb with a load of gates, when it loads in the firmware an analogue circuit is created. Change the firmware and a different circuit is created.

 

[Nostradoomus]

and even though Robert kindly offers ANY of the PCBs as a way of thanks for the name...

i forgot about that

ahem @Robert

 

[Robert]

i forgot about that

ahem @Robert

I SAID I CAME UP WITH THEM ALL BY MYSELF.

 

[Robert]

 

[jessenator]

Hairy Pork / Hairy Porker

 

[jimilee]

Hairy Pork / Hairy Porker

Porkinator

 

[Feral Feline]

The "Treble Bass" control is backwards, should be "Bass Treble" — Freq'n ...
"PARK'N'SLOP"


Robert, add a mids knob...
"CENTRAL PARK"

Then add an LFO switchable to an Envelope detector for the amount of fuzz...
"AMUSEMENT PARK"

You should only work on this on the weekends, while visiting Chicago...
"SATURDAY IN THE PARK"


If you're jumping around on other projects, it would be ...
"PARKOUR"

If you go out for a fancy dinner mid-trace, then it'd be ...
"VALET PARKING"

Too much fuzz saturation in the circuit would turn it into a...
"PARKING LOT"

Golfing with Royalty?
"PAR KING"

For those curious about what makes this fuzz, well, FUZZ! or combine it with a utility-pedal looper thing whatever...
"NOSY PARKER"

 

[jcpst]

Parks and Rec Fuzz
Playground Fuzz
Gazebo Fuzz
Sidewalk Fuzz

 

[benny_profane]

Krap

 

[Paradox916]

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Ooo ooo…. PLEASE let me name this one!

 

[darwin999]

Ooo ooo…. PLEASE let me name this one!

Hysterical! But shouldn't the Fuzz knob's label be upgraded to 'Hair' or maybe even 'Pubes'???

 

[Guardians of the analog]

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Another weird looking CH-1 but the colors are closer this time

 

[Nic]

My vote goes for Parts Fuzz

 

[Bricksnbeatles]

How about Parkour Fuzz?

 

[Feral Feline]

...

If you're jumping around on other projects, it would be ...
"PARKOUR"

...

How about Parkour Fuzz?

Great idea!

 

[Mentaltossflycoon]

 

[Nostradoomus]

this thread needs a new name now, anyone have any suggestions?