What's your favorite SPIN FV-1 project?

[odourboy]

I have the urge to build a SPIN chip based effect pedal, but I don't know what to build. As the title says, what's your favorite? I want something that's useful and exceptional!

 

[JamieJ]

The great concept of the arachnid and pythagorus builds are you can use the custom EEPROM service to completely design your own multi effect pedal. So they get my vote. They have conventional sounds available but you can get some more out there pitch shifting patches etc.

Also the hydra delay is incredible and wont ever leave my board. Oh now I cant choose between the two... I think i'd keep the Hydra if i could only have one actually.

The interesting thing about favourite is the subjectivity with that i.e. I would have no use for the leprechaun, HAARP or some of the other bonkers boxes but others love them. Depends on your style.

What kind of pedal do you need? Modulation? Delay? Something absolutely nuts and different?

 

[odourboy]

On the one hand, there's nothing I really need. I have cheap Chinese digital delay, reverb and MFX pedal, a nice BBD chorus and also a Source Audio Collider Delay/reverb for quality time domain effects. So im looking for something interesting, a unique take on an effect or does it exceptionally well. The Leprechaun does nothing for me... too weird. OTOH, the BuggFX Daydream looks interesting. Side question... do any of the SPIN projects have a stereo out?

 

[Bricksnbeatles]

On the one hand, there's nothing I really need. I have cheap Chinese digital delay, reverb and MFX pedal, a nice BBD chorus and also a Source Audio Collider Delay/reverb for quality time domain effects. So im looking for something interesting, a unique take on an effect or does it exceptionally well. The Leprechaun does nothing for me... too weird. OTOH, the BuggFX Daydream looks interesting. Side question... do any of the SPIN projects have a stereo out?

The Binaura is stereo in and out, but it hasn’t been released just yet.

 

[Feral Feline]

"I want something that's useful and exceptional!"

ARACHNID!

Even before I read that line, the thread title had me chargin' in with:
Module8
or Octagon.

Useful:
Phaser (Rate, Depth, Regeneration)
Flanger (Rate, Depth, Regeneration)
Chorus (Rate, Depth, Voice 2)
Harmonic Tremolo (Rate, Depth, Spectrum)
Pulse Tremolo (Rate, Depth)
Ring Modulation (Carrier #1, Mix, Carrier #2)
Pitch Modulation (Rate, Depth)
Auto-Filter (Rate, Depth, Low-Pass / High-Pass)


And the Octagon is equally versatile!

Mod Reverb,
Shimmerverb,
Mod Delay,
Pitch Delay,
Dual Pitch-shift,
Bit Crush,
Harmonic Tremolo,
“Daydream”


Kay Porker Lost Duos!?
Why not both, indeed? In one Pedal!
There's a hack to have 2 EEPROMs in one pedal and you can switch between the two.

SEXY AN' SIXTEEN, MY LITTLE MODULATION, DELAY, & REVERB QUEEN!
Plus some fun with the Ring Modulator and Bit Crusher algos.

BUT WAIT!

THERE'S MORE!


Swap out one of the above EEPROMs for the SPATIALIST, for a great selection of 8 Reverbs...

Room
Hall
Chamber
Cavern
Modulated
Shimmer
Pitch Verb
Touch Reverb




Now if only there was a hack to have 3 (THREE) EEPROMs in the one pedal for 24 effects...
Pffft Payhagorus a piddly trio ...

For me, it's an easy-peasy choice for best FV-1 — Arachnid will help you get a leg over... 8, actually. King of versatility.


PS: Check out the EEPROM-builder page — select the 8 effects you want!

 

[odourboy]

The great concept of the arachnid and pythagorus builds are you can use the custom EEPROM service to completely design your own multi effect pedal. So they get my vote. They have conventional sounds available but you can get some more out there pitch shifting patches etc.

Also the hydra delay is incredible and wont ever leave my board. Oh now I cant choose between the two... I think i'd keep the Hydra if i could only have one actually.

The interesting thing about favourite is the subjectivity with that i.e. I would have no use for the leprechaun, HAARP or some of the other bonkers boxes but others love them. Depends on your style.

What kind of pedal do you need? Modulation? Delay? Something absolutely nuts and different?

How does the Hydra compare to the Boonar drum echo?

 

[odourboy]

"I want something that's useful and exceptional!"

ARACHNID!

Even before I read that line, the thread title had me chargin' in with:
Module8
or Octagon.

Useful:
Phaser (Rate, Depth, Regeneration)
Flanger (Rate, Depth, Regeneration)
Chorus (Rate, Depth, Voice 2)
Harmonic Tremolo (Rate, Depth, Spectrum)
Pulse Tremolo (Rate, Depth)
Ring Modulation (Carrier #1, Mix, Carrier #2)
Pitch Modulation (Rate, Depth)
Auto-Filter (Rate, Depth, Low-Pass / High-Pass)


And the Octagon is equally versatile!

Mod Reverb,
Shimmerverb,
Mod Delay,
Pitch Delay,
Dual Pitch-shift,
Bit Crush,
Harmonic Tremolo,
“Daydream”


Kay Porker Lost Duos!?
Why not both, indeed? In one Pedal!
There's a hack to have 2 EEPROMs in one pedal and you can switch between the two.

SEXY AN' SIXTEEN, MY LITTLE MODULATION, DELAY, & REVERB QUEEN!
Plus some fun with the Ring Modulator and Bit Crusher algos.

BUT WAIT!

THERE'S MORE!


Swap out one of the above EEPROMs for the SPATIALIST, for a great selection of 8 Reverbs...

Room
Hall
Chamber
Cavern
Modulated
Shimmer
Pitch Verb
Touch Reverb




Now if only there was a hack to have 3 (THREE) EEPROMs in the one pedal for 24 effects...
Pffft Payhagorus a piddly trio ...

For me, it's an easy-peasy choice for best FV-1 — Arachnid will help you get a leg over... 8, actually. King of versatility.


PS: Check out the EEPROM-builder page — select the 8 effects you want!

I already have a SPIN evaluation board which has an 8 effect selection capability. I bet these algorithms could be run in that!

 

[Bricksnbeatles]

Now if only there was a hack to have 3 (THREE) EEPROMs in the one pedal for 24 effects...
Pffft Payhagorus a piddly trio ...

I’ve been saying it for ages— it needs to happen! @PedalPCB come on man, all the cool kids are doing it

 

[JamieJ]

How does the Hydra compare to the Boonar drum echo?

It’s has similar functionality but the hydra isn’t directly based on the boonar. But it has a similar sound.

The hydras repeats aren’t modulated which the boonar sounds like they are but it’s a great multihead type delay.

There are some demos on YouTube which are fairly good but don’t show it off well enough.

 

[Feral Feline]

So I did a little spelunking into the Arachnid's web of builder-intrigue ...


EEPROM-BUILDER ——————— MODULE8 —— OCTAGON —— SPATIALIST
REV001 — Hypernova
REV002 — Glimmer
REV003 — Spring
REV004 — Blackface
REV005 — Brownface
REV006 — Spatialist Room
REV007 — Spatialist Hall
REV008 — Spatialist Chamber
REV009 — Spatialist Cavern
REV010 — Spatialist Pitchverb
REV011 — Spatialist Touchverb
PIT001 — Dual Pitch Shifter
PIT002 — Pitch Modulator
FIL001 — LoFi Machine
FIL003 — Sample Hold Filter
FIL003 — Filter Modulator
MOD001 — Chorus
MOD002 — Flanger
MOD003 — Phaser
MOD004 — Tremolo
MOD005 — Harmonic Tremolo
MOD006 — Pulsar
MOD007 — Ring Mod
DLY001 — DigiDelay
DLY002 — Modulated Delay
DLY003 — Tape Delay
DLY004 — Pitch Delay
DLY005 — Space Delay
DLY006 — Kaleidoscope
UNI001 — Unison Dual Detune
UNI002 — Unison Modulated
UNI003 — Unison Double Take


As you can see, there is a tiny bit of overlap.
Octagon and Module8 share an algo, Harmonic Tremolo; and the Octagon shares two algos both the shimmer/glimmer and hypernova/modulated-'verb with the Spatialist.

Not all the names in the EEPROM builder match the names in the pre-selected EEPROMs.
I'm guessing these are the corresponding patches:

Hypernova = Modulated Reverb
Glimmer = Shimmer
LoFi Machine = Bit Crusher
Filter Modulator = Auto Filter (maybe the AF is Sample & Hold Filter?)
Kaleidoscope = Daydream (as opposed to Space Delay)​

Any mistakes or needed-corrections to the above?
ex Maybe instead of the Modulated Filter it's the FS&H = the Auto-filter

 

[odourboy]

Are the binary files or better, the source files for these algorithms available here for download? I already have the SPIN SDE installed on my PC and evaluation board and done some programming in the past. It would be great to do my own build. Maybe even some customization.