atari punk console converted to guitar pedal

[properboy]

just some mojo i guess, i prefer the sond of the circuit with them, they are hand made, and the same ones used in old neve consoles and marshalls. not cheap either.

[otterpupp]

what's so special about that electrolytic capacitor?

[properboy]

i know what you mean, but you can always expand on this work. i am at my workbench right now trying to make a .50 cent sound chip sound like a 50,000 buchla :-)

[properboy]

guitar input jack goes to one of the two CV inputs on the 556 chip.

[myguitardidyermom12]

@properboy that's weird, I was just toying with the idea of sending the guitar signal through the cv input. My new motto is "if it's a good idea, someone else has done it better already"

[deadrepublicantv]

Schematic?



[properboy]

always trying to find the new ways to work with sound, either through experiments with hardware electronics or techno!

[Archer7Tadayoshi]

Keep experimenting man, you will find the next dub-step.

[legendofwii92]

LOL that's true NINTENDOCORE sounding! XD Might as well to call it Artaricore. :D

But seriously that is amazing, I'd sure love to have one of those.

[suckyfivedolla]

0:51-1:03 sounds like a kesha song.

[moopMASTER2000Films]

I'm sorry, but that just sounds awful, I thought the point of this was to be able to have atari onboard synth as your guitar tone. :<

This just sounds terrible.

[TedEdFred21]

you should use wah-type potentiometers so you can control it with your feet!

[wbwillie]

you should make it work with an expression pedal

[MrCraigary123]

It needs a foot thing so you can sweep it like a wah

[TheMoPsico]

what would happen if you plug a mic instead of the guitar? I'm not an electronic expert, by the way. Greetings from Chile

[PRAVILNIIPACAN777]

@TheMoPsico

you'll be able to make noise music, like Merzbow.

[1787dude]

its unwieldy, unstable and downright fucking magnificant

[billymetts]

where in the APC circuit to you put the guitar input?

[xsupernazix]

that one cap you showed in the video was replacing which cap in the circuit? thanks man

[bitmerge6502]

i made a apc with a variable "turbo" switch for repeating notes. you can get better sounds from the guitar if you make incorporate a "cross fader". thats what midi guitars use.

[MarioWars]

could you did this with a keyboard?

[Brocattoroo]

I will do anything to find out how to make my own!!!

do you think it would be at all possible to point me in the right direction here please? Any articles or instructables on the topic would be amazing if you could find the time.

[rhoggard76]

FAT SOUND !!!

[wetcrevice]

How high do you have to boost your guitar signal before plugging into it? Are you using a regular mixing or a guitar pedal volume booster or overdrive pedal? At 2:12 it sounds awesome.

[theproperboy]

thanks for the comment. i am sending signal to the a.p.c. from a little smokey amp in the video, no effects just a.p.c. any device that will boost the signal will work.

[josean194]

SOUNDS LIKE POOP XDD

[theproperboy]

thanks! as they say, "one man's poop is another man's golden nugget."

[torosuave]

maybe you're using the 556 chip, instead of the 555? then pin 3 and 11 is correct for control voltage

[torosuave]

it's good for a Atari punksong! I think it's a lot more playing fun if you use pedals instead of knobs for the pots.

[gushhnet]

Using pin 5 of the NE555 to modulate the output?

[theproperboy]

pin 3.

[gushhnet]

3 is output, 5 is control voltage --- try using pin 5 as an input for your guitar and see how it works.

If you were to connect an AF source to pin 5 you'd hear it through the output pseudo modulated.

Usually pin 5 is decoupled with a small value capacitor, but you can use it as an input. Obviously a preamp should be used with guitars but you get the idea...

[theproperboy]

yes, i still feel that CV with an analog sequencer is most musical way to use an apc. running guitar was kind of a happy, yet noisy accident. i guess finding a use would depend on the type of music you create, most of my clients are doing lofi 8 bit type of stuff. thanks for the comment on the finish, it is a hand-made space invader water-slide.

[julieail]

cool idea but sounds pretty horrible. have no idea how you could use this in a song. nice finish on the pedal btw.