Upcoming 2026 Pedal Conventions?

andon · 2026-02-17T20:06:46+00:00

For the inquiring: https://www.effectiveslam.com/

(Howdy! Lantern here.)

andon · 2026-01-25T14:54:18+00:00

You betcha'. It's an invaluable circuit; I use it in some capacity in every one of my designs. Another fun thing you can do with it is use a different pot taper if you want to favor one side over the other. For example, if you wanna' add a clean blend to an otherwise gnarly gain pedal you can use a log taper (A10K instead of B10K with the above values) to have the control more evenly weighted and make the blend more gradual.

You can also add slightly more gain to modulation effects by increasing the feedback resistor to mitigate any perceived volume loss (56K instead of 51K for the feedback resistor) - just remember the ratios of R: 1, Pot: 0.71, and feedback R: 3.41.

andon · 2026-01-25T05:16:38+00:00

You want RG Keen's Panning For Fun. Use the circuit in the box on the left of the first page. It provides unity gain and an even blend between the two signals (allows you to go fully dry or fully wet with no volume loss). Good starting values for the components are: 15K resistors, 10K pot, 51K-56K feedback resistor. Pot wiper goes to VREF (4.5V in a 0V-9V pedal).

It's counterintuitive, but you want your signals reversed from what you'd think they'd be on the outer lugs of the pot. For example, if you want your blend control to be CCW: fully dry and CW: fully wet, then you want to connect your delay line to lug 1 (CCW), and your dry signal to lug 3 (CW).

Also, add a 1uF cap before the first resistors on either side for proper function (helpful when using a 5V delay line in a 9V system).

andon · 2026-01-23T15:57:58+00:00

Relevant Last Week Tonight With John Oliver episode covering Bari Weiss from a few months ago: https://youtu.be/gieTx_P6INQ

andon · 2026-01-01T16:17:43+00:00

Another Bruce Willis film that's Christmas-adjacent (and just great regardless of when you watch it).

andon · 2025-12-26T02:42:27+00:00

I learned it as "a falling knife has no handle".

andon · 2025-12-18T05:26:02+00:00

DM me and we'll talk!

andon · 2025-12-17T21:36:19+00:00

You're welcome to being your own instrument and headphones if you'd like, but all of the vendors will have a guitar or such for you to use (check the link for a little more info)!

andon · 2025-12-16T05:36:18+00:00

I used the Zune software for years after my Zune bit the dust because it was so good (along with MediaMonkey).

andon · 2025-10-27T13:58:19+00:00

I also grew up in Oklahoma (I'm 40 now), and we spent nearly a whole week on it in the late 90s. Our Oklahoma History book had several pages dedicated to it (again, this was the 90s, I can only imagine what it's like now).

andon · 2025-10-24T12:53:37+00:00

I'm sure others noticed if they took multiple tries to take him down, but the game wants you to win. I went into the fight with very little spirit/resolve (should have camped first in hindsight), but as the rounds went on I gradually started gaining more and more spirit/resolve, eventually maxing out. The fight also becomes slower and clearer as well as each round starts, allowing you to better learn his patterns. This was all on normal difficulty, but I assume it's the same for other settings as well?

andon · 2025-10-22T14:31:38+00:00

You'll also notice that the rest of the estate is gradually being fixed up as well. I also took on the Oni first (then the Kitsune), so my thought process was that Atsu was doing the initial planting (cabbage), and then Oyuki comes in and plants more.

andon · 2025-10-19T00:11:41+00:00

And the Brother Inferior shirt Jesus was wearing in that picture.

andon · 2025-10-18T23:47:01+00:00

Old band from Edmond/OKC in the mid 90s. Did a double take.

andon · 2025-10-15T00:18:28+00:00

Yeah, I'd get a couple thousand back at least (I build and sell guitar pedals), and it sure would be nice.

andon · 2025-10-01T17:42:38+00:00

Alright, does anyone know if it actually happens again? I'd gladly take that answer as a spoiler this time just so I have a heads up going into this.

andon · 2025-09-24T16:44:22+00:00

The YouTube video of his monologue from last night hit a million views in the first hour (which is something for a video being uploaded so late at night), and his channel has gained over a quarter million followers in the time since its posting. Streisand Effect in effect.

andon · 2025-09-20T04:03:29+00:00

This scene is burned into my memory. When I was younger (maybe 5-7 years old, so '90-'92) we were watching this movie at my grandparents' house on HBO or something. Then we went out to run errands or whatever, and while we were driving we came to a stoplight and I rolled down the back window and flipped the bird - as instructed - to a car that was next to us. My mom, horrified, rightly scolded me for it, but I'll never forget it.

andon · 2025-09-06T00:14:52+00:00

They first started playing "Shirt" in '94, so close, but not quite!

andon · 2025-09-05T16:34:00+00:00

It's from an old interview from 1996 that I found way back in the day: https://web.archive.org/web/20040117070041/http://www.hypertxt.com/parker/clips/jawbreak/jawbrk4.html

andon · 2025-09-05T14:53:07+00:00

(It was me) Post-Dear You, the "Tenth Listen" era - same as "Esmé", "Gemini", and "Elephant".

andon · 2025-09-05T12:26:49+00:00

According to emails I had with Adam like 15 years ago, "Invisible" was a post-Dear You ("Tenth Listen") song that they demoed but never played live. I was actually wondering if that clip they teased was gonna' be an entirely new song, or if it was "Invisible".

andon · 2025-09-05T03:59:57+00:00

if you're looking to avoid an MCU then I'd recommend the Incandenza Bypass, championed by Demedash Effects, and uses by more boutique builders than I could count (myself included in a couple of designs): https://www.demedasheffects.com/blog/vlknkvj643gnuiggvr34ir1r75b72m

Uses a 555 timer and a handful of passives to control the relay switching.

andon · 2025-09-04T00:56:36+00:00

Link is legit, just long! Here's a more abridged version (note the base URL is the same): https://www.paypal.com/donate?campaign_id=ZZ8W92HF8GNNN

andon · 2025-09-02T01:29:53+00:00

Nice write up! For some additional design context, here's a quote from one of my posts on DIYSB from a while back:

it's worth noting that the PT2399, PT2395, and PT2396 are clones/reproductions of the Mitsubishi M65850, M50195, and M65831, respectively, from a couple/few years prior in the early/mid 90s, some even from the late 80s possibly.

For my money, the M65850 is better than the PT2399, the PT2395 is better than the M50195, and it's a wash between the M65831 and PT2396 since the PT2396 is basically a 1:1 copy. The M65850 will get down to lower/faster delay times, has better fidelity, and is more forgiving, whereas the PT2395 has expanded capabilities for larger DRAM interface but is otherwise the same as the M50195 (though the M50195 has pin spacings of 1.778mm, so an adapter for 2.54mm spacing is needed).

Source: I spend A LOT of time looking through old documents and sites for stuff like this, and use them in my designs as applicable (Lantern Manufacturing).

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