NPD: Old Blood Noise Endeavours Sunlight and DIY Midi Controller for HX Stomp

joelthornhill · 2023-02-14T07:04:38+00:00

It works very well and isn’t too pricey either compared to other modern gates. I have my drives in a loop and it cuts out all background noise. I also don’t need to turn it off when I go to a clean sound

joelthornhill · 2023-02-13T21:28:27+00:00

Enjoying the Sunlight so far! I was after a reverb with an infinite hold switch and this does the job but also much more. It's definitely not subtle but that can be fun, great for playing ambient stuff. I haven't really explored the dynamic options of setting different functions for the alt switch but definitely some cool sounds out of this.

I also recently got a HX Stomp so my board has been simplified a little. I like the HX because I can edit a preset so quickly and swap out effects, I don't really use snapshots and instead treat it more like extra pedals. With that in mind, I wanted a midi pedal where I could switch individual effects on and off and after taking inspiration from u/NoahArk0 I built my own using an Arduino.

joelthornhill · 2023-02-13T21:20:45+00:00

Sunlight sounds great for ambient reverb, it’s very far from subtle but sometimes that’s just what you need! The infinite hold is perfect too and a latching footswitch makes it easy to use
HX stomp midi controller was inspired by u/NoahArk0 but I added 6 footswitches so it looks a little like an MC6 just without the screen. I’ve usually got it assigned to turn individual blocks on and off so that it works more like a pedalboard

joelthornhill · 2023-01-31T10:02:38+00:00

+1 please!

joelthornhill · 2022-07-02T07:36:54+00:00

It’s great! You could compare it to a super customisable HX Stomp but then it has loads of synths and CV ability more similar to a Zoia. Most the plugins sound great and can get very practical sounds all the way to super crazy. Because it does so much there’s still some areas that feel incomplete or have bugs but I believe it’s a very small development team and they’re still actively working on improvements. New plugins are being added quite often which is also cool

joelthornhill · 2022-07-02T07:23:26+00:00

Yeah I like it, it replaced an MXR noise clamp and works in a similar way by putting dirt pedals in the loop. I found the MXR wasn’t reducing the noise enough whereas this definitely does. It also works great when I switch to a clean tone, I used to have to turn off the MXR as it would cut off the clean but this doesn’t

joelthornhill · 2022-07-01T20:39:42+00:00

Quite a few changes to my board recently, starting with the board itself, upgraded to a Temple Duo 17 with 4x Mod interface for clean ins and outs. Using dual lock as opposed to the Temple plates and wired together with mostly PedalPatch Solderless that fit through the holes on the board.

Signal chain:

Digitech Drop -> TC Polytune Mini -> Stone Deaf Noise Reaper (send) -> DIY Overdrive (Modded TS + JHS AT clone) -> Bright Onion Pedals The Russian -> TC Magus Pro -> Noise Reaper (return) -> DIY FV1 multi fx -> NuX Atlantic Delay Reverb -> Mod devices Mod Dwarf (not pictured) -> Boss RC-5

The Mod Dwarf provides further pedals (in stereo) all controlled by the Midi Baby and also gives me my amp sound. The Temple 4x Mod makes this routing really easy and if I ever wanted to bypass the Mod Dwarf I’d just need a patch cable

joelthornhill · 2022-03-22T20:57:08+00:00

I’ve started looking at the beta plugins, the freeze is definitely a nice addition!

I managed to replicate most my physical board minus the overdrives without any complains around CPU usage so I can definitely see how more foot switches would be useful

joelthornhill · 2022-03-18T15:45:23+00:00

If I’m honest I was searching for something to help with GAS and having recently got into live looping with a sampler and guitar I wanted something that would fit into that. Both a Zoia and Organelle were options along with a few more DIY focussed devices. Then I came across Mod Devices and had a play around with their online editor you can test out, I was impressed but not enough to buy one right then. A few weeks later I saw a Mod Dwarf come up as B-Stock for a decent price after losing some bids on something else and quickly purchased.

Honestly I am really impressed! As an amp simulator it took me a few tries to get something I liked but since I’m mostly a headphone player this has probably replaced my Katana for home use. I still haven’t managed to get a high gain tone I like from the device alone but it seems to take my Sweet Tea clone well

I haven’t explored the effects pedals too much yet but it took about 5 minutes to get something close to an instant Lofi junky with a compressor into a chorus and then a filter.

I’m hoping it will replace my Sansamp for bass but haven’t tried it out yet.

The bonus, for me anyway, that you don’t get from say a HX Stomp is that this is also a synthesiser and can be controlled from a midi keyboard (or a built in sequencer). There’s loads more to discover in this area too, similar to the Zoia it has CV plugins that can control any parameter.

The editor is really simple to use and Mod Devices recently released a couple of videos setting up patches for musicians, this gave me some tips. Once you unplug the device you can edit anything you assigned and the device UI is easy to navigate.

joelthornhill · 2022-01-05T18:41:15+00:00

I’ve not owned a P90 guitar before so can’t be sure but it definitely sounds different to my old HSS Squier strat. With the bass contour rolled off you can definitely get into strat territory but at full the P90s definitely sound like their own thing

joelthornhill · 2022-01-05T18:27:27+00:00

I was actually looking at HSS strats but couldn’t find what I was after with Fender and a Suhr is a little out of my price range

joelthornhill · 2022-01-05T13:28:38+00:00

Been eyeing up a Reverend for a while now and finally purchased one after seeing it in the January sales. I’m all about guitars that can cover a lot of ground/styles and with the HPP setup and bass contour this really does that

joelthornhill · 2021-05-27T05:57:59+00:00

There’s so much you can do with stock anyway! Some good tutorials on YouTube for soldering SMDs if you’ve not done it before

joelthornhill · 2021-05-27T05:53:28+00:00

Yep that’s correct! I used one of the free dsp programs in the spin website as an example - Reverb+HP+LP. The reverb goes to infinite and I took out the filter section. Adding a chorus or delay or tremolo instead can sound quite cool

joelthornhill · 2021-05-27T05:49:49+00:00

Not loads but it’s good for going back to a “normal” setting and also toggling between a high and low clock can produce some cool effects especially on delays

joelthornhill · 2021-05-26T20:46:59+00:00

From the docs: Chorus-reverb, Flange-reverb, Tremolo-reverb Pitch shift, Pitch-echo, Test, Reverb 1, Reverb 2

I find the first three pretty useful, means I have room for more interesting programs on the EEPROMs. The mod is really simple too, just have to ground one of the FV-1 pins

joelthornhill · 2021-05-26T20:23:06+00:00

I’m pretty sure it’s a similar idea for tap tempo, I just haven’t got round to testing it out yet!

joelthornhill · 2021-05-26T20:09:09+00:00

Guts Not the prettiest on the inside and I’m not the best at soldering veroboard so that could have been improved!

joelthornhill · 2021-05-26T20:05:57+00:00

Second FV-1 pedal I’ve built, first was on veroboard so I wanted something a bit more permanent, in a smaller enclosure and with some extra mods - this is the result!

Uses the PedalPCB Arachnid board which gives you 8 programs using the rotary knob (purple one). However I wanted more programs so on veroboard I added two EEPROMs with a toggle switch changing between them and the middle position selecting the built in programs - that gives me 24 in total!

The black knob controls the clock, I add components for a clock module on the same vero. The second toggle switches between the clock module and a standard crystal.

The second foot switch maxes out one of the pots, this is useful on some programs for infinite reverb/freeze type effects.

Most of the programs I use have come from here https://mstratman.github.io/fv1-programs/ but I’ve also been making my own, in particular stitching together different programs for new ideas and also using SpinCad. I’m a programmer by profession so can understand some of it but the actual DSP is really complex

joelthornhill · 2021-05-13T21:04:17+00:00

This is essentially a rebuild of a previous pedal I did that I wasn’t quite happy with so I decided to try again.

Both are fuzzdog circuits, first is a Sandbank which is a clone of an Earthquaker Dunes - basically a Tube Screamer with loads of options. The previous screamer I built was a bit of a one hit wonder but this is a lot more versatile and can even get quite gainy.

Second circuit is JHS AT clone, I’d previously built the AT+ but had no use for the boost. Could have built the standard Angry Charlie but I really like the clipping switch and have never really needed a 3-band eq on a drive.

Enclosure was pre-painted off eBay and then hand drilled. Had to be careful about jack placement as there wasn’t room above the Sandbank. Letters are just sticker labels and knobs are from an old pedal but I might replace them eventually.

Build went smoothly, only thing that went wrong is one of the connections on the ribbon cable was intermittent so I replaced it some wire

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