Electro-Harmonix Mainframe Bit Crusher Pedal Reviews
From cool sample-rate conversion effects to gated fuzz-like tones, the Electro-Harmonix Mainframe Bit Crusher pedal delivers immense sonic textures that remain highly playable — and musical. By digitizing your signal and reducing the sample rate (with reduction ranging from 48kHz–110Hz), you can explore everything from subtle aliasing to chiptune synth sounds and full-on gated fuzz. Bit depth is adjustable from 24-bit to 1-bit, allowing you to render your original signal completely unrecognizable. A built-in filter is ready to smooth out the sound, and the Mainframe’s ability to track your signal’s pitch — or even tune it to the key of your song — ensures melodic results. Whether you play guitar, bass, or synthesizer through it, you’ll find a vast soundscape of retro-themed effects in the Electro-Harmonix Mainframe Bit Crusher pedal.
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Versatile bit crusher
I'm using it on a drum machine, and it sounds great. I appreciate the expression input. I generally use a non-synced LFO to drive the expression to add some life to loops.
A must have for synth players!
I bought this along with a Moog EP3 to use in my effects rack, and all I can say is wow. The sounds you can get out of this, especially once you get it dialed in, are out of this world and a perfect fit for myself, someone who is mainly interested on making Industrial/EDM music. From completely unrecognizable to slightly glitched out, once you get the hang of modulating the expression pedal, can really spice up a jam session or live set. So far I have ran a DFAM, Mother-32, RD6 and JU06-A through it and they all sound fantastic. Just make sure to turn the volume down first!
