Bit Pirate v1
Bit Pirate is once again a derivative of the original Fruits circuit.Taking the first part with the LM386 but replacing the 4017 with a 4040 and a 4070 to generate 3 octaves of a square waved signal.
Including the distorted LM386 signal, you now have 4 individual volume knobs to blend together your very own ultra thick synth tone.
Bit Pirate v1 User Guide
The pedal uses 9VDC power (2.1mm jack: center-negative).
Controls:
The Bit Pirate has four different signals running in parallel: Your main signal, one octave up, one octave down, and two octaves down. Each knob is a volume knob for blending these signals together:
- The top-left “0” knob controls your main signal. A distorted main signal!
- The top-right “1” knob controls your OCTAVE UP volume..
- The bottom-left “-1” knob controls your ONE OCTAVE DOWN volume.
- The bottom-right “-2” knob controls your TWO OCTAVES DOWN volume.
The octave down and two octaves down signals are both created with a 4040. So they are monophonic and analog. Making it very glitchy when playing more than one note at a time. FUN!