lxxwj Posted June 1, 2012 Share Posted June 1, 2012 Anyone know where I can get one of these things? Or a similar box? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pantherairsoft Posted June 1, 2012 Share Posted June 1, 2012 Very rare these days. Not made anymore and seem they literally never come up for sale. Iron Ether Frantabit is the closest sounding I've heard recently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lxxwj Posted June 2, 2012 Author Share Posted June 2, 2012 [quote name='pantherairsoft' timestamp='1338587522' post='1677045'] Very rare these days. Not made anymore and seem they literally never come up for sale. Iron Ether Frantabit is the closest sounding I've heard recently. [/quote] If only I could get a clone or something.. Hmm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pantherairsoft Posted June 2, 2012 Share Posted June 2, 2012 [quote name='lxxwj' timestamp='1338597530' post='1677156'] If only I could get a clone or something.. Hmm. [/quote] Looked into it myself - part of the circuit/chip set is no longer made and folks can't find them - I assume why he stopped making them. Bugbrand still do a bug crusher, but it's more of a desktop unit than a pedal. I played with one and they are great sounding. I have a FrantaBit on the way now as IMHO it's the best bitcrusher available on the market today (The Geiger Counter is amazing, but is a distortion pedals with elements of bit crushing - as a pure crusher, the FrantBit is very special). If you can get a BugCrusher - don't ever sell it on! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lxxwj Posted June 2, 2012 Author Share Posted June 2, 2012 [quote name='pantherairsoft' timestamp='1338623683' post='1677235'] Looked into it myself - part of the circuit/chip set is no longer made and folks can't find them - I assume why he stopped making them. Bugbrand still do a bug crusher, but it's more of a desktop unit than a pedal. I played with one and they are great sounding. I have a FrantaBit on the way now as IMHO it's the best bitcrusher available on the market today (The Geiger Counter is amazing, but is a distortion pedals with elements of bit crushing - as a pure crusher, the FrantBit is very special). If you can get a BugCrusher - don't ever sell it on! [/quote] I'll look into the Frantabit, thanks! Bitcrushing sounds amazing on bass, in my opinion. Definitely one of the cooler things to use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prime_BASS Posted June 2, 2012 Share Posted June 2, 2012 BIT CRUSHER. If I didn't have my geiger counter I would get the frantabit, thats a super excellent pedal. And as shep says sounds closest to the bugcrusher. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thisnameistaken Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 (edited) [quote name='lxxwj' timestamp='1338636385' post='1677426'] I'll look into the Frantabit, thanks! Bitcrushing sounds amazing on bass, in my opinion. Definitely one of the cooler things to use. [/quote] The Bugcrusher isn't a bitcrusher, it's a sample rate reducer. The two do sound very different. The Frantabit does both though so hopefully it should fit the bill for you. I bought a Bugcrusher Micro on here about two years ago and it's the only one I've ever seen for sale used. To be honest it does have its issues - if there is any supersonic noise in your signal it can create noise into the audible spectrum when it gets resampled, I wish mine had a low-pass filter on the input really, but it sounds excellent enough to be forgiven. Edited June 10, 2012 by thisnameistaken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lxxwj Posted June 10, 2012 Author Share Posted June 10, 2012 [quote name='thisnameistaken' timestamp='1339335124' post='1686949'] The Bugcrusher isn't a bitcrusher, it's a sample rate reducer. The two do sound very different. The Frantabit does both though so hopefully it should fit the bill for you. I bought a Bugcrusher Micro on here about two years ago and it's the only one I've ever seen for sale used. To be honest it does have its issues - if there is any supersonic noise in your signal it can create noise into the audible spectrum when it gets resampled, I wish mine had a low-pass filter on the input really, but it sounds excellent enough to be forgiven. [/quote] Feeling like selling anytime soon? Nice find though, those things don't pop up anywhere.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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