Darth Vader Pedal?

[col]

Tesco are selling off metal Darth Vader shaped boxes filled with marshmallow for £1.49 and I couldn't resist one. Now I need to decide what circuit to put in it! I thought of an OTT distortion but any other suggestions would be appreciated.

Col

[Nasse]

http://www.holtek.com.tw/english/docum/consumer/8950.htm

I was gonna suggest a link for new circuit at finnish part shop pages using this chip. But the link is down just now (updating...). The circuit description says it is not for normal people, but I got the idea it might do a little Darth Vader fx. I´ll post it later. But maybe some metal distortion / fuzz is another idea. We want pics.

EDIT

this is the link for the circuit http://www.spelektroniikka.fi/kuvat/voicekytkiss.pdf
pcb http://www.spelektroniikka.fi/kuvat/voicenormals.pdf
layout http://www.spelektroniikka.fi/kuvat/voicesijoittelus.pdf
parts list http://www.spelektroniikka.fi/kuvat/voiceosats.pdf
pic http://www.spelektroniikka.fi/kuvat/200866.jpg http://www.spelektroniikka.fi/kuvat/200850.jpg

Don´t know if it does voice much down but claims to do "squirrels singin" effect, makes your guitar sound from churchbells to idiotic howl and all between

[Xlrator]

How about an octave down effect??

[Harry]

Make it into a combination auto wah octave up.

[Peter Snowberg]

Darth Vader's voice was created by running the voice of James Earl Jones through a Marshall Time Modulator. Perhaps you could build a copy of James Earl Jones to mount in that box?

[mongo]

oh shoe!  I'm in Europe, could ANYONE be kind enough to buy  one of this boxes for me???  I'd paypal the cost of the box, shipping, anything!!

thanx in advance,

Andy

[George Giblet]

There was a project in an electronic magazine called a *Cylon Voice*.  It was an XR2206 wired as a ring modulator.  It gave your voice that Darth sound.  Circuit was fairly trivial (I have the article somewhere) but it does mean forking out for an XR2206 - perhaps you can build a budget version.

http://www.siliconchip.com.au/cms/A_102633/article.html

[nelson]

oh shoe!  I'm in Europe, could ANYONE be kind enough to buy  one of this boxes for me???  I'd paypal the cost of the box, shipping, anything!!

thanx in advance,

Andy

The UK is in europe.

But, eh yeah I am sure someone will pop to tesco and buy you one.

[Toney]

More stuff....


http://dseau.resultspage.com/search.php?sessionid=43be7c9200476bc22740c0a87f9c074e&site=&w=vader&I1.x=12&I1.y=12

http://www.gadgetbox.com.au/darth-vader-voice-changer-mask-p-46.html

[birt]

More stuff....


http://dseau.resultspage.com/search.php?sessionid=43be7c9200476bc22740c0a87f9c074e&site=&w=vader&I1.x=12&I1.y=12

http://www.gadgetbox.com.au/darth-vader-voice-changer-mask-p-46.html

i wonder what i vader guitar sounds like? :p

[Herr Masel]

Make it a fuzz/octave down/chorus, that's what seems right to me anyway. What is the marshall time modulator? Does it just lower the pitch to make it sound slow motion? It would be cool for vocals but for guitar I think you'd need the chorus, could get you some light-sabre sounds too!

[Mark Hammer]

You can read about the Marshal Time Modulator in DEVICE (http://hammer.ampage.org  on pgae 10 or 11).  Look for the interview called "Who is Steven St. Croix and why is he saying those things?".

[Peter Snowberg]

Here is message #4 from this thread:

"Steven St. Croix was born Steven Marshall (sorry Steve if I wasn't supposed to say that).

Steve is a brilliant inventor/guitarist/keyboardist. In 1976 he partnered with John Ariosa from Sheffield on the development of the Marshall Time Modulator. The Marshall Time Modulator was one of the first bucket brigade analog delay devices made, and still has the best deep flanger that I have ever heard. They are now rare as hens teeth.

I worked for Sheffield back then and we took the first Marshall Time Modulator to AES, as a breadboarded mass of wires in a box. Steve ran wires from the controls of what looked like a functioning Time Modulator down through the table into this bread board monstrosity and gave brilliant demos for days with no one catching on. He and John fell out shortly afterword and Steve went on to form Marshall electronics. He always loved the islands hence his chosen name "St. Croix". Arisoa picked the name "Ocean". I wasn't cool enough to get a special name.

Steve is an excellent synthesist and programmed some or all (not sure) of the synthesizers on Stevie Wonder's "The Secret life of Plants" album.

Over the years, Steve worked for many different companies as a designer, designing electronics and interfaces. He had a part in lots of designs, including the Paris system and I believe the Quantec Room Simulator. He has always been a modern thinker, pushing the envelope on system design.

He has written for Mix for many many years. Steve has always had a huge ego but has also always been kind and friendly to me. I have always admired his energy, enthusiasm and talent. Steve's father was a doctor in Baltimore and I believe George was friends with Steve's father and Steve. He will have to answer that himself.

In the 80's Steve invented a process to predict and synthesize high frequency information in old films. He worked for Ted Turner renovating and remastering antique films, one of which was Gone With The Wind.

I'm sure he has many more accomplishments than this. Maybe he can elaborate some time. I tried to get ahold of him through Mix but didn't have much luck. I know he lives in Baltimore. If anyone does contact him, please give him my best.

Best regards,

Bill"


A friend of mine had two Time Modulators which were 19" 1U rack components with a giant block of epoxy inside. The external connections were made via an edge card connector on the back of the unit that my friend didn't have the pinout for.

I've seen them go for big $$$$$ for a flanger, but it has a reputation of being one of, if not the best. Most of the links you'll get from Googling the name in quotes are studios with MTMs in their racks.

[col]

Thanks for the replies. I have seen a "10 Voice Changing Toy" at Maplins, product number L29BK which has low pitch, high pitch, very low pitch, very high pitch, robotic, low pitch and high pitch robotic etc. It looks like it might be similar to the post by Nasse. It also conveniently runs off  a 9v battery. I might get one and see if the circuit can be adapted. Alternatively I might try and get a HT8950 and build the Nasse circuit.

Mongo, if you pm me with your e-mail I can send you a photo of what they look like and if you wany one I'll get one for you. They are not the greatest thing ever but just a bit of fun,

Col