EarthQuaker Devices - Bit Commander™ Analog Octave Synth

Bit Commander™

Analog Octave Synth

The Bit Commander is a monophonic analog guitar synthesizer with four octaves of vintage square wave synth tones. Its no-nonsense interface makes it easy to add or subtract octaves to create a wide variety of sounds without having to dial in envelopes or oscillators. Ripping sub-octave thump, pulsing octave down, a lightly squared base tone and a swelling transformer based octave up all join together to make a single guitar sound like an army of olde tyme synths.

Controls

1. Level: Master volume

2. Filter: Tone control more highs clockwise, more warmth counterclockwise

3. Base: Squared input signal level

4. Sub: Two octaves down level

5. Down 1: One octave down level

6. Up 1: One octave up level

Dimensions: 4.75 x 2.50 x 2.25 in. (121 x 64 x 57 mm) with knobs

Current Draw: 25 mA

Input Impedance: 50 kΩ

Output Impedance: <500 Ω

Switching

This device is true bypass and uses electronic relay-based switching. Audio will not pass without power.

Power 

This device takes a standard 9 volt DC power supply with a 2.1mm negative center barrel. We always recommend pedal-specific, transformer-isolated wall-wart power supplies or multiple isolated-output supplies. Pedals will make extra noise if there is ripple or unclean power. Switching-type power supplies, daisy chains and non-pedal specific power supplies do not filter dirty power as well and let through unwanted noise. DO NOT RUN AT HIGHER VOLTAGES! 

WATCH THE DEMO HERE