AC noises - AMA (reverb w/ oscillator + bit crusher)

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AMA means "love" in 3th person (eg. lei ama/lui ama = she loves/he loves) or in 2th person imperative (tu, ama! = you, love!).

This effected pedal is a spring reverb with an analog oscillation + bit crusher an it works perfectly with guitar, bass, synth and basically every kind of instrument (human voice included). If you consider yourself as a “purist”, MAYBE the AMA could offers too much atypical shades for your idea of spring reverb pedal, but if you’re always excited to create new soundscapes, atmospheres and solution, you’ll could definitely fall in love with this first ambient-related AC noises pedal.

When the AMA is turned on (bypass: upper white led engaged) with both the bit crusher and the oscillator turned off (toggle switch: OFF position - OSC switch: upper white led not engaged), the pedal works as a spring reverb with a maximum of 2,85” decay’s length. In this case, you can control its two dedicated parameters through the related knobs MIX and REVERB.

MIX
The MIX knob controls the balance between the dry and the wet signal.
Turn it clockwise and the reverberated portion of your original signal will increases.
Turn it counterclockwise and and your original signal will be directed to the output in its entirety.

REVERB
The REVERB knob controls the amount of reverb (and its relative decay’s length).
More you'll turn it clockwise, bigger will be the reverb size (and longer will be the decay).
Turn it counterclockwise and the amount of reverb will decrease.

EXTREME REVERB SETTINGS
Turning fully counterclockwise both the MIX and the REVERB knobs, you’ll have no reverb at all.
In case you’ll set the REVERB knob up to 8 o’clock, you'll notice a reverberated portion of the signal (even if the MIX knob is set at its minimum).
If you turn both knobs fully clockwise you’ll hear just the reverberated portion of your original signal. In this case, you’ll notice a sort of very fast swell-reverb effect, which could be very interesting to creating atypical soundscapes.

OSC
If you turn the oscillator on (OSC witch: upper white led engaged), you'll add a fully analog oscillation which will be generated immediately after each note you’ll decide to play. That means that when you’ll leave the note/s, the oscillation will be noticed as a feedback mixed to the reverb decay, creating a gently modulated waveform and making a cinematic-style soundscape, especially with the reverb knob at his maximum. In fact, the amount of oscillation has been calibrated during the development process of the AMA’s circuit to make something simple to understand and to deal with for every musician out there: more you’ll turn the reverb knob clockwise, more the oscillation will be audible.

BIT CRUSHER
Speaking about the AMA's internal signal chain, the bit crusher is located AFTER the reverb. Turning it on (toggle switch: ON position) it will be added to your tone and it can be controlled by its two parameters: RESOLUTION and SAMPLE RATE

RESOLUTION
It controls the amount of the oscillation pulse (the internal one of bit crusher, not the AMA’s one). Turning it clockwise, pulses will be wider and the signal will be noticed as less crushed.

SAMPLE RATE
It controls the bit crusher internal oscillation frequency.
Turning it clockwise, the oscillation will be more focused on high frequency and the bit crushed sound in general will be noticed as brighter.

Best electronic parts.
Top-mounted jacks.
Digital printed graphics.
True bypass by relay + soft touch switch (same for the OSC switch).
Standard 9V DC negative power.
Hand-built and designed in Italy.