FRANCINE
Dirty Bitcrusher
Description
A compact analogue downsampler and bitcrusher designed to simulate digital sample rate reduction. Francine features an integrated drive stage to feed harmonics into the crush circuit, a wet/dry mix, and high-cut filtering to keep the lo-fi texture highly musical and usable.
Video Demo
Controls
Drive
Adds gain, sustain, and rich harmonics to feed into the crushing circuit.
Crush
Controls the sample rate reduction, bringing out gritty analogue bitcrushing and ringing sub-harmonics.
Teeth
High-cut filter to smooth out harsh top-end frequencies and shape the lo-fi texture.
Mix
Clean/wet blend control. Blends your original signal back in for clarity and note definition.
Bypass Footswitch
Engages or bypasses the effect.
Specifications
| Type | Hand-built Analogue Downsampler / Bitcrusher |
| Power | 9V DC, centre-negative, 2.1mm jack (no battery support) |
| Input/Output | 1/4" Mono Jack Input, 1/4" Mono Jack Output |
| Bypass | True Bypass switching |
Hand-built to order in Canberra, Australia.
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