The BitQuest Pre-Order Is OVAH! THANK YOU GUYS!

[Ryan]

You wouldn't even have to send it back, I'd just need to send you a new memory chip. You pop the back off, pop out the old memory chip, pop in the new one, and Bob's your uncle.

One future I foresee is there's a depository of BitQuest patches and a customer will buy the pedal and then ponder the other available patches, email me a list, I burn them a custom chip and mail it out. That's down the road though, for now I consider the BQ done and there's just the 8 patches, no extras... but as I do more Spin work it just makes sense that it could benefit the BQ as well and that over the years I'd tweak and improve and empower the original 8 patches even more or in new directions...

[neonblack]

Man, that's nuts. This is the pedal of the future.

I really gotta get some more of your stuff.

[Sparrow]

You wouldn't even have to send it back, I'd just need to send you a new memory chip. You pop the back off, pop out the old memory chip, pop in the new one, and Bob's your uncle.

One future I foresee is there's a depository of BitQuest patches and a customer will buy the pedal and then ponder the other available patches, email me a list, I burn them a custom chip and mail it out. That's down the road though, for now I consider the BQ done and there's just the 8 patches, no extras... but as I do more Spin work it just makes sense that it could benefit the BQ as well and that over the years I'd tweak and improve and empower the original 8 patches even more or in new directions...

glad you're move is going well Ryan!
i'm interested to see what new look you have for the BitQuest!
and .. i was going to say. the BitQuest is cool and all. but, it was lacking in options!

[Eivind August]

Man, I'm stoked for this. Placed an order with the Norwegian dealer. Best of luck with your move, and may fortune be forever in thine favour, dude!

[ChetMagongalo]

I was never able to get enough money till the preorder was over, can't wait for the production model! I'm sure you and your wife will knock it out of the park

[AngryGoldfish]

You wouldn't even have to send it back, I'd just need to send you a new memory chip. You pop the back off, pop out the old memory chip, pop in the new one, and Bob's your uncle.

One future I foresee is there's a depository of BitQuest patches and a customer will buy the pedal and then ponder the other available patches, email me a list, I burn them a custom chip and mail it out. That's down the road though, for now I consider the BQ done and there's just the 8 patches, no extras... but as I do more Spin work it just makes sense that it could benefit the BQ as well and that over the years I'd tweak and improve and empower the original 8 patches even more or in new directions...

That's devil talk. BURN THE WITCHES!!


Although I just had no way of being one of the early purchases of this pedal, I'm still really excited for it.

[neonblack]

If you happen to get bored sometime, you should work on a univibe/leslie sim patch

[breitnersn]

Thanks Franz! Couldn't have done it without you buddy! *smile*

Now that they're all gone I really miss the BitQuest..

I had been thinking that we'd have to get through our move before we'd be able to get the BQ into production, and I'm not sure now. The move has progressed well, mom is now living in Summerland and we've got our house half-packed up and a big storage bin to move it all into is out back, so we're trucking along... but I'm kinda kicking myself for not having those new BQ boxes in hand right now. I'm gonna check in with my box guys and see exactly where we're at, maybe we'll start making them sooner than later... I'm not really sure!

Worst case, we get moved to Penticton over the next couple months and then I start building them! I'm really excited to get them officially out there, I think it's the best/coolest/most fun and hopefully most popular pedal I make.

Oooh... too kind, Ryan *blush*

All the best for moving and boxing and all of that stuff you haven't finished meanwhile.

I think a lot about optimizing BQ patches and hardware. For example it would be great to have a switch to decide whether the expression jack is active or not. So you wouldn't have to unplug the expression pedal to get manual control. It would also be great if you could choose which knob is controlled by the expression pedal. Probably this is too much for a pedal of this size?
I think it would be really cool if you could limit the modulation range. The BQ has a very wide range. I think a bitcrusher that modulates the rate of downsampling just in a narrow area could sound more "responsive" or "natural". Controlling the sample rate by an envelope follower would be great, too. I love bitcrushers but often wish they would react more dynamic too what you play. I love that you added so much modulation features to the clean BQ. It's a fantastic way to make digital effects more lively. The ring mod with modulation around 10 o'clock is just killer. Adding random and envelope features would be really cool. I wish there was a "control pedal" that you can connect to expression jacks that could give you such features for any pedal you like.

[sylnau]

Hey guys!! How is the BitQuest filter setting compared to the IE Xero DLX?

[Jwar]

Hey guys!! How is the BitQuest filter setting compared to the IE Xero DLX?

Completely different. I'm not a huge fan of the filter on the Bitquest, but it does some cool shit.

[goroth]

The xero is a dedicated lpf, and it is fantastic. The filter on the BQ is one knob for lpf and one for hpf. Unlike some of the patches which seem to work better in clean mode I think the filters need to be used together, and they need to be used on the dirty side. You can get awesome cocked wah sounds and crunchy distortions and filtered overdrive. I don't see any overlap between the two. There is definitely no way you could replace one with the other.

Which is why I have both on my board

[Ryan]

glad you're move is going well Ryan!
i'm interested to see what new look you have for the BitQuest!
and .. i was going to say. the BitQuest is cool and all. but, it was lacking in options! :p

Thanks Josh! We're still loading up our big steel box, our move isn't going to be as hectic as mom's was.. we're not in a huge rush, another month or two is fine. So I'll probably do a run of BitQuests before we go, I think I'll have the production boxes by the end of the month.

Man, I'm stoked for this. Placed an order with the Norwegian dealer. Best of luck with your move, and may fortune be forever in thine favour, dude!

Thank you very much! They checked in with me awhile ago about it, they've got their order in already. Much appreciated!

I was never able to get enough money till the preorder was over, can't wait for the production model! I'm sure you and your wife will knock it out of the park :)

Buckle up, buddy, it's gonna look cool!

Although I just had no way of being one of the early purchases of this pedal, I'm still really excited for it.

I'm gonna make the BitQuest for years and years and you're gonna try one for sure, I just know it.

If you happen to get bored sometime, you should work on a univibe/leslie sim patch ;)

My ultimate goal would be to one day recreate the rotating speaker patch from the Reverberator.. the man who designed that patch, Keith Barr, designed the Spin FV-1 that the BQ is based on, so it would be a cool challenge and tribute.

Oooh... too kind, Ryan *blush*

All the best for moving and boxing and all of that stuff you haven't finished meanwhile.

I think a lot about optimizing BQ patches and hardware. For example it would be great to have a switch to decide whether the expression jack is active or not. So you wouldn't have to unplug the expression pedal to get manual control. It would also be great if you could choose which knob is controlled by the expression pedal. Probably this is too much for a pedal of this size?
I think it would be really cool if you could limit the modulation range. The BQ has a very wide range. I think a bitcrusher that modulates the rate of downsampling just in a narrow area could sound more "responsive" or "natural". Controlling the sample rate by an envelope follower would be great, too. I love bitcrushers but often wish they would react more dynamic too what you play. I love that you added so much modulation features to the clean BQ. It's a fantastic way to make digital effects more lively. The ring mod with modulation around 10 o'clock is just killer. Adding random and envelope features would be really cool. I wish there was a "control pedal" that you can connect to expression jacks that could give you such features for any pedal you like.

Thanks Franz!

Thanks for the ponderings too, much appreciated. You know, I don't think there's a single hardware change I can make to the BitQuest, it's completely jam-packed to the rafters without a mm to spare. I think I'll really only be able to adjust the code through the years as I want to keep the pedal in the 125B box.

More envelope and random in the future for sure.. I don't have a great handle on those systems yet or I'd do more with them already. They're tough! *smile*

Hey guys!! How is the BitQuest filter setting compared to the IE Xero DLX?

The BQ filter patch is really cool and straight forward.. one filter takes away the highs and lower, one filter takes away the lows and up.. it's simple and the filters are really clean and powerful, they slice steeply. You just leave the resonance knob down if you don't want any weirdness and feedback.. otherwise they're just really simple and steep filters. Awesome!

[space6oy]

god i wish i hadn't missed out on this.