I've found a new pedal - possibly a fleet of pedals - that I must at some point acquire for the noisier side of Eucci & Co.. The latest find in the growing array of impressive hand-built pedals is Total Sonic Annihilation by Death By Audio.
As best as I can understand at this point, Total Sonic Annihilation is a loop monster - not a sample loop, but effect chain loop. It has its own in and out jacks, and a send/return pair that you chain other pedals and noisemakers on to. What I can't figure out just yet is whether the TSA pedal does any modification to the audio signal, or if it's basically controlling the amount of circular feedback that goes through the effect loop. Either way, having a sturdy pedal to do this type of work is a lot better than my current set up which uses a lot of creative cabling and probably is pushing my little mixer to the limit. I want to get back on the analog big-noise wagon, and this puppy looks to be the ticket.
Nicely, the pedal's creator offers a lot of customization options. I think that I'm going to order mine without any detailing at all, and put a toggle switch instead of a stomp on it (I treat my pedals more like analog synth modules than stomp boxes, and making them more "table friendly" is a nice option). Maybe some other options too.
Now I just need some more Z.Vex pedals and some (any) Frostwave. And I just found out about Effector 13 as well. sigh. Too bad I'm broke...and ski season is approaching.. and I should probably pay for this semester of school before I start looking at next semester. sigh sigh sigh sigh.
It's cool that there are so many options in pedals now manufactured by individuals or very small companies. It should keep me happy until I can get an EMS Synthesizer.