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Ascension Device

Based on the EQD Levitation· 1 other board clones it

Category
Reverb· Vintage Sprint and Plate reverb
Controls
Decay · Mix · Tone
Difficulty
Intermediate
Price
€11.90out of stock

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From the vendor

Project Overview

The Ascension Device vintage-voiced reverb is a solid pedal with some excellent control, exciting features, and a voice that emphasizes a bit more of the higher frequencies on the EQ.

This board will allow you to build the perfect tool to make the best psych-rock ever! Prepare yourself because you will get everything from room, spring, plate, psychedelia, unique ambient sounds, and some classic slapback style reverb.

Introduction

The Ascension Device reverberation machine will take your sound to new heights! This device is a vintage-voiced versatile reverb that will grant you tons of lap back and unique atmosphere delays. With its set of intuitive controls, you can dial in just the right amount and type of reverberation you need.

Based on the Levitation, this circuit is a close cousin of EarthQuaker’s very spring-reverb-like Ghost Echo, though in practice they differ significantly. Where the Ghost Echo had an attack function (which added clarity to pick attack) and a dwell knob, the Ascension Device replaces them with a reverb-length toggle and decay, atmosphere, and tone controls.

The four knobs and the switch control can do wonders! Let’s take a look:

Mix: This is one of the most helpful controls of the board regulating the wet signal blended with the dry. If you want more reverb, dial it clockwise, you need less, go counterclockwise.

Decay: Controls the length of the reverb decay. Longer clockwise, shorter counterclockwise.

Tone: This is an input bandwidth control for the reverberated signal. All the way, clockwise to reduce all low-end content making a brighter reverb, turning counterclockwise permits lower end to pass through, giving in a fuller reverberated tone.

Atmosphere: the harmonic regeneration control! It provides the upper frequencies of the reverb trails back through to produce a more harmonic (ringing) reverb. Get more atmosphere by dialing clockwise, less by dialing counterclockwise.

Length Switch: general control for decay time. Longer to the right and Shorter to the left.

This handy pedal offers endless potential for your creativity and is a must-have for any individual who is unsatisfied with little and wants to explore the limits!

Controls

Potentiometers

• MIX

• Tone

• Decay

• Atmosphere

Switches

• Lenght

For any technical questions regarding this build don’t forget to check out our Facebook Group and our forum at Free Stomp Boxes.

Ascention Device 1v1 – Building Docs

Ascention Device – Building

Schematic

The schematic is in the vendor's build document, page 5. Open the build document. No KiCad fragment has been drawn for this circuit yet.

Parts list 46 rows

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Resistors 19
R11m1M
R21m1M
R310k10k
R422k22k
R51k1k
R615k15k
R710k10k
R810k10k
R922k22k
R1039k39k
R1110k10k
R12470r470
R1339k39k
R14100k100k
R15100k100k
R1610k10k
R1747k47k
R1847k47k
R194k74.7k
Capacitors 19
C61u1u
C71u1u
C81u1u
C101u1u
C12100u100u
C1410u10u
C17100u100u
C18100u100u
C1100n100n
C21u1u
C31u1u
C410n10n
C51n1n
C9100p100p
C111n1n
C13100n100n
C15100n100n
C16100n100n
C19100n100n
Diodes 2
D11N58171N5817
D23mm3MM
ICs 3
IC1TL072TL072
IC2TL072TL072
IC3BTDR-3BTDR-3
Potentiometers 3
DECAY25KBB25kPotentiometer
MIX10KBB10kPotentiometer
TONE25KBB25kPotentiometer

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