Electro Harmonix Mainframe Bit Crusher

Technical Data

• Manufactured by Electro Harmonix
• Released in 2020
• Average price : $206
• Bit Crusher
• Produces 80s-style lo-fi sounds reminiscent of early arcade games, home consoles and home computers
• Reduces the sample rate from 48 kHz to 110 Hz, which leads to reduced audio quality and aliasing, ranging from fairly "clean" sounds to unrecognizable "crushed" sounds
• Bit crushing from 24 bits to 1 bit increases sampling errors that creatively degrade the sound quality for dirty "old school" sounds
• Selectable high / low / band pass filter
• Sample Rate Tuning mode analyzes the input signal in real time and adjusts the sample rate to match the pitch of your signal or a specified interval above your signal
• Programmable preset or expression pedal setting allows the sound to be saved or any combination of the controls on the mainframe to be controlled with an external expression pedal
• Controls: Vol, Blend, Bit Depth, Sample Rate, Peak, Freq
• Push buttons: EXP / Preset
• Switch: Filter HPF / BPF / LPF
• LED: EXP / Preset Mode, Effect On
• Foot switch: Effect bypass
• Input: 6.3 mm jack
• Output: 6.3 mm jack
• Expression pedal input: 6.3 mm stereo jack
• Power supply connection: barrel connector 5.5 x 2.1 mm, negative polarity inside
• Power supply via 9 V DC power supply (included)
• Dimensions : 70mm x 114mm x 53mm