EHX Mainframe Bit Crusher - Nostalgic for Nintendo Noises 

Dude, get to the damn pedal.

I've owned this pedal since it was released and your video was the first time I really understood how it works.

Great video! Your explanations are intelligent and comprehensive. You've explained functions of this pedal that I'm sure many people missed reading in the manual. Amazing how much they've packed into this little unit.Thanks.

Brilliant video with a great demo, your production value punches above its weight keep it up dude!

Thank you for going in-depth on this pedal.

This history bit is gold! Thank you!

Gotta love EHX for going beyond just reproducing the classics and never stop innovating. This is a very good implementation of a bit crusher and your explanation of how it works was sublime as always.

I love that you did a video on this. I got one of these a few months ago hoping to get some chiptune-type sounds, specifically the Game Boy 4-bit sound. Couldn't quite find what I was looking for but I still love the pedal. Easy to get lost in it, especially with delay. So far the RPS Arcade Machine is the only pedal I've seen that gives you the actual "videogame" sound. That uses a PLL though. But it has 2 octaves down, 2 octaves up, and a 12-tone interval selector - it's kind of insane.

I just bought this pedal and this was a really helpful video.

Great explanation, thanks. 👍🎸👍

Haven’t even finished the video yet, but that intro song was so tasteful. Well done!

Your description and drawing demonstration of bit depth in early consoles should be in basic computing textbooks. You handled it wonderfully. (Fellow guy "of a certain age...")

Literally all this time messing with pedals and even a few ring mods and already understood audio rate frequency and how some lfos can reach that - I didn't realize until your video that the sample rate frequency is the audible frequency in the circuit . It's so simple yet so hidden haha. Face palm. Thanks for that.

This has been on my radar for like a year but just learned about that automatic tuning mode here. That is making it a must buy for me. I used to have the subdecay vitruvian mod which is a ring mod with a similar auto tuning mode and loved that, just didn't use it often. This looks like another way to get a similar sound, except sample rate reduction is a little more usable than ring mod lol. Anyway, ready for your ring mod video now

The WMD Geiger Counter (bitcrusher) got me into a 6U Eurorack setup 🤣, the guitar pedal didn't match my Boss pedals, so I got the Eurorack version...

That was cool. I feel like I don't need this, but I need it.

Dug that first jam with the mod-pop ala 60s spy movie montage hyjinks tune (hallway of doors opening and closing with the bad guys running from the good guys and then zanily vice versa, and then all of them dressed as medieval knights, and then fish, then clowns, you get the idea ). Playing the bit crusher on top of the sounds of a pre-digital tune was killer and spot on arcade goodness. 🙂 I’ve been considering this pedal for quite a while, this was the best and clearest overview I’ve seen. I’m careful not to say review because you do such a nice job of keeping pedals as overviews rather than suggesting their goodness or badness. Though some like the DOD stereo turbo chorus deserve the shining accolades you give them and this is right and proper in my mind. 🙂👍 The special setting for the rate / tuning reminded me of a ring modulator, but I’m guessing it’s not a “real” ring mod in topology, but what do I know 🙂 Fun final jam pushing it to its most roboty goodness while keeping it musical, and _very cool_ to run it through an overdrive for more shaping. It got a lot more useful as an option hearing that. So often we think of pedals like this as what they do by themselves, forgetting all the other ways we have to incorporate additional signal shaping. Nice work on what I previously considered a less approachable pedal. You made it much clearer and easier to understand how to dial in. 👌🙂🎸

And ive been sold

Thank you

thank you for the whole explanation! Pretty interesting to know how that works. Too bad this pedal is pretty expensive in my country. BTW, do you know where I can get some skematics of this and other pedals? I would like to try to make those.

can't imagine the utility of a pedal like this one... but it's just me...

Right on thanks for covering this pedal and killer psuedo Zelda outro I had a hotone Mario bit crusher but it sucked half the sample rate knob did nothing on it but my zoom g1xon has a killer bitcrusher on it and I was thinking about getting a mainframe as an upgrade I dunno why I don't wanna use my zoom pedal live ever it's sounds are killer I guess it's more a fear of it breaking cause I love it more than my boss multi fx pedals

excelent for synths

Another great video, good sir! I’ve been mulling over adding a bit crusher to my board, and the Mainframe is one I’m considering. Have you played any others? I’ve been looking at Red Panda’s or maybe Meris’ Ottobit, but I’m not sure the feature sets would be worth the extra money. Any thoughts?

Love this! 😃🙌 I'm curious how this pedal interacts with something like an Eventide Micropitch, either before or after in the chain. 🤔

winners don't do drugs. Really good message. I had the displeasure to see friends and family go down that road and people need to be More outspoken about Anti drug living.

How many pole filter is the EHX Mainframe?

I wanted to hear the pedal, I've heard talking dude.

Come on man....you know that pedal is awful. You literally have to mix it with something else so it doesn't sound like total do do.