Circuit Bent Delaydelus by univac
Channel: univacTechDweeb
Date: 2023-11-16

The Delaydelus (1.0?) is a really excellent patch bay sample player/layerer with large +/- pitch control, time and feedback delay.
It was build as a collab between electronic audio artist Daedalus and evil genius Dr. Bleep.

I decided it needed some extra optical and human contact resistance control, so I could play it the way I like to play it.

The two big buttons trigger a sample which itself is chosen by connecting with tiny alligator clips the pins from Common A or Common B to one or several of 8 different pre-set Daedelus sample pins, layerable by stacking the clips. These samples can be pitched up or down, even reversed, and the Time and Feedback control the delay, from robotic flange to noise-crushing-cathedrals.

There are also function buttons that allow you to loop the sample (very useful), and even record your own persistent 12 bit samples up to 4 seconds, without erasing the original Daedalus samples. It also has a CV triggering mode which I haven't yet explored.
And, it is also a really excellent audio passthrough delay unit, with lots of expression, the aforementioned noise-crushing-cathedrals, etc.

To wrangle it into my preferred attitude of optical control over everything, I added optical resistors to control Speed, Time, and Feedback—Speed and Time have two switchable settings. Also, I wired in some human contact resistance control. Rehoused in a great box enclosure, with wooden control surface.

This is a run-through of the Delaydelus starting with playing it straight, with just its built-in samples and delay, no bending.
Then I demonstrate the different optical bends and human contact resistance points.
The latter half features as an input source my circuit bent Speak n Math (called simply "Math") which is crazy crazy. I could play an entire show with just these two things.

Thanks Dr. Bleep and Daedalus!

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