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Conn - Multi-Vider

"All the way back in 1967, C.G. Conn wanted in on the decidedly nascent effects scene, and they wanted to do so with a bang. The company partnered with Jordan Electronics of Alhambra, CA to release an octave effect for wind instruments. The resulting circuit is a truly interesting piece of gear history. It needs to be said that Conn went into manufacturing, thereby ending its partnership with Jordan (at least according to all the paperwork) and the result was two different MultiViders. The differences on the surface are minute: the first model is grey and looks like a piece of dictation equipment, offering “bright” and “dark” input modes, a top-mounted Sensitivity control, and a plethora of battery gadgets. By contrast, the much cooler-looking model “914” did away with the frequency selector, opting for a switch called Unison and a power supply input.

Both models contain “Soprano,” “Bass” and “Sub Bass” switches, and corresponding volume for each. The 914’s Unison mode is essentially a dry signal control. The “grey box” model is a little more convoluted about it but the job is effectively identical. However, the way these two models go about these identical tasks in different—yet similar—ways.

This original “grey box” model contains a duo of ersatz flip-flop circuits, which the unit relies on for its octave down effects. The circuit utilizes some rather intense gain staging to convert the signal to a crude square wave and then use the flip-flops to divide the frequency in half and then in half again. In the later 914 model, much of this circuit is switched to a CD4013 chip, an all-in-one CMOS device. It’s interesting that the first draft of the MultiVider contains what amounts to a discrete imagining of the CD4013, and what it all adds up to is the first-ever octave effect for an electronic instrument. There’s also a wah inductor on the 914, which is connected to the sub-octave circuit somehow; I dare not remove the board due to extreme rocker switch fragility. I love stuff like this.

For as cool as this whole thing sounds, there are some drawbacks, as one might expect with the first pedal of any type. As previously stated, the MultiVider is a horns-only instrument, as is to be used with Conn’s proprietary woodwind pickup. While the “grey box” model serves up a battery option, the 914 is adapter-only, and it’s a doozy—only a 12-volt eighth-inch style phone plug will do. Thankfully there are workarounds for both; if you can solder, the power situation is a cinch and the microphone issue can be circumnavigated by hitting the MultiVider with a hotter input signal. Even then, a large belt clip on the back of the unit dictates its preferred method of implementation. With all that said, synth players are at an automatic advantage with modernizing the MultiVider.

Of course, the MultiVider was an advanced device for its time, and so it was used by artists that had explored brass instruments to their fullest. In particular, the MultiVider was used by Zappa’s band, the Mothers of Invention. It was also used by Miles Davis on 1970’s The Complete Jack Johnson Sessions. Of course there are others, but with a resume like that, stick to your strengths."

cred: catalinbread.com/blogs/kulas-cabinet/conn-multivider

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hope you feel better soon!

I am riddled with ailments, but I stay silly!

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Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Sea of Monsters

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“You'll stay with me?' Until the very end."

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The abandoned woman by Octave Tassaert (1852)

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Le gear de Ben Monder

Le gear de Ben Monder

Vous ne le connaissez peut-être pas, c’est le guitariste du dernier album de David Bowie (de son vivant). Ben Monder est défini comme étant un guitariste de jazz d’avant-garde [1] et c’est un musicien qui me fascine. Je suis allé le voir en concert avec le groupe The Bad Plus et comme le bon geek que je suis j’ai fait des photos de ses pédales d’effet. Au début c’était juste par curiosité, mais…

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I CAN SEE YOU Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour (Taylor's Version) (2024) dir. Sam Wrench

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skk at karaoke except all the interactions are directly taken from the last time i went to a karaoke bar w my bestie

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Anja Rubik | © Octave de B.

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TONEBUTCHER - pink fiberglass octavepuss

9v plug perfectly imperfect unshielded for environmental manipulation 001/1

cred: instagram.com/tonebutcher

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OC DRAWINGS FOR MY FRIEND @2poodles AND MY OC MR OCTAVE

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‘That’s Enough’

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Octave Denis Victor Guillonnet (French, 1872-1967) - Solitude in the garden