#then i'll add the link to this post once it's ready :D

[renabe4life]

Day 4 - Weapons | Hands

put your hands on me strip me down to nothing distract me distract me

~~Colour version below the cut. Partner piece for my fic, Distraction.

[potionio]

You've lost count at this point, the amount of days you've travelled but your pain tells a tale and a half. But Guild Amakiir's advertisements in the port town you just came from were too good to pass up. With the heavy rain it was almost impossible to locate the guild, but upon doing so the guild leader Creed offers quite the introduction...

More info under the cut!

Guild Amakiir is my excuse to have fun with people in the community. I've seen people do the bachelor and bachelorette but I haven't watched a single season- so I'll be damned if I don't do my own version with a fantasy twist!

Set in one of my many homebrew settings I've made for Dungeons and Dragons, Amakiir is a guild created well over 160 years ago. But after some unfortunate (see: entirely obvious) betrayals and tragedies they've fallen on hard times. What they need is a group of adventurers to gear up and make a name for themselves.

So, why not have everyone work together to do this? I figured why not have people make characters, and forge our own little band of misfits and see where they end up.

To send a Sim in they just need to meet the following requirments:

They have to be one of the D&D races, you can find these literally everywhere online. Go wild, hell if you find some cool homebrew why not!

They need to be assigned a class and subclass. You can once again find these online, DND Beyond is an amazing free resouce!

You absolutely do not need to roll stats for them. But if you're a dnd nerd and you want to, it's the roll 4d4, remove the lowest system- reroll any ones!

While I understand that they can't be CC minimal in some cases (sighs at aasimar and tabaxi etc), please try to not blow my computer up. thanks <3

Remember to have a download link available, or at least be ready for me to poke you about one.

I'll try to keep it to a ground of 6 picked out little gangs, and will probably add even more people!

I already have a few NPC's for the guild made but hell feel free to even make those if you want just poke me for any details.

use the #GuildAmakiirTryouts : )! I'll peek in next Friday (14th of June) and post who has gotten accepted into the guild!

I just want a fantasy collaborate event with people. And I am a tryhard so I did all of this.

[gameringgungke]

hi i hate nintendo

the short version of The (possible) lore is that this could be a troll that's been biting at the gmod community for a while, or the real nintendo itself. either way, this is annoying.

anyways. there was a reddit post a week or few days ago when this started amping up, where pokemon ragdolls were being removed. someone posted a bunch of links archiving the models, along with other nintendo models. by now, the post was removed, and all the links were gone. but you bet i grabbed them before that happened! here they are, copied directly from that post:

Google drive #1: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1LH20dwIhLd03mEXAlJISiJUiyLQ_hm3j

Google drive #2: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1UEgUYMPP65z1XPWOiTafl9uVPn1poTIp

Google drive #3: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GI6uOqiD1s-mKBBr6_CtOdPJ0AYG7OMT/view?usp=drive_link

Google drive #4: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_ztOEKTjY9b2-pNxoPIvb7rGz1gWd7fx/view?usp=drive_link

Google drive #5: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fTjrIgLO-ft7v7aG2ckglLuKzeLREAEn/view

Google drive #6: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1iWsKV9Lr-Vt0j-uhAthDhDuvK0QE-8s6

Google drive #7: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1uARE8ZI4W4iCtjT7jj07BJV_3OyHND_e

Google drive #8: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1rzEvki7YgxMHXhqmS0h80ovNVX0YMhH7

Google drive #9: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xbve0h1rMsz2nT3Yy0xhdjSwkfPlTh1d/view?usp=sharing

Pastebin #1 (Provided by Sinful Mario): https://pastebin.com/QZFA30kj

Pastebin #2 (Provided by Apoc Hedgie and RTB): https://pastebin.com/9TwvrsBu

Mega Drive #1 (Provided by RTB): https://mega.nz/folder/WpN3yIJZ#kZ5lKiwHUFdq6eiGAdWHTw

Mega Drive #2 (Provided bylegoj15): https://mega.nz/file/t8pgULjJ#PwfqC_hwyH9Bagmhhy4F3QMV9xpgnADXtbWxh87FaEg

Mega Drive #3 (Provided by Yunpol): https://mega.nz/folder/iWJlTRSC#ajHnpj8Vv5QY4MrnsOvrvw

Once you downloaded them, put them into the "addons" folder in the game's files: Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\GarrysMod\garrysmod\addons If you wish to find mods updated after the 2020 update, locate this folder: Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\workshop\content\4000 One last thing; you will need the Extended Spawnmenu addon to access them.

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(all the links still work as of now, i've downloaded most of them.)

mega is.... stupid so get ready for that. i might just reupload the mega zips to drive and add that to this too.

also check internet archive for some other removed mods anyway, maybe upload your own archives to there? idk. just archive what you can, even if it's only to a flashdrive because that's all you can do.

i've got a few mods, not many, that i'm going to work on uploading to a drive, so i'll come back and edit this when i have the time (the ones i have might already be in here but??? idc) main ones i have are: some pokemon PMs, the botw bow swep, the metroid prime sweps, and the botw shrine dungeon map. and if none of the above links for whatever reason don't have the metroid prime ragdolls, i also have those...

not a lot, but shrug. didn't expect to wake up to this mess today lol

[sirendabbles]

Who Do You Cook For?

Link x Zelda

Requested by: No One! (Suffice to say I am open to requests :D)

Warnings: Just minor spoilers for TOTK -- set after the end of the game, so mainly the spoilers are for the Dragon's Tear quest.

[This is the first part of what is 6 one-shots at the moment, though I may add up to eight (total) = I'll link them with the parts when I post them :) ]

Part 1

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“Dear, you are quite lucky to have such a man cook for you. Oh, isn’t it romantic; I sure wish my husband would cook for me once in a while.”

That’s what she said in thanks, the mother they had assisted at dusk that day. It was just after warm flickers of the lanterns at Kakariko village welcomed them, beckoning them to approach the eating area. That’s where they found the woman. She was a mother of two, and was in need of a specific kind of fish for her stew – her daughter would have a fit if she couldn’t make it, and the poor woman wasn’t about to break a promise with her daughter.

Graciously, and with a kindness Zelda has found herself to adore, Link dug through his pack to find the very thing the woman had requested. No need to go on any extra adventures, thankfully – the two were just trying to get home from one. I mean, Zelda loved the trips she would take with Link, she really did, but she knew her limits, and though it had been a month or two since she came home, she still found herself wobbling on her legs from time to time. And every time, Link would reach out to steady her, another trait she often found herself thinking of.

As Link had begun gathering some extra supplies (goddess forbid one of his claymores) to help the woman in preparing her meal, as she insisted they stay since they provided the main ingredient, Zelda found herself pulled aside. She smiled, politely, but with a hint of confusion. The woman looked just ecstatic, but as for the reason Zelda had no idea. Before she could get a word out, the woman burst.

“Oh my, he’s just wonderful isn’t he? Ya know if I wasn’t already married I would try and steal him from you!” She laughed, a hand pressed to her cheek as her eyes roamed greedily over her traveling partner. Zelda wasn’t sure if she should laugh or correct the woman – she wasn’t serious right? 

“Oh dear, I’m just joking honey. You should see your face, you look ready to fight me for him!” 

Okay, Zelda didn’t think she was that close to manslaughter, but she supposed she did need to work on her mask again – it had been, well, years it felt like since she had controlled her human expressions.

“I-I’m sorry for the confusion, ma’am. But we’re not together.”

Zelda had never seen someone go from teasingly happy to perplexed and saddened so quickly. “What? But, I was sure; my sister-in-law always says I’m the best at detecting hidden relationships. No, I’m sure.” The woman then grabbed her by both shoulders, shocking Zelda into a stiffness. “That means that either you haven’t told him, or he hasn’t told you. Am I right?”

Zelda glanced down at the woman's grip on her arms – not strong enough to bruise, but tight enough she knew that she wasn’t about to let go until she got her answer – then back up with a concealed sigh. “Ma’am–”

“Oh, call me Cottla.” She near scolded.

“Right. Well, like I said, we’re not… a couple. We just–” Her mind flashed between everywhere they’d been, everyone they had met, everything they went through together. During both bouts of darkness how they always came out of it, not unscathed per say, but together. How… they live together now. How he– She shook her head. “We’re just friends. Traveling partners, at the very best. I’m sorry to disappoint ma’am, but I can’t say you’re right this time.” 

Cottla hummed. Her eyes shifted just over Zelda’s shoulder, who had yet to notice the golden haired man staring at her back. Cottla watched as he glanced over just slightly, and upon noticing her watching back he shook his head, turning back to messily adjust the finished preparations on the table.

With a slap to her arms, Cottla sighed what her sister-in-law always called her ‘motherly sigh’. Zelda nearly jumped at the sudden loss of contact (one she thought would never leave if she’s being honest). “Oh you get outta there, boy, I never said you’d have to make the stew.” Cottla crossed the floor in just three strides to shoo away Link. 

He held up his hands with a guilty grin. “Oop – caught!”

Zelda could only smile quietly. 

That was another thing she had found herself admiring about Link. It had taken a while for sure, when in reality she would have been willing to wait forever, but he did eventually come back to terms with speaking. They were little words at first, maybe just answers to ‘yes’ or ‘no’ questions, and as far as she can recall, he would only speak to her for the first few months. Still, it was the little things. Eventually, he found himself comfortable speaking in sentences and for longer, with more people. She giggled a bit though, as she watched him use those silly and over exaggerated little gestures to enunciate his points. 

At the sound, he looked over at her, batting his hand up to avoid being hit with that wooden spoon Cottla had gotten from out of nowhere. Zelda held up a hand of her own, beckoning him over as she turned and snuck through the kitchen door. She counted the seconds as soon as she heard more than felt the soft crinkle of grass under her feet.

One.

Two.

Thr–

“Princess.” His voice appeared behind her. 

“Ah, right on time!” She spun around, a bit peeved her hair was too short to whack him in the face. Though a bit surprised at her own teasing nature, she decided to run with it. “Meet someone you like in there?”

He barked out a quick laugh, quickly looking away at the implication behind her words. “What? No way, she’s married, you know I wouldn’t do that.”

“Oh, you wouldn’t, huh?” Zelda crossed her arms. “Sure, you wouldn’t.”

His head snapped back to face her, a sly grin spreading across his face. “Oh? You don’t believe me? Well, I bet if you put me in a room with her, I certainly wouldn’t be the one to jump all over her.”

Zelda gave a mock gasp. “Why Link! How rude of you to offend her so! To insinuate that none should ever fall for her?”

“Well I didn’t say that, Princess–”

“And if anyone were to hear you say such things,” Zelda put a hand to her forehead in woe. “She’d be cast out of the courting season for the rest of her days!”

It was then that Link took a step forward, and she realized how close together they had gotten. His hand rested on a wooden fence post that she had unconsciously leaned on for support. She had barely noticed how she had brushed his other hand with her own through her theatrics. Their faces were so close she could swear she felt his breath ghost over her lips.

Suddenly he cleared his throat, stepping back to an appropriate distance. “Yes, I suppose that would be a shame.” It was certainly an attempt to finish the joke, though the both were a bit too stunned it seemed. For utterly no reason Zelda might add – though she chose not to think too hard about all that she had noticed in those few seconds in close proximity.

Gathering the courage that had no reason to flee moments before, Zelda straightened to speak, but oddly enough she was saved by the bell. 

Not the dinner bell, per say. Nor was it the bell for school, which would have been odd to ring at that time of evening, but instead a hand-held bell just rang by a child trotting her way up the hill. 

“Hi sir!” She all but shouted, her bell ringing slightly as she turned to face Zelda. She couldn’t be more than six. “Hi miss! I have a very important question.”

Zelda glanced at Link, who shrugged. One of those shoulder gestures that said: ‘I have no idea who this is or what’s going on but let’s just go with it.’ 

She knelt down to the girls level then, and asked for her name. “My name’s Zelda, and this is Link.”

And just like most times when first meeting her, the small girl’s eyes lit up with genuine sparkles. “Like, THE Zelda? Like the princess? Because that was one of my questions, since he called you princess.”

“Oh!” Zelda said. “You heard all that?”

The girl nodded her head vigorously. “And I also want to know what a colorful session is?”

That one just about stopped Zelda in her tracks.

Link appeared to be unaffected. Figures.

“Oh, you mean ‘courting season’.” Link corrected. He tapped Zelda’s shoulder.

She glanced up at him just as he squatted to their level. His hand was cupped over her shoulder now, and she was grateful the natural light was dying out so that no one would notice her red cheeks betraying her. 

What is wrong with me? I’ve never been flustered over him touching me before??

No, you have. You definitely have.

“Do they still do courting rituals anymore?” He whispered. Where else really but right in her ear. To this day Zelda is proud of how she held in her shiver. It was getting ridiculous. Link was by far and large not the first man to be kind or friendly to her.

She turned to whisper back, “No, not that I’m aware of. That was mostly for advisors and royalty anyways.”

He nodded. The girl was still staring at their interaction expectantly.

Zelda found her head in the mess of clouds and just about flung thoughts back to the ground. “Well little one, a courting season is like going on a whole bunch of dates, and then getting married, like your parents did.”

The girl seemed to think for a moment, before the confusion melted off her face. “Well, my mommy and papa didn’t go on dates, they just got married. Is the colorful season only for princesses?”

“Well, it doesn’t have to be–”

“Did he color you?”

And if that wasn’t the statement of the century.

Zelda took this one in stride though. She turned nonchalantly towards Link, who she shared a smile and a small shake of her head with as they stood.

“Kids.” He shrugged, matching her smile.

Breaking his gaze, she turned back to the girl.

“It’s getting late, do you want us to walk you home?”

At her lack of response, Zelda realized what she had forgotten during their conversation. “Oh!” Zelda gasped. “What was your name sweetie?”

Just then the kitchen door behind them banged open, and Cottla called from inside. “Eca! It’s dinner time! Oh. Well it looks like you found our guests too.”

Zelda and Link turned at the same time, Eca shoving between their legs and running towards her mother.

“Hey, woah! Don’t jump on me, I’ll drop the salad; now go get your sister, we’ll be in in a moment, love.” That was all the direction Eca needed. In a flash she was gone up the stairs, already shouting at the top of her little lungs for her sibling. Cottla turned back to them with an exhausted smile. “Quite the talker, isn’t she? I’m sure you two’ll make all kinds of personalities. Oh, it’s always fun to see how the kids turn out.” Cottla’s voice faded as she went back to the counter, leaving Link and Zelda just beyond the door. “Well, come inside. Have a seat, make yourself comfortable.”

Shaking off the words of a woman with no filter, Zelda felt her basic royal teachings come back into play. “Oh, we wouldn’t want to overstay our welcome.”

“Oh it’s no issue dear. I invited you after all,” Cottla set down her mixing utensil with a smirk. “And truly, you two are the most entertaining people I’ve had over in ages. I would never be opposed to more conversation with you.”

Yeah, Zelda wasn’t sure what gave it away, but she’s pretty sure Cottla directed that last comment at her specifically.

“Now,” Cottla said, getting right back into the last touches of supper. “Shoo and sit down, I can already hear my daughters at the table.”

Upon crossing the threshold into the eating room, the daughter they hadn’t met yet piped up at the sight of them.

“My sister said you’re coloring! I want to color somebody!”

Zelda huffed, but not without letting a smile overtake her face. 

Unbeknownst to the duo, this wouldn’t be the first time that the topic of food would reveal a new side of their relationship.

[alwaysthesitter]

hey strode (and anyone reading this). i just wanted to acknowledge something in the best way i know how after having a really good conversation with you about this situation.

i didn't realize strode was still getting hate and threats over a callout made over a year ago. i spent hours talking to him and fully believe that most of the callout was a misunderstanding and the things that weren't a misunderstanding have been discussed and apologized for.

so, i just want to make sure this is seen as this is now what the link to the callout will take anyone to: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qCdHEStLJNAqa7cJ6FZq0DgKrL44iJ8SzX7-nBz8A50/edit?pli=1

Posting with permission from Mox. ❤️

Mox and I have already discussed it and so they know how I feel, but I want to take a moment to show my appreciation here anyways for the fact that they did this. A lot of harassment and hate has been thrown my way in the past year, and continues to happen, and Mox has acknowledged they never wanted it to blow up to that degree and they want me to find the peace I deserve through this situation. They acknowledge that most of my call out was taken extremely out of context and they never got the full picture, and we both agree we wish this conversation had happened a lot sooner so i wouldn't have to endure the stress I have and the feeling of safety I have lost.

At this point, as you can see, the call out is entirely revoked. No more 'partially' or 'basically.' It's gone. I'm at peace, for once. Hopefully horrendous labels that have surrounded me stop circulating. From this point forward, Mox and I have come to an understanding and will no longer talk about each other. If anyone attacks them in the comments on this post, I'll delete the comments immediately. I want to be done with this. It's been unnecessary years of crap and we both agree.

I'm going to be linking the new call out doc in my rules later this week, informing anyone that has heard about it through the grape vine or wants to know that this is the result. It no longer exists. If people continue to whisper "did you know what Strode did" or use the P word behind my back or block me without knowing me because they heard there was a horrible call out about me, this is no longer my issue. My slate is clear. My conscience is clear. Anything else from here on forward that people say about me is no longer my issue, because even the person who had issue with me says they made a mistake and has apologized both personally and on here. I am grateful for that, for them, and I want them to be left alone as well.

I refuse to acknowledgement my call out or anything alluding to my call out again from here on forward, other than the brief add I will be making in my rules. Please respect that. I'm ready to move on, and this is a huge step to helping me do so. I deserve to write as Steve without fear.

[toorumochi]

100 OTP QUESTIONS: KaruShuu! 2/4

Hello! (´｡• ᵕ •｡`) ♡ I wrote 100 OTP Questions about KaruShuu, and I'll post them here! I'll divide those into 4 parts, here is part 2/4, hope you enjoy! ♡

26. What songs do they sing together in the vehicle? - ‘Sofia the first opening’ is the main, oh and heavy metal songs bc they are a cool couple

27. What other couple would your OTP get along with? - RIO AND TERASAKA.

28. Who likes to prank the other? - Karma pls leave Shuu alone 😭

29. Who is the one who loves to take pictures? - Karma takes very cheesy pics of them, but Shuu likes them more professional and very nice and soft

30. How would they react if they found out they were soul mates? - Karma would be like smiling cheekily and Shuu would try not to smile but on the inside he would be: 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰 they are so cute I can’t-

31. Where would they live? - They do indeed have stable jobs and are earning a lot, but I think as a couple they would live in a peaceful apartment or a nice small house; if they would consider starting a family, they would probably move, and Karmas arguments were when Shuu asked why it should be a house between the countryside and the city:

“Well, if we adopt and our children will soon be teens, I’m sure they would want to be close to cities so they can meet up with friends or so 🥰” , “.......we are adopting a 5 year old girl what do you mean in a few years- this will be a very long time so let’s calm down for now”

32. What type of dragon would they own, if they could have one? - Bet Karma would buy like 10 of them and come home and they start to breathe fire and those water dragons would flood their apartment, so as soon as Shuu comes home, a whole ass tsunami hits his body; That week Karma slept on the doormat.

33. If they were both vampires, what type of vampires would they be? - pLS, Karma would flirt the living demon out of Shuu. IMAGINE THEIR SEXUAL TENSION-

34. What would they dress up as, for Halloween? - Karma would dress up as a murderer, and he would force Shuu to wear a dress and be his ‘murderous wife’; he received a slap in the head and Shuu went as a ghost

35. Can they name each other’s favourite food? -

Karma: Pizza.  

Shuu: As long as it’s edible, he will eat it.

36. Do they have pet names for one another? - Well- Karma does have many, but Shuu insults him, like “Moron”, “Dumbass”, “Idiot”, please he could write a book with all the insults and he wouldn’t be done with it and die of old age

37. How do they cheer each other up? - Karma doesn't show that he is sad so that he won’t worry Shuu, but when it comes to cheer Shuu up, please, he would fight a tree for him. Once when they were out, Shuu was complaining about how hot it is and the sun annoys him, and Karma glared at the sun, of course getting blind a bit and yelled “THERE CAN ONLY BE ONE SUNSHINE, AND THAT'S SHUU. FUCK YOU, YOU BIG BALL OF ANNOYING LIGHT”

38. Do they show a lot of PDA? - Shuu really dislikes it and Karma respects it, but Karma is Karma and he likes to tease him a bit by giving him kisses in public

39. How old were they when they got together? - They have known each other since the first year of Junior High, but they got together when they were 15-16

40. Who is the one that would bring the puppy home? - Karma would; like imagine a puppy for Shuu as a birthday or christmas gift

41. Can they do yoga couple’s poses? - LMAO YEAH I WROTE A CHAPTER ABOUT THAT- I'LL ADD A LINK

42. What is their song? - uuuuu I could make a whole playlist about them-

43. What does their room look like? - Hm. Big, not many furnitures ya know, if it gets crazy up in there so they don’t hit on stuff when they stumble to the bed :D lmao but nah fr it would be minimalistic and tidy 😌

44. Who would be the one to kill zombies while the other keeps them grounded? - Karma would kill zombies, bet and Shuu keeping them grounded

45. Who makes the other breakfast in bed? - Karma omggg 🥺 Especially on days where Shuu is overworked or didn’t sleep well, as well as birthdays pls get a man like that aaa

46. Who loves kids more? - Actually, both do bc their childhood was a bit (.......not just a bit, a whole lotta trash actually-) trash so if they ever consider having kids, pls they would be the best parents ever

47. Do either of them have a crazy ex? - Thankfully not-

48. What are their favourite colours? - Karma: “Orange”; Shuu: “Red”

49. Who likes to cook? - Karma! But Shuu helps like he stands there with his spatula, ready to steer sum stuff (He is so cute pls)

50. Who is the forgetful one? - Karma, he once forgot their anniversary (Overworked), but that wasn’t such a big deal, they don’t do much on that day except for a dare who lasts longer in Be-

And that was part 2/4 of the 100 OTP questions!! Hope you enjoyed! ♡

[thetonecontrol]

Interview with Electronic Audio Experiments

Righteous Ryan: When did you decide to become a builder and what motivated you to do so?

Electronic Audio Experiments: Even before I taught myself how to play the guitar I was always interested in what makes instruments work, so naturally I was a pedal nerd as soon as I learned what they were. After studying electronics for fun on the side (took a couple extra courses during undergrad and then read books on my own) it became a natural progression of my interests to start tinkering with my own. I did a few tagboard clone builds before I realized I wanted to have more control over the design process. And that's still my primary motivation: I love the design process with all of its challenges and room for artistic decisions.

EAE as a company formally started in approximately winter/spring of 2015. In February of that year, Boston was slammed over 5 feet of snow. I spent a lot of time in my crummy basement apartment eating frozen pizzas and breadboarding what would eventually become the Longsword V1. I used it on a couple records I was a part of (Perfect Moments by Tiny Fractures and the Native Wildlife s/t - both on bandcamp, for the curious) and that generated enough interest to do a release that summer. The rest has been a whirlwind!

RR: What motivates you to create original circuits?

EAE: Short answer - it's really satisfying to me, basically my favorite pastime.

Longer answer - I love the challenge of making something from scratch that hopefully lets my personality come through. I should qualify; I am not reinventing any wheels here. Designing "from scratch" is like building something out of legos. You can't really design new pieces (which leads some of the more cynical folks out there to say there's nothing new under the sun) but there are lots of building blocks and lots of ways to arrange them. The artistic merit is in the details, and the fun is in the thrill of the chase. It's an obsessive process but endlessly gratifying.

RR: Are you currently working on anything new?

EAE: Oh god, too many things. Here's a sampling:

Halberd - this is a drive which started as the preamp block of Sending, but heavily mutated into its own thing. It features pronounced treble attack/clarity, stupidly high output, and a strong second harmonic response. Been "finalizing" it for a while but I'm trying my damnedest to release it this summer. (If you want to hear a rough demo of an earlier iteration, check this video out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpGgzl3lOgs)

Sending V2 - I'm trying to add some features while I do an SMD conversion - mostly modulation and CV control over delay time. Currently on the back burner while I get the Halberd sorted out.

Hypersleep - this is my weird multi-tap chorus/vibrato/reverb-ish thing (nb: this is also in Ian's video linked above). It's also on the back burner while I get the Halberd sorted out. I really want to put it to production but it depends fully on whether I can source enough MN3011 BBDs to make it happen. If I can get enough to build 50 I'll do a limited run, but I'd really prefer to do 100 if at all possible... so we shall see what happens.

Super secret collab with Electrofoods Pedals - stay tuned, I am very excited

Surveyor - IVP side of the Dude Incredible, will be released later this year. It's ready to rock.

Various contract designs - Caroline Somersault (just wrapped up), Caroline Megabyte (working on the second round of prototypes), Dunable Eidolon (close to done, just needs some code fixes), another 2 or 3 projects all TBA.

RR: What is your design process like?

EAE: Whenever I design something new I have to answer two questions. 1) does it exist already? and 2) does it address a need or want in my own sonic pursuits? For instance, drive pedals will reflect my tone in whatever band I'm currently in. If it's already been done I can go buy it. If it hasn't been done then the work can begin.

If the design is simple or contains simple building blocks I often go straight to the circuit board layout and if necessary, debug from there. I can often turn a project around pretty quick if that's the case. If I'm not sure whether or not a building block will work, I can try simulating or breadboarding. Circuit simulation is extremely powerful but requires interpretation of the results, which also sometimes differ from reality. Breadboarding is great for audible characterization of a new idea, but the added parasitic capacitances can dramatically alter the frequency response of a circuit - especially a high gain drive or something with lots of complex filters. So there's usually a loop of steps where I move between a breadboard, circuit simulations, and a working prototype until everything works out. Sometimes I just have to resort to plain old math to get what I want.

The first pass of design is a go/no-go check. Does it work? Once it does, I refine it until it can produce sounds I truly like. This is also the step where I do the most work to address noise, oscillation, unwanted artifacts, etc. The final step is to identify which controls I want to keep, and then I determine the tapers/ranges of those controls.

Once there's a working prototype I do extensive beta testing with friends, local musicians and engineers, etc. When testing at home I can lose sight of how good (or not good) a prototype sounds. So a sanity check helps! Once this feedback is incorporated into the process we can go to production. At that point we get the artwork done and start working with our local SMD shop to get boards going.

RR: What's your setup (guitar, amps, pedalboard)?

EAE: I've been awful about maintaining a static setup. I realized that when you're not in a band you can just buy whatever sounds good instead of worrying about serving a song or particular mix. I have a wide assortment of guitars and amps that I use to test pedals during the R&D phase but listing those won't really tell you a coherent story. BUT I started a new band and we're tracking a record (we just did guitars + drums at GodCity) so I can tell you all about the gear I used for that. It's a post-metal sort of outfit so there are lots of heavy sounds but lots of unique mid-gain tones as well. This is also a great chance to plug some work by my friends...

Guitars - Travis Bean TB1000S, which is essentially vintage correct after some restoration work at Electrical Guitar Company (new bridge + pickups). Sounds like a piano. A very angry piano.

My very heavily modified Classic Player Jazzmaster with EGC JM500 pickups and a Robot Graves neck. It can do pristine, chimey cleans or a savage clang depending how much gain you use.

Amps - Traynor YBA1 MKII - Basically a marshall-ish amp with really big transformers. I modded the preamp to roughly superlead specs, but it's got way more bandwidth than a typical marshall.

Traynor YBA3 - not mine, lives at GodCity. Was extensively modified by my friend Scot from SnK pedals, who is also a gifted amp tech. It's loud and clean with a sound that's almost like an ampeg.

For cabs we mostly used an emperor 6x12 with an assortment of speakers. The mic was placed on a Texas Heat.

For my own use I have a pair of Joe's TL806 cabs (Thiele 1x12 design) with EVM12Ls.

Pedals - Halberd proto - great for slamming tube amps!

Electrofoods Oprichniki - the highest gain big muff variant around. I don't even know if it should be called a muff variant because of how twisted and souped up the circuit is. It is an absolute beast.

Dr. Scientist Frazz Dazzler - another extraordinarily high gain fuzz which sounds like absolutely nothing I've ever heard. It's a nice contrast to the more scooped flavor of the Oprich.

SnK VHD - a high gain distortion, used extensively for lead parts especially. Super tight and clear.

Sending V1-ish prototype - also has a tone control. It works ok I guess. Still very much a work in progress!

Lastgasp Misty Cave - weird drone-y reverb/flange thing? Hard to describe. Sounds heavenly.

Hypersleep proto - for room-ish reverb

Red Panda Tensor - Used for a particularly glitchy "solo"

Dirge Slowly Melting - I saw the end of the world, and it was terrifying

Lots of other stuff - I forgot!

Other - Yamaha FX500. The ultimate digital pad machine.

Roland RE-501 Chorus Echo - my drummer owns this, holy hell it is magic

My modular synth - a whole goddamn mess of its own