This is the weirdest pedal he owns … and He loves it! // The Square from NWS [PEDALS & PATCHES]

video upload by DivKid

"Whether its turning simple mono synths into sounding like music easels, taking a basic polysynth and making it sound like a complex oscillator or just generally continuing to be a weird and wonderful effect for synths ... I'm pretty fascinating with this one. I'd love to hear your thoughts on it.

The Square // https://nicksworldofsynthesizers.co.u...
Check out Nick’s inventions // https://nicksworldofsynthesizers.co.uk"

THE SQUARE

The Square ring modulator pedal, Boutique, Hand Made & Designed By Me.

Intro

The Square pedal is simply a ring modulator that takes the input signal and sends it to both inputs of the ring modulator at the same time.

Despite it's simplicity, The Square is capable of producing a wide variety of sounds depending on what you put into it.

Each pedal is unique and made by hand, from the hand bent metal enclosure to the component choices and tolerances. Imperfections are considered part of the aesthetic appeal both sonically and physically.

To understand what the pedal is and all the magical things it can do for your musical productions, we strongly recommend watching the video from DivKid below.



*TIMING INDEX // CHAPTERS*

INTRO

00:00 Hello & previews

01:26 Nick’s World of Synthesizers

02:04 Feature run down - super simple!

02:28 Inspiration & oddities

04:03 How to get The Square to sing

PATCHES

04:46 Mix two sine waves and you’re off

08:22 Turning a basic poly synth into a musical easel

10:18 From clean poly synth to utter filth

11:56 A great trick for mono synth voices

14:33 Making my vintage mono synth sound like a complex modular patch

15:59 Beautiful grit & grunge for blissed out synth ambience

18:39 Science lesson, sonic sculpting, tone chasing, synthesis time!
// Comparing standard ring mod, single split input ring + waveshaping to try and emulate The Square

23:27 How is this like 2 OP FM, digital phase modulation?

25:07 NOW this is really like a west coast complex oscillator
// From just mixing two VCOs into it

27:47 Glorious sub harmonics from simple intervals

28:29 Fuzzy octave riffin'

29:01 Distortion layers for producing big bass sounds

30:14 Layered bass sounds in a DAW production

*DISCLOSURE* this video is NOT sponsored in the typical way we make video demos for makers. Nick's World of Synthesizers is a friend of a friend and they gave me a pedal to check out and see what I thought. I knew I had to make a video to show this off for them as I'm fascinated by the results - I hope the video shows that's clearly. Any questions, as always, just ask.