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Unboxing the Beginner Pedal Kit
Get a glimpse at what's included in the MAS Effects Beginner Pedal kit. Learn more at our site: mas-effects.com/beginner-pedal-kit/
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Building the Pickup Simulator sub-kit for the MAS Effects beginner pedal kit
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If you're adding the optional pickup simulator kit to your MAS Effects beginner pedal kit, you're in the right place. You can also view this video ad-free on our site at masfx.io
The MAS Effects ultimate beginner DIY pedal kit: Build with me
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Join me while we build the MAS Effects ultimate beginner DIY guitar pedal kit in real time. Learn more or get one here: mas-effects.com/beginner-pedal-kit/ If you need to learn to solder, check out our free How to Solder booklet and video at masfx.io and get a practice kit at masfx.io/practice Instructions for the optional Pickup Simulator kit are here: czcams.com/video/2Ny21D-NHJs/video.html F...
How to Solder: for DIY guitar pedals, synth, and other hobby electronics
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Follow along as we cover the basic soldering steps from our How to Solder booklet, available for free at masfx.io You can also view this video ad-free on our site at masfx.io If you need a practice kit, go to masfx.io/practice For support, visit our forum: masfx.io/support If you're interested in building DIY guitar pedals, check out the MAS Effects Beginner Pedal Kit: mas-effects.com/beginner-...
Tiny Fuzz: Illustrator Series, demoed by Justus Gash.
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Check out his channel here: czcams.com/channels/4DNtiCLQzcPs4CdP5BKp8Q.html This illustration is Hiding Fear by Kailey Reid. See the rest at mas-effects.com/tiny-fuzz
Pitch Transposer on a Mimir's Well guitar pedal
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Here's an old video of a Pitch Transposer effect on Mimir's Well. This guitar pedal has been sold out for a while, so this is a bit of a tease, but it'll be back. Feel free to sign up for the waitlist. mas-effects.com/mimirs-well/
Reverse Delay on Mimir's Well
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Here's an old video of a Reverse Delay effect on Mimir's Well. This pedal has been sold out for a while, so this is a bit of a tease, but it'll be back. Feel free to sign up for the waitlist. mas-effects.com/mimirs-well/
Mimir's Well - Pitch Step Glider
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This pedal has been sold out for a while, so this is a bit of a tease, but here's an old video of a Pitch Step Glider effect on Mimir's Well. mas-effects.com/mimirs-well/
Installing a Red Dot in the Omtech Polar Laser Cutter
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Easily add a red dot site to your Omtech Polar laser cutter with this drop in kit. Available at mas-effects.com/omtech-polar-red-dot/ UPDATES: 1. I forgot to mention, you can twist the tip of the red dot laser to adjust the beam brightness and focus. 2. Newer units ship with bigger drag chains, so instead of using a zip tie you you can secure it with the screw you removed 3. No need to unscrew ...
2022 Holiday Pedal Ornament Demos
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Quick and dirty 1-take look at our new "pedal" ornaments for 2022. They'll be available on the site and in the shop in late Sept. mas-effects.com/holiday/
The Expanse - Chameleon Starlight [LIMITED] - Harmonic Tremolo with VAST Ambience
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Head on over to the MAS Effects store to pick up your limited Chameleon Starlight version of The Expanse, harmonic tremolo with vast ambience. Of course we also have black finishes available too. shop.mas-effects.com/ Audio is from Mike Herman's awesome demo: czcams.com/video/oKjGH6rCqWs/video.html Hollywood-quality special effects and cinematography are the work of yours truly.
Using Additional Flux When Soldering SMD Guitar Pedal Parts
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In this is a follow up to our video on surface mount (SMD) soldering for guitar pedals (czcams.com/video/P5XwpNuIvf0/video.html), we'll introduce additional flux, talk about the considerations when using it or not, and demonstrate soldering a couple of chips. 0:00 - About the last video (czcams.com/video/P5XwpNuIvf0/video.html) & Prerequisites 0:50 - Choosing flux 1:35 - Overview of techniques ...
Optical disc controlled multi-fx with the FV-1
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Optical disc controlled multi-fx with the FV-1
Dark Commotion by MAS Effects - Introducing 21 Unique Pedals
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Dark Commotion by MAS Effects - Introducing 21 Unique Pedals
Dark Commotion - 21 Unique Distortion Pedals in Glorious Stop Motion
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Dark Commotion - 21 Unique Distortion Pedals in Glorious Stop Motion
SHO boost with VU module and relay bypass
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SHO boost with VU module and relay bypass
Getting ready to rock around the Christmas tree
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Getting ready to rock around the Christmas tree
Surface Mount Soldering in your DIY Guitar Pedals? Without extra gear or supplies? Too Easy!
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Surface Mount Soldering in your DIY Guitar Pedals? Without extra gear or supplies? Too Easy!
Soldering SMD for Guitar Pedals - Super Short Version
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Soldering SMD for Guitar Pedals - Super Short Version
Just got mine installed. I'm excited. Thank you!
Very cool and smart design!
Thanks! It's a fun and useful project
Buying my kit right now, have never soldered but I'm excited to give it a go! Thank you for making it so accessible!
Nice upgrade! One quick question, does this additional lens attenuate the CO2 laser?
Theoretically you can lose a bit of power, but in practice I don't think you will even be able to measure it. i.e. all your material settings should remain unchanged.
@@mas_effects Thanks! Good to know!
Can you make a tutorial video about how to programing EEPROOMs ? I don't understand "Yellow" part in your Github. Thanks
Create a text file with 5 lines per patch: Line 1 to show on the display (e.g. patch title), Line 2 (optional, patch sub-title), Control 1, Control 2, Control 3. You should end up with a 40 line .txt. Now use 'make_labels.pl' (linked in that github README) to make it a binary file, then use an EEPROM programmer to burn it.
Hi Mark, as a pedal noob I wonder, if using SMD components in pedals affects the quality of sound compared to traditional ones? I ask because I read somewhere that some SMD parts can be bad for sound generating devices (like guitar pedals). What is your opinion on that as a pro pedal builder?
No, package type doesn't make a difference. The only way you'll get a worse sound is if you choose a different component type. For example if you replace a film cap with an X7R ceramic cap, there are some instances where it can negatively impact the sound (negligible, but occasionally measurable). But that's not related to SMD per se, and you'd get the same result if you substituted a ceramic through-hole.
@@mas_effects Thank you for a quick reply. I should remember your advice about ceramic caps.
They should have included a red dot, would have cost just a few dollars and it would’ve made them shine above the competition. Bet it’ll be in the next version.
I'm not sure I agree. It's the absolute cheapest option on the market in its class. There's no way they can add a red dot without raising the price, which undermines its primary value proposition.
@@mas_effects perhaps, but I rather pay extra and get more, maybe a pro model.
This is great. Will they be back in stock anytime soon?
Hey Matthew. You bet! We haven't even properly "launched" it yet, but have been selling them to early adopters to get feedback and make tweaks. I'm finishing up the landing page for our site now (which is where this video is going to live), and getting all the parts stocked up to put together a new batch of kits. Timeline still TBD, but probably 1-3 weeks.
@@mas_effects Awesome, I will definitely grab one!
This looks really nice! Its easily the best beginner pedal project I've ever seen.
I got myself one of these kits for my birthday a few weeks ago. I can’t wait to start this project!
Awesome! Hope to see how it turns out if you post it in the forum. Either way don't hesitate to reach out with any questions. Have fun!
Hi guys, just one question, can you do the pickup simulator as a standalone pedal? thanks a lot!
For sure. Now its form factor is tailored to this pedal, so you'll need to figure out how best to mount it (e.g. double sided foam tape). But there's no reason you couldn't. I just put together this "Hacker's Guide" which will show you some ways to use it, but feel free to hit me up with any questions along the way: masfx.io/pickup-simulator-hackers-guide.pdf
@@mas_effects thanks for the quick response! is possible to do it passive (Without the 9V) and put an external toggle to select between Humbuckers and Single Coils?
Hey Juan, sorry I'm having a brain-dead monday morning. Yes it's absolutely passive. Check back at the link in 10 minutes for an update that omits the power. An external switch is possible. Just run wires to the board. It's a 2P3T which will be hard to find panel-mounted, but you can use a DPDT and omit the bypass option by leaving pins 5 and 1 disconnected (see schematic). @@juanpinasco3738
@@mas_effects HAHA don`t worry, its happen to everybody on monday morning. thanks man! appreciate the answers!
Thanks for the helpful videos! I recently bought a PCB that normally had the option to buy an FV-1 pre-soldered onto the board, but the chips were out of stock. After watching your videos, I went ahead and ordered an FV-1 from someone else. I'm gonna try the flux method you demonstrated with an FV-1. Now I just need to get a new solder tip.😎
Is that a live focus system on your laser head Can you please elaborate.
I am so impressed. Great job. One small suggestion .. I picked up a small magnetic parts holder at Harbor Freight. It sticks to any Ferrous surface and grabs all the screws. Just a small thing but help to corral those pesky screws.
Yeah those are great. I have a few scattered about my workshop. The one in the vid has a magnet too. :)
Hey thanks for this, just curious what kind of laser do you have ? Your dot seems to be a lot smaller than mine. I'm guessing lower power? Im looking to get a lower power one for finer engravings but curious to see if you're still able to cut just as good
It's just a common red pointer, powered by 5V.
I am having a very difficult time disconnecting the LED lights...any tips? Your video made it seem so easy!
No unfortunately (or fortunately?) that's probably the hardest part of the process. If you have needle nose pliers you can try using those. Just be very careful to pull the connector and not the wires.
nm I really had to tug it! Also of note, if you are getting a red line instead of dot, twist the tip of the laser to focus. So happy to have this done...not the easiest upgrade but makes it so much easier to get the laser EXACTLY where you want it! I also did the Ruida Controller upgrade at the same time using the Ethernet port hole...I spliced the wires so that I wouldn't have to cut the machine--much better to do both upgrades at one. Thanks for all the help and the quick email reply!!!
Mine setup does not match yours. First theres a fuse inline now. Makes it harder to stuff under the plate. Second on the back side the wire is in the way coming out of the wire channel making it harder to set the screws.
You can pull the wire out of the channel and adjust how much slack is on it, if that makes it easier.
I just received the red dot upgrade, and it works wonderfully!! It installed quite easily and the instructions were perfect and very easy to follow. One thing I would caution everyone about is to not tighten to mounting screws very much. The alignment is a bit tricky as others have mentioned but not impossible. Just be a little patient and it can be aligned perfectly. I absolutely recommend this upgrade to everyone. As someone else said, OmTech should include this on all of their Polar lasers.
Hi, can you share purchase link for this upgrade?
Good work!
I have a Gweike Cloud Pro II. They seems to be the same laser. Do you think this would work with the Gweike Cloud?
It'll fit in there physically, but the control board is different. I can't verify there's a way to draw power from it. If not, it would need to be powered externally. At the site in the shop listing, it has a link to a USB adapter that could be used.
I was thinking the same thing for my Gweike Cloud Pro I. were you able to get this working?
@@VKeeper42 We've had a few Gweike owners use this successfully. Physically it fits perfectly. It's just a matter of powering it. I don't think anyone has hooked it up to their control board, though. They used a 2.1mm barrel plug adapter to power it. I know there's a variety of control boards out there for this machine though, so check yours to see if you can find a spare 5V and GND connector.
@@mas_effects I've just installed this in my Gweike Cloud II Pro 55W and it went in just as easily as described. I picked up the same USB power adapter suggested on the ordering page and plugged it directly into a spare USB port on the board. Looks great. Works great. Now I'm just fine tuning the aiming.
Coming soon to the Polar II . 😊
You could just lift those connector instead of unscrewing you controller
Do you have a video showing how to remove stock fan
I don't but it's pretty straightforward: Remove those 4 screws on the back panel, then pull the panel forward and pivot it down (you'll see it has a cable keeping it attached - just leave it). The fan cable is taped to the back of the machine, just unplug it and remove the screws holding the fan in place. That's it. When you put it back together there'll be a gap where the fan was, and I just covered it with duct tape. Eventually I replaced the tape with a 3d-printed shroud, but that's optional.
@MAS Effects Yeah, that sounds easy enough. Also, do you have an eta on the red light beam. Thank you. Michael
@@michaeltanner1162 they're for sale now on the site. First two batches are sold. I'm waiting on parts for the 3rd batch. Best guess is 2-4 weeks but they're shipping from halfway across the globe so I can't be sure
@@mas_effects By removing the stock fan did that help quiet the polar noise down, also did you use the supplied inline fan? without the stock fan did the supplied inline fan seem to remove all the smoke from inside polar. again, Thank you. Michael
@@michaeltanner1162 I don't think it changed the noise too much since the inline fan is louder. I have a very short run of hose (~1m) so the inline fan is more than powerful enough to both pull the smoke from the enclosure and eject it through the window. I removed the enclosure fan since it has less air flow than the inline fan and was probably hurting more than helping. If I had a longer run of hose I'd want both fans.
Link to the control panel video czcams.com/video/owkCtAznvDQ/video.html
Thanks, I'll add that to the description too.
MAS, you’re the coolest
Where can I buy this beauty?
Sorry this was just a one-off. I have more old CB testers (different styles though, I think) in a box somewhere though, so maybe I should dig it out and build the rest.
@@mas_effects Can I ask you the price for the total with delivery to France?
Does anyone know if the pedal has the ability to dial out the trem completely if needed to just take advantage of the delay or reverb? Or is there always some kind of LFO movement? Thanks!
Well, yes and no. You can turn down the width completely in the reverb mode but it's still a heavily filtered tone and you'll notice it's darker. But it won't be wobbly. In delay mode you're stuck with the tremolo.
@@mas_effects oh ok, that's kinda what I figured. Definitely not a deal breaker, but was wondering how much I would be able to simplify my board when I buy one. Actually works out because then I'll have an excuse to add an old Guyatone pedal back to my board for standard delays. A pedal that I absolutely love but had been redundant. Thanks so much for the quick response! Can't wait to get this pedal, it's bloody amazing. Great design!
Good explanation and demonstration. I've done considerable soldering building tube amps and guitars. Recently I've started making my own pedals. My favorite is a tiny BazzFuss in a 1.5 in. x 1.5 in. x 1.5 in. square plastic enclosure. No board just 5 components point-to-point. On the tiny theme I'm beginning to use SMD's. In 5 minutes this video has already helped immensely. Thanks. PS Check out my guits on my channel (sound samples coming)
Glad to hear it helped! And I'll check it out, thanks!
I love these!!
I cannot wait for the new ones! I had so much fun with these last year
awesome tips!
That is a beautiful color combo.....oh man. Hate to be that dude, but have you tried The Expanse on a bass guitar? Any opinions on how it fairs with reverb trails/feedback? Thanks!
Sorry no trails, but yeah it sounds great on bass.
@@mas_effects good enough for me, this one is on the shortlist!
Yeah but some flux you can be more precise! Hold the component down and wet your tip and go in. Perfect and precise.
I mentioned this in other replies, and perhaps it should have been more emphasized in the video... This was a response to the MANY people I've talked to the on the forums who don't want to do SMD because they think it requires extra gear/material/supplies and extra skills. It's meant to show you don't need anything else. But I'm having to leave this reply so often I should probably either pull or update the video.
thanks dude
I really appreciate this video. As a completely self-taught builder, I have often felt bewildered by some of the processes regarding this stuff. This is an incredibly encouraging and useful piece.
Really great video. Only one question, what temperature are you using? I'd really like to work with some surface mount ICs, but I'm worried about cooking expensive parts.
I'm usually at 350 with quick applications of heat.
@@mas_effects Thanks a whole lot, this is the most forthright video on the topic I've seen. A++, 10/10, would recommend.
By the way, not shown in the video, but if you want to make it easier and can invest in a small upgrade, a syringe of flux will do wonders. Just put some down on the pads before setting the chip down.
@@mas_effects I have a flux pen, would this be much in the way of similar?
@@tziirkq Yep. It dries more quickly than the paste but otherwise will work great.
Really nice for a silly experiment that isn't going anywhere, I can see a pedal with a rotary disc on top or something kind of like a cdj working well with this concept.
This is awesome. This makes it much less intimidating. Thanks!!!!!!!!!!!
This distortion/fuzz sounds rad!
Sick!
Excellent, just what i was looking for , soldering the fv1.....was a bit nervous about soldering this pricey chip, but looks easy.....nice one.
Sorry to sound xenophobic but what is it with Americans deciding not to pronounce the L on solder?
do you mean solduh
@@fdre3wsd closer than sodduh
Exactly! 👌😂👏👏
Thanks. Nice minimalist approach towards SMD soldering. However, in the interests of reliability (no dry joints), I would still use extra flux to ensure good wetting takes place.
The focus was on, as you said, a minimal approach. I see too many people think they need to buy more materials or learn new techniques, so this is a response to show them that "No, in face you can do any SMD with what you already know and have!" That said, you're spot on right (and I do use a flux syringe in all my SMD soldering) so perhaps it'd be a good idea to go back and update this some time to add a section about it at the end.
Thank you Mark for sharing! I almost purchased such a tiny Fuzz, but 15$ shipping took away the need of having one.
okay but play it?
It's just a prototype demonstrating the OLED. The final pedal will be a different audio circuit anyway. This one has the guts of the Tiny Fuzz which you can hear here: mas-effects.com/tiny-fuzz/
@@mas_effects I see, is the oled reactive to the controls? I assumed maybe the tv would get more staticky as u push up the gain
@@ladyelect9274 I made a bunch of programs for these modules (you can see a few here mas-effects.com/diy/#oled) - many of which were reactive. E.g. an oscope, frequency analyzer, a mouth or eye that opened, a pong game you could play with frequency or volume... The noise issues on these interactive ones were WAY, WAY harder to mitigate. This one in particular, and the extended version I'm putting into the upcoming production version of this, do not integrate the audio signal for noise-mitigation purposes. I hope to someday find solutions so we can have more fun with interactive screens, but right now they're pretty far off.
@@mas_effects I remember a vox drive with an oscilloscope in it, i'd maybe look at the internals of that to see how they did it. dunno if that helps though my apologies if it doesn't
by the way i love that you sell these as their own pcbs, would you ever clear commercial usage of these? I imagine that would be the end goal like how some pedal companies actually have a lot of revenue from letting others use their etchers
Whoa this is sick
thanks for the great video, Mark! What size is your soldering tip? All of mine are either too big or too small, so I'm wondering if I should go for the ST1 (1.58mm) or ST2 (2.38mm) screwdriver tip.
No problem. I use either a T-18B R0.5 (like a dull pencil), or a T18-D16 (small flathead). Looks like the latter is about 0.5x1.6mm
@@mas_effects thanks I appreciate it!
this is very helpful... thank you!!