Temporal Knob Twirler (Lofi Looper & Pitch Shifting Device)

The Temporal Knob Twirler is a lo-fi looping & pitch-shifting device. Its star component is an ISD1820 voice module, which features a small electret-style microphone. To this we added a potentiometer, on/off rocker-style switch, and female quarter inch jack. We left the guts exposed so as to maintain access to its buttons (as well as keeping it streamlined so that all the components fit into a palm-sized box). The voice module provides roughly 5 seconds of recording time; adding the loop function extends this well into eternity... and the potentiometer knob can make for some crazy pitch shifting, from helium highs to Cthulu lows.

We use the Temporal Knob Twirler in nearly everything we do! In this short little demo (which was actually a video letter to a friend), the looper is used as a greeting, run thru a noise synth.

In this video, Test Dept Lad incorporates the Temporal Knob Twirler into his glitchy noise setup.

And, in this track, we use the Temporal alongside our contact mics & a squawk box.

The Temporal Knob Twirler comes with full instructions and runs on two AA batteries. Please note that the knob colors will vary from the photo; these are determined by chance operation procedures and are beyond our control. Alas, we do not provide the batteries. They are temporal too.

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