Yes, I have made a handful of fuzzes at this point. But for the most part, they all include very little filtering, and only Fire features any form of tone control.
“Fuzz with filters” was the guiding principle on this one.
Something unforeseen happened.
What was supposed to just passively roll off high frequencies ended up doing something strange. At the beginning of the sweep, it rolls off some highs, but it eventually hits a point where something else happens. Something mysterious. It’s like an additional gain stage is added, another fuzzy texture added in.
Rather than try to “correct” it, I renamed the control from “treble” to “sorcery.” I know how I could “fix” it, I just prefer it as is.
I changed the bass control to do something a bit more than roll off low frequencies to make things fit thematically. The “darkness” control filters out bass frequencies, but due to where it is placed in the circuit, it impacts the amount of overall gain the pedal has.
This is because the Goblin Mage is touch sensitive. More signal going into the pedal means more gain, less means less. Filtering out bass at the beginning means less overall signal - bringing the bass back in means there is more signal and thus more gain.
It sounds like this: