Description
This is the DIY version which means it does not come to fully assembled, or guaranteed to work, and is sold-as. You will need to build it, calibrate it, and troubleshoot it is need be. The instructions for assembly can be found here. If you prefer an assembled, tested, and calibrated WaveBoy, we offer a fully assembled and ready to use version here.
WaveBoy is an 8HP Eurorack module that implements the behavior of the wave channel on the Nintendo GameBoy, specifically the behavior found in the LSDJ (one of the GameBoy music trackers). It also has a noise mode which is able to generate a number of bitwise noise algorithms; a 12-bit sampler; and has a step sequencer which can be used in wave or noise mode.
You can get an idea of what it sounds like and how it works on the YouTube playlist here, on Tim’s band’s YouTube page. Tim is also working on a full video which will likely be a new Behind the Synths video, also on the band’s YouTube.
Pitch operates over a 5-octave range and the wave frame is controllable via a CV input. A trigger input is available for the step sequencer. There is a dedicated audio out and a second CV output currently used for the step sequencer. In the future, it may also double as a second audio output (for a sub-osc or for detune).
Comes with an SD card pre-loaded with some Wave and Sample patches, a power cable, the microcontroller (an Adafruit ItsyBitsy M4) pre-flashed with the latest WaveBoy firmware and of course the PCB and front panel.
This version comes fully soldered, tested, and calibrated.
It should go without saying, but just to be specific, neither the WaveBoy nor us at BitByBit Synths are affiliated with Nintendo.
