Irish Harp (FV1)
The Irish Harp is a FV-1 based modulation kit. It takes whatever signal you feed into it and turns it into ascending or descending arpeggios. There are 4 pots and an 8 position rotary switch giving you a multitude of different options. Therefore this is a very versatile, impressive DIY project if arpeggios are your thing. It can be in your face or subtle by using the 2 mix pots to blend it in with your clean signal. If there is one thing for sure its that this is going to be a firm favourite with the noise makers amongst us.
There are two different difficulty levels, if you have experience soldering surface mount parts then this kit is fairly straight forwards. If you dont then the FV1 chip is a challenge. If you are taking on the soldering challenge yourself then I recommend ordering yourself a very cheap surface mount practice kit from ebay or similar to test yourself with. The FV1 is a very expensive part itself, so you do not want to practice on it.
Other than soldering the FV1 this kit is a through hole project, and it really isnt very difficult.
The FV1 and EEPROM work together, the EEPROM contains the individual programmes that the FV1 reads. So both are required to enable this project to work. Therefore the minimum option to choose is the PCB, EEPROM and FV1 option, should you not have any.
When complete, the project is everything you could wish for in a top quality pedal.
The board is spaced for PCB mounted toggles and pots. It fits in one of our JP125B cases and comes with top mounted jacks and power.
