Toxic Plant
Ring modulator-based disharmonic distortion creating metallic, chaotic textures.
LastGasp Art Laboratories was founded by Hirofumi Uchino in Tokyo in 1992, with roots in the experimental noise scene. After relocating to Sydney, Australia in 2005, Hiro rebuilt the entire production line from scratch, creating wildly unconventional effects championed by noise and experimental artists worldwide.
The Toxic Plant creates disharmonic distortion based on a ring modulator circuit. At low gain settings, classic ring modulation metallic tones emerge. Increase the gain and the pedal transforms into something far more chaotic - a unique 'disharmonic distortion' that sounds like a cross between a bitcrusher and ring modulator.
Three controls shape the chaos: Level sets output, Gain ranges from ring mod to full disharmonic destruction, and Freq adjusts the modulation frequency (controllable via expression pedal input). Beyond the halfway point on Gain and Freq, the Toxic Plant produces unsettling 'bugs in your brain' textures that react unpredictably to string touches. This is a true noise pedal with a creepy life of its own.
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