Discomfort Designs Riemann's Grave Octave Bit Crusher Distortion Filter

Whenever a new pedal from Discomfort Designs shows up, there’s a rarified excitement that builds as I open the box and see what awaits. Today’s pedal, the Riemann’s Grave Octave Bit Crusher Distortion Filter, keeps that tradition in tact, with a wide array of controls, knobs and switches waiting to be poked, prodded and pummeled. Unlike most of the effects that I see come through the shop, this one will keep a smile on your face and innovation in your playing…

What is Riemann’s Grave? At its core, it’s a stereo filter pedal. But there’s a few things that make it truly unique. The multi-mode filter can be modulated in some interesting ways. A random sample and hold wave or a Wandering Sine can be used for modulation. There’s plenty of resonance on board to whistle and howl with.

The Zeta Function can add mild saturation or distortion in three ways: wave folding, bit crushing, or octave up distortion. This gives the filter lots of harmonic content to work with. The Jitter feature creates movement for the other parameters, and is geared toward making unexpected things happen.

The Riemann’s Grave Octave Bit Crusher Distortion Filter is a fun little thing that has a mind of its own, and it was a blast to explore, as you’ll see and hear in our demo below. Flipping the script on what “normal” effects should be, this baby blue beauty will expand your mind and hone your skills as an experimental musician. Thanks to our old friend Justin at Discomfort Designs for sending yet another marvelous creation our way to check out – be sure to visit the DD website for ordering and more info, and don’t sleep on that demo we did…cheers!!