Postcard Weevil 2008 (Archive)

The PWeevil08 is now at the end of its production life and is replaced by the PWeevil09

The PostcardWeevil is hyper-portable sonic world featuring three ring-modulated oscillators, power starvation, body contacts, line-out and mini-amp, all in a package measuring just 7 x 8 cm! The Postcard approach matured through a few variants from the end of 2005 to reach the current design, released at the start of 2008.

There's a vast range of sounds hidden within the little package which are coaxed out through settings of the dials and body contacts. At first the device may seem chaotic, but with practice and feel you really can play, rolling along with the unexpectedness that springs out! Everything intermodulates, so a small twist of a dial can send the sounds spinning into new areas.

Personally I really love the characterful sound from the onboard MiniAmp (and like the ethos of total portability), but there's also a mono 1/8" minijack line output (due to popular demand!). Note that this is a slightly unstable output with great variations in output level depending on power starvation.

This is my first project using professional PCBs which allow greater compactness, replication and feel. Initial Postcards used green PCBs and these changed colour to yellow in Nov08.

Postcards come packaged in a stamped  brown paper bag with PP3 battery and instruction sheet. They are covered by a 60-day parts guarantee (see Terms & Conditions)

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