Do you ever pine for the cheap and dirty, but somehow musical and inspiring, sound of your old portable 4-track? The Distortastudio brings that sound to your Colour Palette without a big tape machine taking up space in your studio.

The Distortastudio's circuitry is directly inspired by the channel strip of a late-80's TASCAM machine. It even features the same opamps, obtained NOS (new old stock) and available in a limited quantity.

Just like your old 4-track, you can run the Distortastudio at low gain for subtle solid-state dirt or at high gain for trashy distortion and hiss.

FEATURES

• Four stages of channel strip circuitry
• Original, NOS opamps
• Compatible with the Colour format
• Black PCB
• Full, step-by-step assembly instructions

For more info, check out our series of posts about the Distortastudio design process:

• Part 1
• Part 2
• Part 3

Samples

Resources

• Assembly Guide (v1.1, most recent)
• Assembly Guide (Rev A)
• Schematic
• Design process blog posts:
• Part 1
• Part 2
• Part 3