Ezhi & Aka
Running for 78
Running for 78
FREE 2Day Shipping
FREE 2Day Shipping
USA Free 2 Day Shipping
(Next Day in New England)
Canada NOW FREE
Worldwide 30USD Flat Rate*(Wherever you are)
Flat Rate means no additional charge for more than one pedal.
No Hassle Returns
No Hassle Returns
Pedal Features
Pedal Features
9VDC center negative
100 mA
dimensions: 4.7" X 3.9" X 1.4"+0.7" w/knobs
Couldn't load pickup availability
Running for 78 is a CD skip/glitch/sample rate reducer pedal inspired by the way old portable CD players would glitch when shaken, for example when you are running for a bus with the player being attached to your belt.
Based on a 12 bit obsolete delay IC using old 256Kbit memory IC, this pedal provides very natural sample rate reduction ranging from slight lofi tone to complete destruction beyond note recognition, but this is just the beginning.
The main feature is the CD skip/glitch effect controlled via envelope or a built in IR sensor. Simply moving your foot over the sensor chops the signal into tiny delayed pieces and scans through them producing the effect.
Envelope control provides more straightforward glitch modulation controlled entirely by your playing.
Control sources can be combined.
Both controls can affect the sample rate for pitch and tone destruction too.
ezhi&aka make some of the most inventive pedals out there. (“Out there” being the operative phrase.) They describe Running for 78 as producing the sound of a skipping CD player - as in when you’re running for the #78 bus. But that sells this pedal short. To my ears, it is the corrosion on your tin can telephone. It’s sun spot interference in the signal of the cosmos. It’s fizz and rust and rattle. And it is beautiful. It takes the cleanest of signals and returns them as if they’ve lived a life of hard knocks and hard-won wisdom. A fantastic tool in the sound shapers kit.
I've been using a Montreal Assembly Count to 5 for my glitchy ambient music but was getting tired of it and wanted something new. Randomly stumbled upon the Running for 78 and instantly fell in love! The IR sensor is super fun to play with and you can do some pretty crazy stuff when you pair it with delays/reverbs. You have a lot of precise control over different parameters but it honestly sounds great with everything dimed, which is how I run it.
this pedal is very wierd and very very fun.
sound is like ghost. it change a lot just by tweaking the setting a little. using ir sensor, this is crazy.
Unbelievable pedal and unbelievable service from sound shoppe. Thanks David
Running for 78 is another one where you can run a simple loop in front of it and the 78 is the instrument. Completely mangles whatever you feed it and makes it unrecognizable, not the kind of thing you’re going to bring to your jazz trio. Kind of a more experimental NIN Downward Spiral type pedal, 90s digital degradation goodness.