Broughton Audio
Phase Locked Loop

• Maker: Broughton Audio

• Current Production (12-2024): Yes

• Retail: $190

Marketing:

The Phase Locked Loop (PLL) is a fuzz/synth pedal with parallel Multiplier and Divider harmonies. Create thick fuzz tones with complimentary harmonies, or let the PLL go wild with crazy glissandos and dive bombs. This all analog pedal is amazingly fun and probably even useful.

Controls

• Volume - a master volume control for the output of the pedal

• Trigger - biases the gain stage to feel gated or more loose. Min and max settings tend to be more gated. This control varies in how it behaves depending on the waveshape you feed it, meaning, different instruments and even different players will have different results. Experimentation is crucial!

• Gain - determines how saturated your signal gets in the Square Wave channel

• Loop Track - affects how well the notes are tracked in the Multiplier and Divider signals

• Lag Time - controls the rise and fall times of the Multiplier and Divider signals

• Response - controls the time it takes to track incoming notes. With a slower response, the rise and fall effect of the Multiplier signal is more dramatic.

• Mult - volume of the Multiplier signal

• Div - volume of the Divider signal

• Square - volume of the Square Wave signal

Tips

• Start with the trigger at minimum and all other knobs at noon and Volume to taste

• If the Multiplier and Divider signals are too gated, turn the trigger knob more towards noon

• If you have difficulty triggering the Multiplier and Divider signals, stop playing to reset the loop, then adjust the trigger, then play again

• The Looptrack, Lagtime, and Response knobs can be interactive and requires experimentation

• Be sure to take pictures of your favorite settings

• If you want strictly a fuzz tone, turn down the Mult and Div knobs

• For a more "controllable" PLL tone that doesn't run away too much, set Looptrack to max and Lagtime and Response to around noon

• Play more stacatto and with muted rests to reset the loop

This pedal requires a 9V DC power supply only (not included). The DC supply should be a standard Boss style connector, center negative polarity. The current draw is approximately 8 mA.

The PLL has a true bypass switch.