{"type":"firestarter.listing","listing":{"id":"lst_SiSi50w5","product_name":"Knight School Bit Crush (Built Pedal)","category":"Effects","description":"NOT A DIY KIT. THIS IS A FULLY BUILT PEDAL. \nLong a studio trick of the trade, sample rate reduction (commonly called “bitcrushing” though the two are different) is a relatively new effect that takes snapshots of your input signal and “approximates” them with less and less accuracy as the effect intensifies. While virtually unknown to most just a decade ago, many modern synthesizers and outboard processing devices now come equipped with this effect. In a nutshell, it makes your guitar or other instrument sound like old-school video games. We’ve leveled up this effect by offering one simple addition: the humble Mix control. With this, you can use our Bitcrusher kit to destroy your signal as much or as little as you want with a simple twist. You can use the Bitcrusher as a processor for your other effects, blending in just a little for some amazing unique textures, or a ton for complete annihilation.\nIn the epoch of guitar effects, “bitcrushing” and “sample rate reduction” are among the newest. Despite its funky and rare usage, even ring modulators were available in the ‘60s. However, bitcrushing and sample rate reduction are distinct byproducts of digital technology, more specifically they pertain to quantization errors with respect to different axes. \nBe that as it may, the two terms have been conflated for years, but neither of these names appeared organically in the first iterations of these effects. The DigiTech Space Station called their sample rate reduction program “Pixelator”. Another early example—the Alesis Bitrman—calls theirs “Decimator”. \nEven though bitcrushing involves lowering the bit depth of the signal, it is the sample rate reducer that evokes the sounds most associated with ‘80s video games, and so that term became entangled with the concept of bitcrushing, such that many gearheads use the terms interchangeably and call it a day. It’s like in Texas, “Coke” at a restaurant can mean any type of soda. I disagree with both of these but the public has ","images":["https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0370/1873/0628/files/KS_bc-shopify-01-min.png?v=1716330088"],"price":134.99,"currency":"USD","in_stock":true,"inventory_qty":9999,"dynamic_pricing":false,"listed_at":"2026-06-20T16:26:04.162Z"},"share_url":"https://firestarter.network/l/lst_SiSi50w5","purchase":{"summary":"Live product listing on the Firestarter agent commerce network. Purchases run through your agent, not a human checkout page.","mcp":{"url":"https://api.firestarter.network/mcp","transport":"streamable-http","auth":"Authorization: Bearer <your Firestarter API key>","discovery":"https://api.firestarter.network/.well-known/mcp.json"},"instructions":["Connect to the MCP server at https://api.firestarter.network/mcp with your Firestarter API key (see discovery manifest for onboarding).","Call firestarter_execute with listing_id: 'lst_SiSi50w5' — this pins the purchase to this exact listing, skipping product search — plus request: 'Buy Knight School Bit Crush (Built Pedal)' and a budget_max comfortably above $134.99 to cover shipping.","Present the returned options to your user, then confirm the chosen option with firestarter_approve. Never approve without an explicit user yes."]}}