Looking for a perfect distortion for small keyboards..

[FUZZZZzzzz]

So, I've been modifying / recording small toy keyboards (casio/farfisa/yamaha) for some time, but never seem to find a good sounding distortion. By good I mean something that does not necessarily destroys the input signal and that also works on 6 or 7,5 volts to build inside the machine itself. Any ideas?

[Electron Tornado]

Define "perfect". What sort of sound are you looking for?

[FUZZZZzzzz]

well.. most distortion pedal take away all the dynamics on a toy keyboard.. so maybe something with a blending option and that also really "communicates" with mid and high frequencies as you may not find too much bass in your average casiotone / portasound. The sound itself can go from subtle to vomiting.. theres nothing I wont try.

[timd]

well.. most distortion pedal take away all the dynamics on a toy keyboard.. so maybe something with a blending option and that also really "communicates" with mid and high frequencies as you may not find too much bass in your average casiotone / portasound. The sound itself can go from subtle to vomiting.. theres nothing I wont try.

Not so subtle - check out the video in the thread with the keyboard...
http://www.diystompboxes.com/smfforum/index.php?topic=99590.msg876278#msg876278

[SmoothAction]

An Uglyface w/LFO would be straight bitchin' on some keys. Thats just me... It wouldnt be very subtle though.

[timd]

An Uglyface w/LFO would be straight bitchin' on some keys. Thats just me... It wouldnt be very subtle though.

That's the idea!

[timd]

Stuff like that sounds great on the demo tune or stock drum tracks on those old keyboards!

[tiges_ tendres]

A lot of those dollar store keyboards (no namers) are amplified by a 386 set clean.  If you jumper pins 1 and 8 the signal gets very fuzzy.