DIY Effects

[LukeFRC]

yep, ive been trawling those.
I'm changing all the resistor and cap values to match those of a green russian big muff. also think there may be a coulple of componants in a different order on torchies layout.

anyway, parts ordered, Forgot the knobs so and a couple of componants for the power supply so the will have to maplin it up for them

[Al Heeley]

Here's this weekend's project - a nice little veroboard circuit and a classic fuzz-style overdrive clone. It uses a CD4049UBE hex inverter chip to cascade gain stages to produce a pretty good usable overdrive tone. For me its somewhere in the middle of a fuzz and a tubescreamer-type distortion. Well worth a build.

[LukeFRC]

hehe I'm learning! I recognised what that was from looking at the schematic sometime!

[JackLondon]

Right lads, I'm in a need of some parts that I can't find anywhere

It's all capacitors so if any of you could help me out I would apreciate it

I'm after :

4 x 0.05uF
2 x 0.0027uF
1 x 5pF
1 x 0.0027uF
1 x 0.0033uF
1 x 0.0047uF
1 x 0.033uF
1x 0.047uF

Who can help

[Protium]

Fuzz pedal I built a while ago, it's been painted since

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[nick]

[quote name='JackLondon' post='759448' date='Feb 27 2010, 09:26 PM']Right lads, I'm in a need of some parts that I can't find anywhere

It's all capacitors so if any of you could help me out I would apreciate it

I'm after :

4 x 0.05uF
2 x 0.0027uF
1 x 5pF
1 x 0.0027uF
1 x 0.0033uF
1 x 0.0047uF
1 x 0.033uF
1x 0.047uF

Who can help [/quote]

Have you tried [url="http://www.bitsbox.co.uk/index.html"]Bitsbox[/url]? Fast delivery & good prices. They should have all of those caps.

You may find [url="http://www.translatorscafe.com/cafe/units-converter/electrostatic-capacitance/calculator/picofarad-%5bpF%5d-to-nanofarad-%5bnF%5d/"]this[/url] useful as well
For example 0.0027uF = 2.7nF

What are you building BTW?

Cheers

[JackLondon]

[quote name='nick' post='759458' date='Feb 27 2010, 09:43 PM']Have you tried [url="http://www.bitsbox.co.uk/index.html"]Bitsbox[/url]? Fast delivery & good prices. They should have all of those caps.

You may find [url="http://www.translatorscafe.com/cafe/units-converter/electrostatic-capacitance/calculator/picofarad-%5bpF%5d-to-nanofarad-%5bnF%5d/"]this[/url] useful as well
For example 0.0027uF = 2.7nF

What are you building BTW?

Cheers[/quote]

I must be blind coz I can find them

I'm "attempting" to build : Small Clone Chorus, Rebote 2 Delay and MXR Envelope Filter all of them based on tonepad.com projects! I'm just ordering parts and stuff but couldn't find those capacitors anywhere!

Edited February 27, 2010 by JackLondon

[LukeFRC]

try....

[url="http://www.justradios.com/uFnFpF.html"]http://www.justradios.com/uFnFpF.html[/url]

to convert cap values.

try mouser.com they have a bewildering range of stuff.

[LukeFRC]

[quote name='JackLondon' post='759492' date='Feb 27 2010, 10:29 PM']I'm "attempting" to build : Small Clone Chorus, Rebote 2 Delay and MXR Envelope Filter all of them based on tonepad.com projects! I'm just ordering parts and stuff but couldn't find those capacitors anywhere![/quote]

Impressive stuff you're making! Im having a go at the small clone from tonepad. Buying a board from them. I'll keep up with how your build is going!

[Currrls]

has anyone ordered printed PCBs from tonepad before? what are the delivery times like?

[JackLondon]

[quote name='Currrls' post='760088' date='Feb 28 2010, 07:56 PM']has anyone ordered printed PCBs from tonepad before? what are the delivery times like?[/quote]

It takes about 2 weeks to arrive, I've ordered 5 pcb and had to pay about £10 in vat and other stuff!

[LukeFRC]

I ordered a few weeks back and got worried they still existed! The guy emailed back to confirm for me!
Yeah is it £12 or more and you have to start paying VAT?

Going back to my drill dillemas, my local DIY store didn't have any cone step drill bit things. A 12 mm bit was £13! In the sale a Bosch 100 bit set of bits and screw driver heads was only £14. I bought that,used a 10mm and wiggled!

All holes drilled, painted red, all parts in way. Im just short two resistors and one cap for rigging up the power supply inside. Oh and I forgot to order knobs.

[JackLondon]

for knobs go banzaimusic.com, what resistors and caps you need? I might have some spares!

[LukeFRC]

in fact.... i have a load of these in cream, 19mm for 6.3mm shafts


need 3/4 more knobs of some kind. anybody got any spare i could have off you? (should prob put this in the items wanted bit but think wil get more views here from ppl who build things)

[JackLondon]

I have 3 of those that I will not be using [url="http://www.musikding.de/product_info.php/info/p1158_Aluminium-rippled-knob-black-14mm.html"]http://www.musikding.de/product_info.php/i...black-14mm.html[/url]

[dudewheresmybass]

hi guys,
i want to build a sound to light unit that i can plug into.

i've found a drawing which i think should work. It uses a 12v circuit, but i want to power it using a 9v battery. is this going to be a problem?

as far as i see it i'm going to need a box to allow me to take a feed from the main signal, but without losing the main line, in order to make it work

is this going to be a simple - ish job?

sorry for so many questions!

Edited February 28, 2010 by dudewheresmybass

[JackLondon]

[quote name='dudewheresmybass' post='760273' date='Feb 28 2010, 10:52 PM']hi guys,
i want to build a sound to light unit that i can plug into.

i've found a drawing which i think should work. It uses a 12v circuit, but i want to power it using a 9v battery. is this going to be a problem?

as far as i see it i'm going to need a box to allow me to take a feed from the main signal, but without losing the main line, in order to make it work

is this going to be a simple - ish job?

sorry for so many questions![/quote]

Can you post the drawing/schematic for the unit?

[dudewheresmybass]

this is it:



i was going to change the jack plug for a 1/4" socket, and run it from what i would describe as a side chain.

any ideas?

[LukeFRC]

so the transistor lets through the current when it gets a signal from the guitar? to flash the lights on?
Is it compensated for a guitar level input?

[dudewheresmybass]

i was hoping you guys could help with stuff like that

[LukeFRC]

okay, next question. what do you want it for? at the moment if that cuircuit works (and I don't know enough about electronics to kknow if it does) when the input signal gets above a certain level the lights go on. There is no way of setting the level.
depending on what you want it for would [url="http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=26071"]this kit work[/url]? it may be easy to modify the mic input into a jack input.... and if it worked it would flash according to volume...

[JackLondon]

[quote name='dudewheresmybass' post='761375' date='Mar 1 2010, 11:52 PM']this is it:



i was going to change the jack plug for a 1/4" socket, and run it from what i would describe as a side chain.

any ideas?[/quote]

It looks fairly simple to acomplish, you can however expand on this project and put in a sound sensor as well which would react to the music being played, sort of a effect of flashing disco lights.

[JackLondon]

Right chaps, whilst the paint on my effects is drying up I was contemplating over the idea of building a dc brick. There are 2 sensible ones I can find.

First is tonepad project using LM317 voltage regulator with total cost of around £40 :

[url="http://www.tonepad.com/getFile.asp?id=111"]http://www.tonepad.com/getFile.asp?id=111[/url]

Second is general guitar gadgets using flatpack transformer with total cost of around £30 :

[url="http://www.generalguitargadgets.com/pdf/ggg_reg_power_supply.pdf"]http://www.generalguitargadgets.com/pdf/gg...ower_supply.pdf[/url]

To be honest the tonepad project appeals to me more than the ggg one but I might be wrong, wht are your thoughts ? There's also a question if any of you built one ? If you did how quiet is it and is it difficult ?

Cheers
Jack

[umph]

[quote name='JackLondon' post='761668' date='Mar 2 2010, 11:35 AM']Right chaps, whilst the paint on my effects is drying up I was contemplating over the idea of building a dc brick. There are 2 sensible ones I can find.

First is tonepad project using LM317 voltage regulator with total cost of around £40 :

[url="http://www.tonepad.com/getFile.asp?id=111"]http://www.tonepad.com/getFile.asp?id=111[/url]

Second is general guitar gadgets using flatpack transformer with total cost of around £30 :

[url="http://www.generalguitargadgets.com/pdf/ggg_reg_power_supply.pdf"]http://www.generalguitargadgets.com/pdf/gg...ower_supply.pdf[/url]

To be honest the tonepad project appeals to me more than the ggg one but I might be wrong, wht are your thoughts ? There's also a question if any of you built one ? If you did how quiet is it and is it difficult ?

Cheers
Jack[/quote]

i think the GGG one will be easier to set up if you only want 9v and both should have similar noise levels. Personally if i was doing my own pedal power supply i'd go alot more overkill and completely destroy the noise!

[JackLondon]

[quote name='umph' post='761707' date='Mar 2 2010, 12:22 PM']i think the GGG one will be easier to set up if you only want 9v and both should have similar noise levels. Personally if i was doing my own pedal power supply i'd go alot more overkill and completely destroy the noise![/quote]

Can you please elaborate ?