What’s on *YOUR* workbench?
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Moving on to the backlog, thought I would start simple with a Dragons Breath.
Of course I got to the end and realized I don't have any of the right pots. Off to SBP for another $100 order. This all started with "I'll just make a Carcosa". Most expensive Carcosa ever, I could have bought one of those unobtanium spiral fx versions.
Of course I got to the end and realized I don't have any of the right pots. Off to SBP for another $100 order. This all started with "I'll just make a Carcosa". Most expensive Carcosa ever, I could have bought one of those unobtanium spiral fx versions.
KR Sound
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Here’s a tip for everyone- make sure you have your ground connected before spending 20 minutes troubleshooting
At least it’s alive!
jessenator
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Printed a a spool/roll thingy. My previous solution (in back) worked alright, but I think new boy will do a better job.
That poor spool of solder has been through the ringer. Got all kinds of tangled even before I got my hands on it, and I didn't do it any favors. After two years of solid use, I haven't hit a dead-end or snag. Fingers crossed.
That poor spool of solder has been through the ringer. Got all kinds of tangled even before I got my hands on it, and I didn't do it any favors. After two years of solid use, I haven't hit a dead-end or snag. Fingers crossed.
GizzWizzKing
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Swapped for the standard DC jack. Traded a PPCB Sandspur for this, mostly so I could try and fit multiple muff circuits inside, but I got the sudden urge to do this so I could actually play around with it if I wanted to. Feels very cool even if it is just an oversized muff. I've never quite realized how huge these are.
chris.knudson
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Probably the most useful thing I've built so far -- this is my test rig. It's a combination signal generator, audio probe, amplifier all in one. I'm trying to combine all of this with a power supply and possibly an oscilloscope into one enclosure. Regardless, this is the single most useful piece of equipment I own a this moment.
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RetiredUnit1
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So was the signal generator a kit? How's it work? I need one.
Fama
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First pedal from the big lot checked and fixed, it was sold to me as "working", and frankly I guess it was. Deadastronautfx Abductor II I think? When turned on it worked fine, on bypass it only gave out a buzz, just had to swap two wires on the footswitch - very easy fix.
Sure calls for some labels and knobs though, since it's sort of an Echorec style pedal with normal controls (time, feedback, volume, mod depth and speed) plus volumes for the four separate delay "heads", and I think the switch is sort of a "sound on sound" style thing, which is cool to mess with although maybe not useful for normal songs and such.
Very cool pedal although the layout is cluttered as hell what with over a hundred parts, total of four PT2399's, couple of op amps and a bunch of transistors. The pots are also wired offboard I believe - very thankful that someone else built it up so I didn't have to.
Maybe I'll try my hand at some sharpie pedal art (and remove the white washer) since I'm thinking of keeping this one, maybe I'll do a shootout with the Hydra once I finish it since while they are different there is some overlap.
Sure calls for some labels and knobs though, since it's sort of an Echorec style pedal with normal controls (time, feedback, volume, mod depth and speed) plus volumes for the four separate delay "heads", and I think the switch is sort of a "sound on sound" style thing, which is cool to mess with although maybe not useful for normal songs and such.
Very cool pedal although the layout is cluttered as hell what with over a hundred parts, total of four PT2399's, couple of op amps and a bunch of transistors. The pots are also wired offboard I believe - very thankful that someone else built it up so I didn't have to.
Maybe I'll try my hand at some sharpie pedal art (and remove the white washer) since I'm thinking of keeping this one, maybe I'll do a shootout with the Hydra once I finish it since while they are different there is some overlap.
jimilee
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I have one of the first one Abductor delays done on a single sided layout. That was a fun build.
Looks like the kit I built a few months back. Picked it up as a “let’s see what Temu is about” order along with some toys for my cats lol. I think it was only like $3-5 at most
Fama
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Do you know what's different about v1 and v2? I'm not 100% sure which one this is, didn't check the PCB for that.
jimilee
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It had 5 knobs 4 switches and one stomp. Dead astronaut is still active over at diysb, you might get in touch with him.
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Fama
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Ahh, that clears it - I was only curious whether mine was v1 or v2, but that makes it clear
RetiredUnit1
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I did a picture search and found the XR2206 kit. Was looking at pricing and found one that bills itself as better than the XR2206 with improved opamp and higher voltage. Price was right at $13.89. SUPPOSED to be in California, but the estimated delivery date is 11 days. Their address is 40 miles from my house, and it was listed as IN THE USA.
If I get this sucker 11 days from now they are definitely getting negative feedback for lying about the location. If I wanted it from China I would have purchased on Ali....
12V ICL8038 Adjustable Frequency Signal Generator DIY Kit Xr2206 Upgrade Version | eBay
Features: Uses ICL8038 and high-speed op amp, higher accuracy. 1 Signal Generator DIY Kit. Frequency Range: 5Hz~400kHz; Duty Cycle Range: 2~95%(Adjustable). Supports dual power amplifier without blocking the capacitor to ensure high and low frequency signal distortion.
www.ebay.com
Passinwind
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Working on troubleshooting my Crystal Lettuce Silver build, which I started before the documentation became available. Houston, we have a problem:
I had my enclosure printed the first way, so I guess I'll just have to do my own layout to match that configuration now. Might as well do it for a surface mount opamp while I'm at it, and a bunch of other circuit upgrades, I reckon.
Totally on me though, as I did a board trace and completely missed the reverse control format. I won't be buying any undocumented boards again anytime soon though, for sure!
I had my enclosure printed the first way, so I guess I'll just have to do my own layout to match that configuration now. Might as well do it for a surface mount opamp while I'm at it, and a bunch of other circuit upgrades, I reckon.
Totally on me though, as I did a board trace and completely missed the reverse control format. I won't be buying any undocumented boards again anytime soon though, for sure!
Mentaltossflycoon
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You should probably check out the fuzzdog ultra tester too. https://shop.pedalparts.co.uk/product/pcbulttest
chris.knudson
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Yep. Two for $14 at Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B097P4FRXT?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details
Worth every penny.
You can probably find them cheaper on Ali Express, but I saw this one night and figured what the hell.
The amp is like a 5W battery powered amp that I picked up for like $15 or $20 that I use when probing -- don't want to risk a good amp for that. You could probably do the same thing with an LM386 and a little speaker
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chris.knudson
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Yep, same concept. I built the audio probe interface on a piece of perf board. Right now I'm just using screw terminals to connect the audio probe, but when I box this thing up, I'm going to have banana jack posts that will give me the ability to use all of my multimeter test leads, probe tips and clamps. I've got some power supply modules that will deliver 9-18V that I want to include, and I've been looking at an esp32 oscilloscope project that doesn't look too complicated to build. Right now, I'm trying to work out how to get all of this in one enclosure, and then I plan to mount my Auditorium Test Platform to the top.
