Recent content by jwin615

I think this was only ever offered as an etch/diy PCB. Did you use an LED and a NSL-32? Not sure what you mean by "led parallel to the vactrol". Or did you just insert a led parallel to see? D1 should be changing luminosity when playing... Others reported good luck with a LDR with 1meg Rdark...

Put some through holes in the pcb and mount them with nylon screws. Or plate the holes and use brass. Then they're grounded...

Make sure you plugged into the in jack.

Silver coated solid core PTFE (Teflon) advocate here. It is more difficult to strip, kinda. You need the right strippers and technique. You have to cut through at least 80-85% of the insulation and not nick the wire to much as you'll add weakness. When it comes to good SPC mil-spec wire, it's...

Engineers thumb? Or get a Keely pro. I love mine.

EMI/RFI Monitor, lighting, etc

Put the back plate on. Reassess. And try a battery. You may have a small ground loop with the interface.

SC59 seems to be the Japanese (JEITA)code for sot23-3 The standard allows about .1mm larger package in both directions. Should solder up fine to the adapter boards as there's typically a little wiggle room(way more than .1mm)

Sounds like it's tied to the compressor release. But it should be the inverse, louder the. Quieter over time. Is it fully enclosed? Sounds kinda like EMI from a monitor or bulbs etc.

Not sure what the problem is but those transistors look like AliExpress knockoffs. Did you measure them for leakage by chance?

KSC1815 is a current production 2SC1815 btw.

Also check D100 and the DC input cap. Since you reversed polarity, they could be fried

This FCKs

I think you guys are looking for this thread. Where's the F'n mod around here?