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I've got a standard version waiting to be boxed so I haven't played it yet, I'm just curious since I've got some extra boards. They also talk about the "starve" feature on their loop switcher, but looking at the schematic I don't know if it makes a huge difference to the drive control - it's...

Oh geez, I didn't know that and it really helps me understand why simple low- and high-pass filters work, not just how they work in practice. Thank you!

Figured it might be worth asking, does anyone know what the Midas Touch mod for the Mad Professor Amber Overdrive entails? It sounds like probably some component changes, maybe tonestack changes or something else pretty small? Here's the best (non-sales pitch) description I found of what is...

I'm pretty sure gerbers work on a phone too - they're basically the files you send to a PCB fabricator (a lot of people here use JLCPCB but there are others) so they print the PCB. That means you can download the gerbers, upload them to JLCPCB, and get your very own set of PCB's printed like...

Yes, D1 and D2 have the negative on the same side on the PCB. Electrically they're going the opposite directions though, and you can even see the trace go from one's anode to the other's cathode in the picture on the site https://www.pedalpcb.com/product/lgsm/. Nevertheless, just orient the...

Yep, once I fixed it the voltage was back to what it should be and I haven't had any issues - although granted since I had already purchased a new power supply, I've just been using that one instead.

I was referring to modeling stuff like the Kemper or NAM, but in this case to the Quad Cortex capture version 2. It's spot on for the ones I've done personally (the Sasquatch II, a Muff with a germanium transistor which gave it a touch of gating, plus a toggleable green ringer was captured...

Thanks to both of you! Partially for helping me realize that "breadboard it" is probably the best way to approach it in the future if I build more Tone Benders, and partially to help me realize that aiming for the "perfect Tonebender in every aspect" is probably not helpful. I was somewhat...

Yes, I know, there's a bunch of threads and a whole lot of information online. And that's really my issue. I've seen some advice which aims for hFE around ~100 or so, with leakage around 200uA or so, like here...

Can you post a pic of the board? From what I can see on the schematic, assuming the markings in red are where the R.Attack differs from the RAT, the most important ones are the different filter values in the op amp feedback loop, the compensation cap being larger, and the clipping diodes being...

I got started in Audacity. I think I recorded MIDI drums from Guitar Pro into that somehow, for the very first stuff I did?

That's a fair point. The one I linked seems to take solder quite easily, at least.

Looking at the pictures should help to clear it up a little bit. Something like https://www.taydaelectronics.com/small-stripboard-93x55mm-copper.html with the "strips" works for veroboard layouts like this https://tagboardeffects.blogspot.com/2023/09/thorpy-fx-dane.html, where the strips are in...

That is valid, but then again, wouldn't be the first case of overkill over here... Quite a lot of wants vs. needs around this, and hobbies in general - and that's completely fine IMO.

Since you're on Mac, I vote for Garageband to start with. You can look at other DAW's later on. Logic is a great option on Mac, I use Reaper but I'm on Windows. I pretty much agree with all the other stuff said here too, although FWIW I've done all my recording, mixing and mastering on...

Butt Head Distortion looks to be the standard PPCB 4 knob layout, so you can take the drill template from https://www.pedalpcb.com/product/pcb251/ for example. The trick I do to check those sometimes is that I open both build docs (one with a verified Tayda drill link and one without) in...

I assume it might also be (at east partially) a case of the effect being very small amounts of audible distortion you can maybe hear in pristine conditions on good monitors, trained ears, and only listening to this signal, for example. ...and the pedal is a fuzz. So nobody can really say if it...

They're just really accurate with stock and have just enough paint left to do a single 125B, but not anything bigger?

If you want to stick with the turret board (I understand it's for aesthetic reasons, which is of course completely fine), I can't help with that, maybe someone else can chime in. Personally, if I had to do something like that, I would just wire the diodes offboard. Using an SPDT for clipping...

Ohm and 0 gets especially tricky because sometimes the symbols can be partially cut off by the pads on PCB's. That's also why I agree, 100r would be better than 100R. Thankfully PPCB boards are always very clean about this and I don't remember seeing it happen, but it does happen on some other...