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I’ve always suspected this is the case. Good to have it confirmed by the man

I believe that in this circuit the octave only has an effect when the distortion is turned on, so it’s not surprising that you aren’t hearing anything if the distortion isn’t working. Next steps would be a visual inspection - check each joint to make sure it is soldered well, then double check...

Wait, really!?!? Wow, I've never gotten an MXR Phase 90 to sound like that. Which is totally surprising because, uhh, I sound just like that guy otherwise. Yep. Definitely.

One of my all time favorite clean tones is the “watery” sound in the second guitar solo of Feels So Good by Chuck Mangione. It sounds like some sort of filter, but I can’t tell if it’s a phaser, flanger, vibe, or if he’s somehow doing it with a wah pedal. The rhythm guitar seems to use a wah...

Oooh interesting! Now I’m glad that I qualified my answers above with “usually” and “most of the time”. 🙂 You may very well hear a difference with and without a buffer after the Clandestine then - depending on how long your cable run from pedalboard to amp is. Let your ears be your guide! A lot...

Good question! I think it’s to counteract the impact of capacitance due to any cabling between your last enabled pedal and the end of your board. If you’re always running out of an enabled pedal directly to the amp, it shouldn’t be needed (usually)

Lots of hype for the Clandestine lately! I need to get off my rear and build one. If you plan to leave the Clandestine on all the time there’s a good chance that having a buffer after it is pointless, as most pedals these days are designed with a low impedance output. I’ll leave the analysis...

Excited to flip all four of my Strymon Ojais 😃

That is the most metal cat I’ve ever seen

This is optional, but most folks do it. Correct. It doesn’t matter which side of the pot you put the resistor.

I don’t know enough to tell you how the circuit would react if there was less than 47k resistance there, but I probably wouldn’t chance it. Either should be fine. It will just swap whether you get more or less resistance when turning the pot clockwise. You probably want the 47k resistor in...

Congrats on knocking out your first build and your first debug! I’m sure it was frustrating, but it sounds like you learned a ton and have a great pedal as well.

Fun project! To expand on @giovanni’s advice, here is some information about wiring a potentiometer as a variable resistor: https://www.build-electronic-circuits.com/potentiometer/ With just a potentiometer, you’ll end up with a resistance range of 0 ohms up to the potentiometer’s value. If...

One more thing- on the Caesar there’s often a very narrow range on the trim that pot where things work. Unlike a lot of pedals, on this one when the trim pot isn’t in the operational range the pedal doesn’t work at all. Good luck!

Good question! I believe only the MIDI in jack would need to be isolated, right? Unsure though. Maybe the input would be grounded to the box, and the rest of the jacks are isolated?

Yeah, 1/8” trs like the MIDI enabled Boss pedals. MIDI is a serial protocol that’s supposedly pretty easy to implement if the microcontroller has a UART. Here’s what I had in mind, though it could probably be simplified: One microcontroller for the MIDI interface, and then a separate...

For a while I’ve been contemplating building a midi controlled relay bypass daughterboard to go inside of the stomp box itself. The idea is to have a midi controller swap presets to turn the stomp boxes on and off automatically, while retaining the functionality of the footswitches and LEDs on...

I really should give the broadcast another shot.

A Klon might be another option…

Any isolated power supply where I don’t have to deal with mains voltage would be rad.