A sucky blend

[jcpst]

This is suck #1 from Why Your Clean Blends Suck: the Buff n’ Blend

I have this habit of tearing apart my board after every practice. There’s something cathartic about it. Just like how a river is never the same between two different points in time, the signal path is never the same twice.

That doesn’t matter. What does matter is while evaluating pedals for tomorrow’s rehearsal, I decided I needed to run two pedals in parallel. I thought of using my PPCB splitter and mixers, but adding two more 125Bs on the board seemed excessive.

So I went into my PCB stash and grabbed one of Moonn’s Split n’ Blend.

While I was building it I was wondering if this would be a waste of a powdercoat enclosure and parts.

It’s certainly not awesome. But it does what I need it to do for tomorrow. I figure I can drop a better circuit in at some point in the future.

 

[Gordo]

Been thru this and have had this option anxiety. Few things need fixing up front. Narrow it down to changing ONE pedal at a time. If that won’t do it is it the amp, the board, or you? Not to be insulting at all but are you looking for unicorn sounds or are you that far out of whack from your utopia?

 

[jcpst]

Been thru this and have had this option anxiety. Few things need fixing up front. Narrow it down to changing ONE pedal at a time. If that won’t do it is it the amp, the board, or you? Not to be insulting at all but are you looking for unicorn sounds or are you that far out of whack from your utopia?

Hmm… Maybe I gave the wrong impression? I feel no option anxiety. I know what sounds I like, and I learned how to get them a long time ago.

If anything maybe option excitement. I enjoy experimenting. It may seem unconventional, but I find it easier if I take apart the board. What if I want to move a pedal that was in the front towards the back? I’d have to rip out a bunch of stuff anyway. Easier to just have everything loose on the floor.

I don’t need to change one pedal at a time because I’m not fixing anything. I have my own tonal archetype that my decisions are based on.

I’ve been playing for almost 30 years and I’ve gotten deep into tones. One thing I learned is that my tastes change over time. Tastes in music, art, food…

I worked as a recording engineer in a few different studios for 7 years. I’ve pulled apart and put back together large frame consoles and wall-mounted racks several times. Literally tons of gear. One pedalboard is nothing.

Sorry if I’m being too braggadocious- I only mention it because it seemed like you had an assumption that I lacked experience or didn’t know what I was looking for tonally. I am not insulted

 

[Feral Feline]

I love that you just whipped together a utility pedal on a whim for the following day.
What DIY is all about: fulfilling your wants, needs and dreams — and at a moment's notice!


If you re-use the enclosure for something else, I'd be mighty impressed if you could fit all the jacks, PCB etc into a 1950A — hmm six jacks... not including power...
Okay, a 1590G2...

 

[jcpst]

If you re-use the enclosure for something else, I'd be mighty impressed if you could fit all the jacks, PCB etc into a 1950A

I’ve seen 3 channel patchbays in a 1590A… just maybe- if you use some of those low profile lumberg TS jacks, bend the silly tabs inward. A 9mm pot would help or be necessary.

 

[Feral Feline]

Yeah, a search turned up a 3-channel 1590A from Saturnworks; for this project just need to figure out ...

DC jack = Lumberg
Pot = 9mm trim pot
PCB = Moonn's SplitnBlend (GPCB's BuffnBlend has 3PDT, too big BUT could build a BuffnBlend on GPCB's GBOF board (tinier than Moonn's?)

Vero & Perf are both quite compact too. Oh, and the BuffnBlend only requires 1 JFET, to the SplitnBlend's 2.​

Also...
1/8w resistors
SMD-caps
26AWG wire

 

[Gordo]

Yeah, my bad, I completely misread that. Carry on