This is perfect, thank you for detailing all this! Just waiting for a few more shipments of parts to show up so I can start throwing this all together. Excited, but expecting to be thoroughly frustrated a few times (which is kind of part of the fun?)
Same boat. And huge thanks ahead of time.
Full disclosure: I compiled/wrote this, mostly because soooo many posts had the same issues that I had when setting up the trimpots. The end result of taking the time to set the trimpots is an AMAZING sounding pedal, which does things I haven't found in other circuits.
How do you have the DIP switches set? I've found the Boost setting to be noisy (although not in an unpleasant way), so try turning them both OFF to get a lower noise floor.Love mine. Sounds really cool with an acoustic guitar.
Only thing I really want to fix with mine though is the hiss I hear with the effect. It's pretty prominent when you throw the mix all the way CW. At noon, it's not as bad...but still kinda there. Enough to have to throw a noise gate after it. Probably something relatively simple. Will need to debug. Not critical...but annoying.
I turned both of them off. I’m learning that the noise is just a part of this pedal. Tweaking the gate helps. Turning it down helps minimize the noise but does make the tone a bit darker. Quite alright with me considering the subtle nausea of this effect.How do you have the DIP switches set? I've found the Boost setting to be noisy (although not in an unpleasant way), so try turning them both OFF to get a lower noise floor.
This is perfect, thank you for detailing all this! Just waiting for a few more shipments of parts to show up so I can start throwing this all together. Excited, but expecting to be thoroughly frustrated a few times (which is kind of part of the fun?)
Same boat. And huge thanks ahead of time.
Post away! Like many things on here, it's a true community effort. Probably should include the info in the build doc at some point as the trimpot functions aren't your standard "trim drain to 4.5V" adjustments.Uhm, yeah, that's not my post, as you might have realized. I just happened to remember that post and found it, as it came in handy for me too when I was scratching my head while testing that build.
So, for the record, all credits to @bowanderror whom I also thank for that post!
Why no outie DC jack? Are they flimsier than the innies? I have the small Lumbergs and they are still flimsy, especially that dumb nut. The onyl saving grace is they only have two lugs so I never have to check where the +9V wire goes.For the SMD transistor options, I recommend soldering the SMD Transistors to DAUGHTERBOARDS, that way if you screw up the SMD-soldering you've only toasted the trans and daughterboard instead of mucking up the Low Tide PCB itself.
Test the daughterboards then socket or solder them to the main board.
Also, you can make an "outie" DC Jack work, but ... just get the small power-jack as per the BOM... seriously.