Adding a “Wet out” to a Karaoke Chorus

Brinkman

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I have a Karaoke Chorus PCB that I picked up to use in conjunction (but separate enclosures) with a PCB that is a clone of the Roland JC preamp circuit. Since the Karaoke chorus circuit is derived from the Boss CE-1 pedal, which is in turn derived from the chorus/vibrato sub-circuit of the Roland JC series amplifiers, I would like to add the ability to marry the karaoke chorus to the preamp in a similar way.

I’ve already solved the simple problem of adding a second output channel to the JC preamp circuit without loading it down by using a 10k::10k line level splitting transformer (which will also provide galvanic isolation). In accordance with the JC 120/160 circuit, this second output would feed the chorus sub-circuit (in this case, the karaoke chorus pedal).

Where the karaoke chorus pedal and the JC 120/160 circuits diverge is that the JC circuits preserve the wet chorus effect all the way through to a second power amplifier channel with it’s own dedicated speaker(s), with the resulting wet/dry signal mixing happening in the acoustic realm.

In contrast, the karaoke chorus mixes the wet & dry signals more conventionally: electronically, upstream of the amplifier. So the question is where to tap the karaoke chorus circuit to add a 100% wet output for use with a 2-channel power amplifier?

TL; DR: where do I tap the karaoke chorus circuit to have a full, wet output?
 
My brain is telling me to just tap the circuit after c34 and crank the depth knob to max. But I feel like I might be overlooking something, which is why I started this thread. IMG_0143.jpeg
 
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So obvious now. Very nice.

Any drawback to wiring R46 between the poles of a DPST switch wired to the R46 eyelets of the PCB? Would basically add a 100% WET On/Off switch.
 
Awesome project man, I've got a Karaoke Chorus myself that I'm going to do up the same way. Do you have a link to get that JC preamp pcb?
 
Awesome project man, I've got a Karaoke Chorus myself that I'm going to do up the same way. Do you have a link to get that JC preamp pcb?





ELS used to have a PCB, now out of stock?
Here's David's Paladin Build-Doc PDF which may be of some help.
 
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