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someone recently commissioned a hotcake from me, and since it was on vero there was a little more wiggle room for mods.

i tried 071 vs 741 and found 071 to be shrill and horrid. i added a switch for a slight variation on the madbean mod- less bass, less gain. it's a nice addition, but doesn't fix the issue. both XLF and BB mods were installed. they helped a little, but that crackle was just driving me nuts.

my solution, hereby known as the Purple Cat Mod, is a 220pf and blue LED's in the feedback loop. it doesn't remove ALL the crackle, but it seems to help. until the gain is dimed those LED's barely light up. it's the most subtle bit of soft clipping that made it a little more modern and usable
 
maertz13 said:
someone recently commissioned a hotcake from me, and since it was on vero there was a little more wiggle room for mods.

i tried 071 vs 741 and found 071 to be shrill and horrid. i added a switch for a slight variation on the madbean mod- less bass, less gain. it's a nice addition, but doesn't fix the issue. both XLF and BB mods were installed. they helped a little, but that crackle was just driving me nuts.

my solution, hereby known as the Purple Cat Mod, is a 220pf and blue LED's in the feedback loop. it doesn't remove ALL the crackle, but it seems to help. until the gain is dimed those LED's barely light up. it's the most subtle bit of soft clipping that made it a little more modern and usable
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Just in case anyone reads this later who ..ahem.. isn't as smart as you and me, could you be a little more specific about how one might implement that?



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While I love that it's called the Purple Cat Mod, I'm a curious cat so pray tell — why is it the "purple" cat mod when the LEDs used are blue?

Also, are we talking water-clear blue LEDs or regular blue-lense LEDs?*








*I have both, even some "Teal" LEDs... a few different types/brands of blue LEDs.
 
Feral Feline said:
While I love that it's called the Purple Cat Mod, I'm a curious cat so pray tell — why is it the "purple" cat mod when the LEDs used are blue?

Also, are we talking water-clear blue LEDs or regular blue-lense LEDs?*


*I have both, even some "Teal" LEDs... a few different types/brands of blue LEDs.
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simply put, my brand is Purple Cat Audio. 🥰 nothing to do with alice in wonderland, ironically. just my 2 favorite things.

i've looked and looked, and short of using purple covers on clear LED's there isn't a truly purple LED. There's UV, darkish pink, but not PURPLE purple. not close enough to tickle the purple obsessed (autistic) brain.

blue because they were the highest fV LED's i had laying around. blue, like regular basic ass blue
 
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