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Robert said:
"First project".... Pfff.

If that's your first project you're hired, and I quit. From this point forward you can direct all questions and complaints to dawson, I'm out, it's been (mostly) fun.

Very nicely done. :ROFLMAO: :love:
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Okay okay.. I'll come clean-
This is the 4th or 5th attempt at my first project- I didn't mention I began over a month ago and had to restart a couple times.. :ROFLMAO:

All the inspiration, resources and schematic I needed came from right here on the forum!

Feral Feline said:
@dawson — you got Robert with your layout's impeccable symmetry.
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I've been watching 'im.

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Every now and then I fall asleep thinking about pedals and dream about building, and sometimes I come up with circuit ideas in my dreams. So far about 60% have been impossible and the other 40% have sounded terrible. But I had a dream the other night about a tube-driven BBD chorus, and it still seemed like a good idea when I woke up, so I'm going for it. Still need to route, but I made it fit so far.

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vigilante398 said:
(tube sound)
Every now and then I fall asleep,
thinking about pedals
and dream about building,
(tube sound)
and sometimes I come up
with circuit ideas
in my dreams.
(tube sound)
So far about 60%
have been impossible
and the other 40%
have sounded terrible.
(tube sound)
But I had a dream the other night
about a tube-driven BBD chorus,
and it still seemed like a good idea
when I woke up,
(tube sound, chorus-ised)
so I'm going for it.
Still need to route,
but I made it fit so far.
(tube sound)
...

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You've been listening to "Total Eclipse of the Heart" before sleeping again, haven't you?

 
With permission and some guidance from the designer, I'm attempting to hack this genius parallel switching apparatus out of a really cool double-fuzz build, the Peacock Parallel Fuzz by Aleph Null.

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*don't worry- there will be copper pours

I'm told it can't be expected to blend certain combinations of circuits together nicely without addressing issues like phasing and input buffers, but I'm going to go ahead and get some prototypes printed to experiment with different flavors of parallel drives!

-Extra pads for larger gauge In/Out/Send/Return wires and choice of external 16mm POT vs. internal trimmer.
-Only 2/3 of the 3PDT gangs are used on the daughter board, but I have more 3PDT's around than anything else.

..and as I'm typing this I realize I should change one last thing before I send it off :ROFLMAO:
 
My first new design of 2024, more of my "sticking tubes where they don't need to be". I've had a few people suggest I take a swing at a 500 series preamp, so I took a swing at a 500 series preamp. This one is just a proof of concept, it's basically a simplified Nobelium to make sure I understand what I'm doing in 500 series world.

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vigilante398 said:
My first new design of 2024, more of my "sticking tubes where they don't need to be". I've had a few people suggest I take a swing at a 500 series preamp, so I took a swing at a 500 series preamp. This one is just a proof of concept, it's basically a simplified Nobelium to make sure I understand what I'm doing in 500 series world.

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Oh shit I was literally going to do that
 
Harry Klippton said:
@vigilante398 I'd be happy to build and test a proto if you don't have a 500 series rack
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I appreciate it, I scored a screaming deal on this a couple weeks ago, I'm all set :)

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I could send you a board to check out, but I would have to send you a D.I. transformer as this was designed for my house brand transformer Unagi, and the pinout doesn't directly line up with anything else. Input transformer is an OEP and all the other parts are easy enough to get, the Unagi is the only oddball.
 
vigilante398 said:
I appreciate it, I scored a screaming deal on this a couple weeks ago, I'm all set :)

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I could send you a board to check out, but I would have to send you a D.I. transformer as this was designed for my house brand transformer Unagi, and the pinout doesn't directly line up with anything else. Input transformer is an OEP and all the other parts are easy enough to get, the Unagi is the only oddball.
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Have you thought about how to do the front face for the module? I've got some ideas. I've been planning some 500 series ideas for a bit
 
Harry Klippton said:
Have you thought about how to do the front face for the module? I've got some ideas. I've been planning some 500 series ideas for a bit
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Yup, I have a 3D model of an enclosure and have quotes to get it machined. I've been doing fit checks with 3D printed parts, as soon as I get the PCB verified I'm planning to order a machined enclosure.

Faceplates are easy enough, I can do those on my CNC, but machining a full enclosure is a bit more involved than I want to do in my garage.
 
vigilante398 said:
Yup, I have a 3D model of an enclosure and have quotes to get it machined. I've been doing fit checks with 3D printed parts, as soon as I get the PCB verified I'm planning to order a machined enclosure.

Faceplates are easy enough, I can do those on my CNC, but machining a full enclosure is a bit more involved than I want to do in my garage.
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Ah you're gonna go for a full enclosure? I've got several modules that just have a front panel
 
vigilante398 said:
My first new design of 2024, more of my "sticking tubes where they don't need to be". I've had a few people suggest I take a swing at a 500 series preamp, so I took a swing at a 500 series preamp. This one is just a proof of concept, it's basically a simplified Nobelium to make sure I understand what I'm doing in 500 series world.

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You plan on doing any other 500 series preamp modules?… black eye? Or super Sonic dirt channel?… cough* cough *
 
Paradox916 said:
You plan on doing any other 500 series preamp modules?… black eye? Or super Sonic dirt channel?… cough* cough *
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The way I’m choosing to read it is that a Neve 1073 mic preamp is right around the corner 😁

albeit with a tube added, because reasons lol
 
I have zero interest in a mic pre at this point… but I think a DIY guitar rack system with a smaller footprint similar to the synergy stuff would be awesome.
 
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