Solderaddict
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So I’ll get right to it, I have a strange issue with my Chaos Machine.
When testing everything worked fine all knobs to min/max so in the case it went.
Since playing it I’ve discovered that if the intensity and resonance settings on either filter (resonance seems more significant) are turned too high the circuit cuts all input signal and just wails this clean continuous siren sound, which changes depending on where the LFO rate is set.
The same thing happens if the signal input is too hot, ie a hard guitar strum or high volume.
When the resonance and intensity knobs are full then the thing is unusable as it just nee naws as loudly as it can - I’m concerned as it sometimes does this out of nowhere and this makes it unreliable for live gigs.
It works beautifully (even the hissy filters I like) if treated gingerly and both resonance pots are kept low but I think this instability is a sign of something wrong in the circuit - I’ve tried changing the filter ICs but not the LFO ones yet.
I wondered if anybody else has this issue with the Chaos Machine or any other project with LFO and filters - any insight would be greatly appreciated!
When testing everything worked fine all knobs to min/max so in the case it went.
Since playing it I’ve discovered that if the intensity and resonance settings on either filter (resonance seems more significant) are turned too high the circuit cuts all input signal and just wails this clean continuous siren sound, which changes depending on where the LFO rate is set.
The same thing happens if the signal input is too hot, ie a hard guitar strum or high volume.
When the resonance and intensity knobs are full then the thing is unusable as it just nee naws as loudly as it can - I’m concerned as it sometimes does this out of nowhere and this makes it unreliable for live gigs.
It works beautifully (even the hissy filters I like) if treated gingerly and both resonance pots are kept low but I think this instability is a sign of something wrong in the circuit - I’ve tried changing the filter ICs but not the LFO ones yet.
I wondered if anybody else has this issue with the Chaos Machine or any other project with LFO and filters - any insight would be greatly appreciated!