Synchrony Pedalworks
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For a few of my last builds, I had not done any reports. I was getting lazy….., but enjoying the building! I wanted to give a report on this pedal, because I ran into a few snags.
First, that pedal does a great job of modulating. The repeats have a crisp sound that the modulation can thicken nicely.
My difficulties surrounded my parts selection. There are several 1uF film capacitors that are placed in tight spots. I think others have mentioned the issue, but you have to allow the caps to sit off of the board. However , I think the best option is to us the 1 uF MMLC caps. I had a few on hand, but not enough to populate all the tight spots. I also used bigger profiled sockets. This caused a need to bend a few caps to accommodate the sockets. Next time, I would straight solder the ICs or try a lower profiled socket.
Regardless, it is a nice pedal!
First, that pedal does a great job of modulating. The repeats have a crisp sound that the modulation can thicken nicely.
My difficulties surrounded my parts selection. There are several 1uF film capacitors that are placed in tight spots. I think others have mentioned the issue, but you have to allow the caps to sit off of the board. However , I think the best option is to us the 1 uF MMLC caps. I had a few on hand, but not enough to populate all the tight spots. I also used bigger profiled sockets. This caused a need to bend a few caps to accommodate the sockets. Next time, I would straight solder the ICs or try a lower profiled socket.
Regardless, it is a nice pedal!
