GigRig Virtual Battery

jcrhee · May 12, 2021

So feel that carbon 9v battery powering a fuzz pedal. Now imagine being able to mimic that by having DC sag ability incorporated into your twin face build -- drool.

Yes or no?

JamieJ · May 12, 2021

Agreed - never tried it myself but FuzzDog has a PCB that looks good for this purpose. Would love a PedalPCB one though.

Power Pump

Need 18V to give your overdrive some headroom? POW! Need -9V for your posi-ground fuzz? POW! Sweet little board that will give you: An 18V supply of around 20mA (depending on the IC used) from a standard 9V supply. A -9V supply from a standard 9V supply, so you can power your...

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jcrhee · May 12, 2021

JamieJ said:
Agreed - never tried it myself but FuzzDog has a PCB that looks good for this purpose. Would love a PedalPCB one though.

Power Pump

Need 18V to give your overdrive some headroom? POW! Need -9V for your posi-ground fuzz? POW! Sweet little board that will give you: An 18V supply of around 20mA (depending on the IC used) from a standard 9V supply. A -9V supply from a standard 9V supply, so you can power your...

shop.pedalparts.co.uk

Interesting. It seems like it's a three-in-one type solution. Definitely would like to see PedalPCB's take on a virtual battery.

Betty Wont · May 12, 2021

I add starve knobs to lots of my fuzzes. exactly as thewintersoldier describes.

SYLV9ST9R · May 12, 2021

thewintersoldier said:
Look up the dead bat being battery simulator from alchemy audio. It's kinda like the sag function on the voodoolab pedal power 2. I actually have one. I believe it's just a 10kb pot or something around there between the DC input and DC output jack. The pot varies the voltage so you can drop the voltage to the sweet spot. In reality it wouldn't be hard to implement something like this into a build. Or on a charge pump board either.

some discussion about that here