G.G.
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I got my MKI set up on the breadboard (first breadboard project BTW) and it sounds quite good. So I took my components from the breadboard and soldered them in to a vero board based on an existing layout, but it just doesn't sound the same. It still sounds good overall but there's a bunch of really high frequency sizzle and hash. I can adjust the Q2 bias to kind of gate out the sizzle but it's still very present over sustained notes and adjusting bias to eliminate it completely makes the sound kind of lifeless. The breadboard build doesn't have any sizzle at all from what I can tell, but it's very present in the vero build.
It's possible (probable, actually) that I put components in the wrong places in the layout I used. I've gone over my parts values and the layout many, many times; and the MKI is a pretty simple circuit, and it all appears to be right. AFAIK the layout is good, it looks correct to me.
Maybe I should make my own perf layout? What's the best strategy for making sure what I have on the breadboard is replicated on my circuit board? My capacity for self sabotage is very high.
It's possible (probable, actually) that I put components in the wrong places in the layout I used. I've gone over my parts values and the layout many, many times; and the MKI is a pretty simple circuit, and it all appears to be right. AFAIK the layout is good, it looks correct to me.
Maybe I should make my own perf layout? What's the best strategy for making sure what I have on the breadboard is replicated on my circuit board? My capacity for self sabotage is very high.