New pedal from Origin Effects - Deluxe 55

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temol

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Good to see another analog amp emulation. Deluxe 55 aka 5E3 Tweed Deluxe.

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Origin Effects Halcyon Gold Overdrive

Classic Overdrive, Adaptive Circuitry
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Quote from the website: "This compact pedal simulates 6V6 power amp overdrive, valve rectifier sag, ragged phase inverter distortion, and the fat gritty tone of the Tweed Deluxe’s unconventional preamp – including different valve types."
It would be nice to look under the hood..
 
I've heard a few demos and it seems like they have really concentrated on the super saturated aspects. They're the bits I am least interested in with a 5E3. And if the 5E3 is properly biased it doesn't behave like that anyway! I suspect that "collapsing on itself" sound is more a result of wall voltage being too high these days. Reduce the plate voltage by 30-40V using the stock cathode resistor and the sound is much chunkier with less saturation and more punch.

But I would like to try the pedal.
 
One other 5e3 tip to control the distortion is to add a 470k resistor at the grid of the phase inverter. This eliminates blocking distortion.
 
Looks like a sag control and, lol, you want distortion diodes - you got ‘em.

It looks like they samples the amp then built a curve and then let AI generate a circuit to implement the curves.. hence the balmy number or diodes.
 
I have the big revival drive, with the screw adjustments on the front. I cracked it open, peeked, and rapidly screwed it back together. Yes, not a DIY! The ghosting that it can do (output transformer singing along, makes me think of Altman Bros sound) is uncanny. When I first heard it I thought something was wrong with my amp.
 
Yep, similar to the Cali 76.... stacked PCBs loaded with SMD components on both sides. The Cali is the one pedal that I started tracing, took a break, pushed it aside, and finally decided "Yeah you know, no thanks...." and put it back together. Maybe one day... maybe not.

That's an awful lot of BAV99's in parallel... :unsure:

szukalski said:
Yup. Definitely a case for PCB Assembly and not DIY!
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Unless one is planning to "tweak the low end a little" or something absurd like that, I think I'd just buy one in this case. :ROFLMAO:
 
Check out the Revival Drive schematic.. powers section is huge (circled in red).
Green looks like preamp, blue - phase inverter, purple - power amp (with 42TM022 transformer). Last section - eq?

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The irony...

Random Boutique Pedal Company: "Completely original and unique circuit design, unlike anything you've seen before"
(Removes clipping diodes from otherwise stock TS circuit)

Origin Effects: "We based this pedal on the Ibanez® Tube Screamer® for a reason."
ORIGIN_EFFECTS_Halcyon_Green_Overdrive_schematic.png



... I'm just waiting for the CDB edition. :D @Chuck D. Bones

Could someone breadboard this and let me know if it works?
 
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