Can you post some pictures?the octave works in conjunction/stacked with the distortion but not on its own.I Finished up my Parentheses Fuzz PCB today when i test my circuit the Green Ringer will only turn on if the Rat is on , the boost seems to work with out the Rat but its super low volume. has anyone had any issues with the ringer not working on its own?
i was thinking they were for the the 4th GE clipping mode for the Rat circuit, but i dont have my 4 way rotary switch so i have not installed them yet. before i built the PCB i put the Green Ringer and Rat on my bread board so i could adjust it and i completely forgot to do that with the booster circuit and when i put it together i was just hopping for the best, also i ended up using a 2N7000 i didnt have any of the BS170 i was thinking that might be the reason that part is low volume. i would love to be able to use the Ringer on its own i spent a lot of time dialing it in and really got to like it on its own. i guess i could run a jumper off the output of the ringer circuit to a foot switch but that sounds like it would be more trouble in the long run.I think it’s quieter because the forward voltage for led is more than That of the 1n4148 diodes that are supposed to go in that spot. I’m sure someone else will a more detailed explanation on it or tell me I’m off base. Did you not have enough diodes?
oh ok , what a bummer. i was thinking it would work differently . i guess i could just design my own circuit and take the components off this boardThe octave circuit is wired in series with the distortion and can only be activated when the distortion is on. The boost is a discrete circuit block that can be enabled independently. Your unit is operating correctly.
oh ok , what a bummer. i was thinking it would work differently .
Yes i can , if i wire the Octave to be independent would that mean i cant use the green ringer into the rat anymore ? becaus i still want to have the SunnO)) sound but with the option of using each FX on its own for other music too.This is how the original pedal behaves, except you can't turn the octave off at all.
Like Benny said, you can rewire the footswitches to make the octave independent.
please tell me more ,i would like to have each on its own, or Green ringer /Rat/booster.Sure, you can wire it so all three effects can be active/bypassed independently.
This would allow you to have:
Octave only, Distortion only, Boost only, Octave > Distortion, Octave > Boost, Distortion > Boost, Octave > Distortion > Boost
thank you for your time, you have been very helpful.The original doesn't have an octave footswitch at all. One footswitch turns on the distortion + octave, the other turns on the boost. The only way to get rid of the octave is to turn down the octave knob.
This should do the trick. Keep in mind the octave and distortion footswitches swap places when you do this.
The footswitches (from left to right, looking down at the pedal on the floor) will now be Octave | Distortion | Boost
Your PCB probably looks different from the one in the pic, but everything is still the same.
Parentheses Wiring Diagram (Independent Switching Modification)