Insidecircles
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I've built two parentheses circuits and they both have the same problem: with the octave engaged, the volume drops as you turn up the octave blend (with no noticeable octave effect).
This sounds like the same issue that was covered in this thread: https://forum.pedalpcb.com/threads/parenthesis-octave-problem.1133/ I'm posting a new thread here as that conversation solved the OP's issue, and my issue sounds like it has a different cause.
R18 and R19 are the correct values (47k and 470k, respectively).
Some (hopefully) relevant measurements:
Q2. C, 9.12V. B, 43mV. E, 320mV
Q3. C,1.99V. B,6.38V. E, 7.10V
Q4. C, 6.37V. B, 780mV. E, 260mV
Ge diodes (1N34As, same reading for each):
cathode: 4.05V
anode: 47mV
Any thoughts about what my issue might be? Q2 doesn't look right... perhaps something up with the diodes? Not leaky enough?
This sounds like the same issue that was covered in this thread: https://forum.pedalpcb.com/threads/parenthesis-octave-problem.1133/ I'm posting a new thread here as that conversation solved the OP's issue, and my issue sounds like it has a different cause.
R18 and R19 are the correct values (47k and 470k, respectively).
Some (hopefully) relevant measurements:
Q2. C, 9.12V. B, 43mV. E, 320mV
Q3. C,1.99V. B,6.38V. E, 7.10V
Q4. C, 6.37V. B, 780mV. E, 260mV
Ge diodes (1N34As, same reading for each):
cathode: 4.05V
anode: 47mV
Any thoughts about what my issue might be? Q2 doesn't look right... perhaps something up with the diodes? Not leaky enough?