If I use extra gain and crank up the treble on my amp it's almost like the it is doing things right. Still can get a little chainsaw action. But ultimately it's way too quiet, too dark, and low gain. (Confirmed side by side with an actual hm2 plus with everything dimed it's quieter than dry guitar signal)
I checked component values but I guess I must've missed something or it's an ic/transistor problem.
I'm guessing that q2 is supposed to measure different but I don't know. Which if that's acting wrong and isn't putting out enough volume to drive the rest of the circuit properly that seems to make sense. But I don't really know. I'll try to audio probe in the morning and see where volume drops I suppose?
If anyone finds anything/has any advice etc.. I would really appreciate it. I built this for a friend and it's the first pedal I've made that's messed up in a while so it's stressing me out a bit.
Source voltage measures 9.55
From left to right
Q1; 9.27, 5.47, 2.28
Q2; 0, .6, 4.34
Q3; 8.43, 7.51, 3.96
Q4; 3.27, 2.78, 9.28
Ic1; (top)
P1 4.58
P2 4.58
P3 4.57
P4 0
P5 3.96
P6 3.97
P7 3.97
P8 9.28
Ic3; (middle)
P1 4.58
P2 4.58
P3 4.15
P4 0
P5 4.21
P6 4.58
P7 4.58
P8 9.28
Ic2; (bottom)
P1 4.58
P2 4.58
P3 4.27
P4 0
P5 4.15
P6 4.58
P7 4.58
P8 9.28
I checked component values but I guess I must've missed something or it's an ic/transistor problem.
I'm guessing that q2 is supposed to measure different but I don't know. Which if that's acting wrong and isn't putting out enough volume to drive the rest of the circuit properly that seems to make sense. But I don't really know. I'll try to audio probe in the morning and see where volume drops I suppose?
If anyone finds anything/has any advice etc.. I would really appreciate it. I built this for a friend and it's the first pedal I've made that's messed up in a while so it's stressing me out a bit.
Source voltage measures 9.55
From left to right
Q1; 9.27, 5.47, 2.28
Q2; 0, .6, 4.34
Q3; 8.43, 7.51, 3.96
Q4; 3.27, 2.78, 9.28
Ic1; (top)
P1 4.58
P2 4.58
P3 4.57
P4 0
P5 3.96
P6 3.97
P7 3.97
P8 9.28
Ic3; (middle)
P1 4.58
P2 4.58
P3 4.15
P4 0
P5 4.21
P6 4.58
P7 4.58
P8 9.28
Ic2; (bottom)
P1 4.58
P2 4.58
P3 4.27
P4 0
P5 4.15
P6 4.58
P7 4.58
P8 9.28
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