owlexifry
Well-known member
noticed the new release here for the shnobel tone mid driver and it got me buzzing a bit.... cant really figure out where is the most appropriate place to discusss these circuits, but ah well here goes...
there is an existing thread that goes over the daily driver but its been locked and/or i can't add to it:
typically the tone i go for is boosted high gain amps for tight rhythm playing. so i like to try out mid boosting type overdrives. a lot of 'transparent' overdrives that retain lots of low end and cut/smooth out highs haven't been good to me - they sound muddy and just don't work for tight high gain rhythm riffs.
so usually i'm stuck with 808 / SD-1 type circuits. haven't really found anything that can beat these. so far, OD808 with clipping mods is the go-to.
but then i saw this mid driver thing. YES - MIDS! could be good?! i have no idea.
often i find looking at a schematic gives me a fair idea if something is gonna do what i want it to.
(eg. lack of input buffer =
, hard clippers =
, soft clippers =
, and so on...)
so i went searching around to find out more about this circuit. all i can really find is in that link above, and the images of the PCBs / gutshots.
- 5 opamps (10 stages?)
- chargepump
- voltage regulator
- zener clippers (NFB soft clippers?)
what is even going on with this circuit? what could it possibly be doing with x5 4558 opamps?
i noticed robert mentioned that there's a lot of buffering going on...
either way, it appears these two circuits (mid-driver / daily driver) are quite similar, and boy howdy i'd like to know more about them....
there is an existing thread that goes over the daily driver but its been locked and/or i can't add to it:
typically the tone i go for is boosted high gain amps for tight rhythm playing. so i like to try out mid boosting type overdrives. a lot of 'transparent' overdrives that retain lots of low end and cut/smooth out highs haven't been good to me - they sound muddy and just don't work for tight high gain rhythm riffs.
so usually i'm stuck with 808 / SD-1 type circuits. haven't really found anything that can beat these. so far, OD808 with clipping mods is the go-to.
but then i saw this mid driver thing. YES - MIDS! could be good?! i have no idea.
often i find looking at a schematic gives me a fair idea if something is gonna do what i want it to.
(eg. lack of input buffer =



so i went searching around to find out more about this circuit. all i can really find is in that link above, and the images of the PCBs / gutshots.
- 5 opamps (10 stages?)
- chargepump
- voltage regulator
- zener clippers (NFB soft clippers?)
what is even going on with this circuit? what could it possibly be doing with x5 4558 opamps?
i noticed robert mentioned that there's a lot of buffering going on...
either way, it appears these two circuits (mid-driver / daily driver) are quite similar, and boy howdy i'd like to know more about them....