Guardians of the analog
Papi Fuego
- Build Rating
- 5.00 star(s)
Like many of Clinton's board designs, it starts with some nerding out over classic Boss designs and the inner workings of analog BBD designs. There is a lot of hype, perpetuated lies and a lot of romanticism of the MN3XXX series of integrated circuits. Much of the lore is that the 300x series is far superior to the 320x series. Lots of words like headroom, noise floor, frequency response and countless other myths are talked about on Internet forums. @blackhatboojum and I went through this testing during multiple builds of the BF-2 flanger and he decided to make a MN3007 CE-2 to test side by side with an MN3207 build.
The results are again circuit dependent. In the BF-2 the 3207 is the clear winner. Using a 3007 made it lifeless and devoid of its mojo. In the CE-2 though, the TGP may have it right with the assessment that the 3007 is the superior option. The chorus feels a little more lush and has more depth and dimension. The noise floor is also lower, but some of that may also be Clinton's layout, he really did a great job on this one.
I took my inspiration from the moody atmosphere of the sound and named it Stormy. X-Men 97' Storm was my muse and I'm very pleased with how it came out. Matte light blue tayda enclosure and UV print. This one will not be leaving my signal chain for the foreseeable future and it's an entire vibe any time I turn it on. Can't wait to share my next collaboration with Clinton![Nail polish :nail_care: 💅](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/7.0/png/unicode/64/1f485.png)
The results are again circuit dependent. In the BF-2 the 3207 is the clear winner. Using a 3007 made it lifeless and devoid of its mojo. In the CE-2 though, the TGP may have it right with the assessment that the 3007 is the superior option. The chorus feels a little more lush and has more depth and dimension. The noise floor is also lower, but some of that may also be Clinton's layout, he really did a great job on this one.
I took my inspiration from the moody atmosphere of the sound and named it Stormy. X-Men 97' Storm was my muse and I'm very pleased with how it came out. Matte light blue tayda enclosure and UV print. This one will not be leaving my signal chain for the foreseeable future and it's an entire vibe any time I turn it on. Can't wait to share my next collaboration with Clinton
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