owlexifry
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most sensible builders out there are putting time into designing takes/original circuits and PCB layouts on diptrace or similar, for efficient and reliable PCB/pedal production, and meanwhile here’s me regressing into veroboard and tagboard builds like a silly goose.
after doing a few tagboard designs/builds with drive circuits, i wanted to try and build a modulation circuit on tagboards.
for science? well not really. idk maybe i just like building unnecessary large things. i would expect @manfesto is gonna hate this.
i like chorus, so i decided to attempt a layout for the CE-2, i love the sound, it’s a relatively small circuit for a chorus, and i had good reference in the vero CE-2 build / layout that i’d done previously.
i almost didn’t even want to bother with attempting something so pointlessly large and cumbersome, but after a good coffee i made a start.
got it to fit on x3 18 row tagboards.
ordered a 1590DD and crossed my fingers.
the boards only just barely fit sideways after sanding down the ends.
i also included the ‘chuck bones simple relay bypass’ switch on a small veroboard because it’s awesome and i didn’t want to risk cracking the perspex with a regular 3pdt.
this took a long time to build.
i’m just so glad i didn’t have to face the devastation of it not working when i finished.
featuring the CT3101 generously supplied by @Cabintech during beta testing.
sounds beautiful like a CE-2 should.
(i haven't clipped the transistors yet - i will do that soon - just wanted to get photos before it inevitably gets even more scratches
)
after doing a few tagboard designs/builds with drive circuits, i wanted to try and build a modulation circuit on tagboards.
for science? well not really. idk maybe i just like building unnecessary large things. i would expect @manfesto is gonna hate this.
i like chorus, so i decided to attempt a layout for the CE-2, i love the sound, it’s a relatively small circuit for a chorus, and i had good reference in the vero CE-2 build / layout that i’d done previously.
i almost didn’t even want to bother with attempting something so pointlessly large and cumbersome, but after a good coffee i made a start.
got it to fit on x3 18 row tagboards.
ordered a 1590DD and crossed my fingers.
the boards only just barely fit sideways after sanding down the ends.
i also included the ‘chuck bones simple relay bypass’ switch on a small veroboard because it’s awesome and i didn’t want to risk cracking the perspex with a regular 3pdt.
this took a long time to build.
i’m just so glad i didn’t have to face the devastation of it not working when i finished.
featuring the CT3101 generously supplied by @Cabintech during beta testing.
sounds beautiful like a CE-2 should.
(i haven't clipped the transistors yet - i will do that soon - just wanted to get photos before it inevitably gets even more scratches
)
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. Ever seen a baby so ugly it was cute?…. Jesus man I want to hate this thing but it’s kinda awesome…. You went right past terrible idea and came out the other side…. How this horror even works and with such a low noise floor is truly impressive. Good job it sounds great!
also ground schemes, lead dress, relative component positions (keeping LFO away from audio signal pathways etc.) aren't something i would ignore.
