Trying to mod Expandora with with addon boards

nate433

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Hey everyone. I'm working on modding an AionFX expandora board by adding the gate and bass contour mod from Chuck Bones as well as an active treble control module after the tone knob. The mods work on my breadboard, but not when i attach them to the PCB. So I'm assuming it's not the addon boards themselves but how i'm connecting them. The contour and gate seem pretty straightforward so I assume I'm doing something wrong with where i'm connecting the active treble mod.

I've attached the schematic with mods surrounded by a dashed box as well as a diagram showing where i'm connecting the mod boards. I'm wondering if i need to lift a leg on C11 or 12 instead of just connecting to them directly to the board. The sound doesn't completely cut out, but gets really quite and sputtery.

Hopefully this is enough info. Figured with diagram would be more clear vs a photo since it's a bit of a rats nest.

Thanks!
 

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Can't read your schematic, resolution is too poor.


On the Aion schematic, I'd stick C12 on the Active Treble Block daughterboard and use the Aion's C12-pads to insinuate said daughterboard into the circuit. I'd pull the juice for the daughterboard from the Aion board's filtered/protected supply, wherever it's convenient to get it from.


Can't say much more than that because the diagrams provided possibly tell how it ought to be, but not how it is with your physical build —
so, you still need to post pics of the build, spaghetti-be-damned.
 
Here's a higher resolution. It's wired exactly like it's shown in a diagram, double checked to be sure. I'll try to get some photos though if after trying your suggestion doesn't work. So what you're saying is take C12 out and put the 'in' of the treble block on one pad, and the 'out' on the other?
 

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