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#1
Open Discussion / Re: New to Pedal Building and ...
Last post by derevaun - Today at 06:27:45 PMWelcome! I've learned a lot from others' help threads. There's something about a troubleshooting thread that restores some faith in humanity.
#2
Open Discussion / Re: New to Pedal Building and ...
Last post by jessenator - Today at 05:29:08 PMWelcome, welcome!
Echoing the above.
Echoing the above.
#3
How Do I? Beginner's Paradise. / Re: Sagan Delay Send/Return Ja...
Last post by jimilee - Today at 04:30:39 PMQuote from: Jakes Dad on Today at 01:45:19 AMCool. Thanks, I can get it done and still have wire left!Bwahahaha
Chuck
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#4
Open Discussion / Re: New to Pedal Building and ...
Last post by Aleph Null - Today at 04:23:56 PMWelcome aboard!
jwin615 made some great recommendations. There's lots of knowledgeable people here so definitely ask away. We all remember what it's like to be new to the hobby—and there's always more to learn.
jwin615 made some great recommendations. There's lots of knowledgeable people here so definitely ask away. We all remember what it's like to be new to the hobby—and there's always more to learn.
#5
Open Discussion / Re: New to Pedal Building and ...
Last post by jwin615 - Today at 01:00:03 PMWelcome to the board and the hobby!
Where to post a question kinda depends on the nature of the question.
Tech help is more reserved for madbean projects specifically.
How do I? Subforum is more for process specific questions.
General Questions is kinda everything else. But there's no hard rules or anything. I would suggest keeping madbean project questions in the tech help area as Brian(bean) may be more likely to see them and see sooner.
Here, diystompboxes and the pedalpcb forum are all great resources both to ask questions and search for information. It's always a good idea to search for a given project before building as you may find mods, substitutions or other ideas from previous builds that will be useful.
I would recommend reading through resources, regardless. Also, build an audio probe, see The tutorials section:
https://madbeanpedals.com/tutorials/index.html
Instructions in the prototyping rig doc, but all are good reads.
Good info in the PPCB wiki as well
https://wiki.pedalpcb.com/wiki/Main_Page
Also read over Brian's build docs. He writes some of the best and there's always good info there to learn from. Even just reading some of the older ones in the archives can be beneficial.
See amzfx as well
https://www.muzique.com/
Welcome. And remember, a hot iron for short bursts and don't melt your 3pdt.
Where to post a question kinda depends on the nature of the question.
Tech help is more reserved for madbean projects specifically.
How do I? Subforum is more for process specific questions.
General Questions is kinda everything else. But there's no hard rules or anything. I would suggest keeping madbean project questions in the tech help area as Brian(bean) may be more likely to see them and see sooner.
Here, diystompboxes and the pedalpcb forum are all great resources both to ask questions and search for information. It's always a good idea to search for a given project before building as you may find mods, substitutions or other ideas from previous builds that will be useful.
I would recommend reading through resources, regardless. Also, build an audio probe, see The tutorials section:
https://madbeanpedals.com/tutorials/index.html
Instructions in the prototyping rig doc, but all are good reads.
Good info in the PPCB wiki as well
https://wiki.pedalpcb.com/wiki/Main_Page
Also read over Brian's build docs. He writes some of the best and there's always good info there to learn from. Even just reading some of the older ones in the archives can be beneficial.
See amzfx as well
https://www.muzique.com/
Welcome. And remember, a hot iron for short bursts and don't melt your 3pdt.
#6
Introductions / New to Pedal Building and Eage...
Last post by marcosandrew - Today at 06:37:26 AMHi Community,
I am eager to join the Madbean Pedals people community.I've recently started building my own pedals and have been fascinated by the DIY approach to creating unique sound effects. This community appears to be a fabulous spot to learn, share thoughts and get advice from experienced builders.
I am looking forward to exploring the various sections, especially the "Build Reports" and "Tech Help" areas. If I have any questions should I post them in "Tech Help," or is there another recommended section for newbies like me ?
I am glad to be here, and I can't wait to get started on the projects and discussions.
Thanks,
Marcos
I am eager to join the Madbean Pedals people community.I've recently started building my own pedals and have been fascinated by the DIY approach to creating unique sound effects. This community appears to be a fabulous spot to learn, share thoughts and get advice from experienced builders.
I am looking forward to exploring the various sections, especially the "Build Reports" and "Tech Help" areas. If I have any questions should I post them in "Tech Help," or is there another recommended section for newbies like me ?
I am glad to be here, and I can't wait to get started on the projects and discussions.
Thanks,
Marcos
#7
Open Discussion / New to Pedal Building and Eage...
Last post by marcosandrew - Today at 06:35:20 AMHi Community,
I'm eager to join the Madbean Pedals people community.I've recently started building my own pedals and have been fascinated by the DIY approach to creating unique sound effects. This community appears to be a fabulous spot to learn, share thoughts and get advice from experienced builders.
I am looking forward to exploring the various sections, especially the "Build Reports" and "Tech Help" areas. If I have any questions should I post them in "Tech Help," or is there another recommended section for newbies like me ?
I'm glad to be here, and I can't wait to get started on the projects and discussions.
Thanks,
Marcos
I'm eager to join the Madbean Pedals people community.I've recently started building my own pedals and have been fascinated by the DIY approach to creating unique sound effects. This community appears to be a fabulous spot to learn, share thoughts and get advice from experienced builders.
I am looking forward to exploring the various sections, especially the "Build Reports" and "Tech Help" areas. If I have any questions should I post them in "Tech Help," or is there another recommended section for newbies like me ?
I'm glad to be here, and I can't wait to get started on the projects and discussions.
Thanks,
Marcos
#8
How Do I? Beginner's Paradise. / Re: Sagan Delay Send/Return Ja...
Last post by Jakes Dad - Today at 01:45:19 AMCool. Thanks, I can get it done and still have wire left!
Chuck
Chuck
#9
Global Annoucements / Re: Forum issues
Last post by Aentons - May 23, 2024, 09:33:28 PMQuote from: Aentons on May 15, 2024, 04:54:52 PMThe unread posts page doesn't immediately clear once I've visited, it takes a little while.
This seems to be working for me now.
#10
Open Discussion / Re: Current lover
Last post by lars - May 23, 2024, 09:10:52 PMI believe it's closest relative is the EH-5101 version, better known as the "V6 9volt" from 1981.
In my personal experience with the Electric Mistress circuit, the typical booster that gets tacked onto the end of the circuit of every clone I've seen is a poor choice to overcome the volume drop issue people complain about. The booster increases the sound, but it also increases the BBD noise, since it comes AFTER the BBD. I also feel it alters the "electric mistress tone", which can only be fully achieved when you leave the circuit after the BBD alone.
A much better solution to increase the gain is to boost the clean signal level BEFORE the BBD, which is exactly what was done in the 1999 Deluxe version. By simply adding the 3.6k, 10k resistors and 1uf cap seen off pin 2 and 6 of IC1a here: clean boost in place of the straight connection between pin 6 and pin 2 off IC1a of the Current Lover schematic, you get a massive amount of clean boost! You'll probably have to put a trimmer in for the 10k resistor because it seriously bumps up the output of the circuit without adding BBD noise. (It works almost exactly like the resistor/cap combo off the cathode of a valve, which you can adjust the gain). With that modification, the entire circuit after R19 on the Current Lover schematic becomes unnecessary. R19 would be your output point, just like the original Electric Mistress, and to my ears, just sounds more correcter
In my personal experience with the Electric Mistress circuit, the typical booster that gets tacked onto the end of the circuit of every clone I've seen is a poor choice to overcome the volume drop issue people complain about. The booster increases the sound, but it also increases the BBD noise, since it comes AFTER the BBD. I also feel it alters the "electric mistress tone", which can only be fully achieved when you leave the circuit after the BBD alone.
A much better solution to increase the gain is to boost the clean signal level BEFORE the BBD, which is exactly what was done in the 1999 Deluxe version. By simply adding the 3.6k, 10k resistors and 1uf cap seen off pin 2 and 6 of IC1a here: clean boost in place of the straight connection between pin 6 and pin 2 off IC1a of the Current Lover schematic, you get a massive amount of clean boost! You'll probably have to put a trimmer in for the 10k resistor because it seriously bumps up the output of the circuit without adding BBD noise. (It works almost exactly like the resistor/cap combo off the cathode of a valve, which you can adjust the gain). With that modification, the entire circuit after R19 on the Current Lover schematic becomes unnecessary. R19 would be your output point, just like the original Electric Mistress, and to my ears, just sounds more correcter