If I can gush like a teenage girl for a minute, I had to tweak my stage fright today and remove an ic socket cause my output jack was causing my cable end to stop at the ic, and in the process I discovered I totally missed soldering pin one of that IC. After I fixed that and discovered the trimmer it has, wow!!! This thing can sound like a phase 45 a 90 or 100 it is amazing, and I think everyone should build it immediately!!!! Thanks Brian.
[soundcloud]https://soundcloud.com/jimi-lee-2/stagefright-demo[/soundcloud]
Quote from: jimilee on July 02, 2013, 05:19:25 PM
I think everyone should build it immediately!!!!
OK. But can I eat breakfast first? ;)
Quote from: billstein on July 02, 2013, 05:39:46 PM
Quote from: jimilee on July 02, 2013, 05:19:25 PM
I think everyone should build it immediately!!!!
OK. But can I eat breakfast first? ;)
Uhhh no, you ate breakfast yesterday!
Yes sir.
***runs off to grab his soldering iron***
Quote from: jimilee on July 02, 2013, 05:19:25 PM
I think everyone should build it immediately!!!!
This is what I thought when I first played through mine, it's the kind of pedal which would set TGP alight if only someone was willing to sell them one for $300 and a 6 month wait.
Jimi, did you write somewhere originally that you thought it "sounded like every other phaser [you'd] heard"? Someone definitely said that, and it stood out to me at the time because I really couldn't understand it....
I agree that it is a very good sounding phaser. So glad I built it! (it needs an enclosure - now!).
Best part is that you don't have to screw around with matching transistors :)
Quote from: jimilee on July 02, 2013, 05:19:25 PMI think everyone should build it immediately!!!! Thanks Brian.
+1
It is a great pedal Jimi, Glad you got it going 8)
I play it most most days it just talks so good.
Mike
Quote from: fendman on July 02, 2013, 09:45:02 PM
I play it most most days it just talks so good.
Mike
It does too, that's the first thing I noticed
Quote from: soldersqueeze on July 02, 2013, 09:01:56 PM
Quote from: jimilee on July 02, 2013, 05:19:25 PM
I think everyone should build it immediately!!!!
This is what I thought when I first played through mine, it's the kind of pedal which would set TGP alight if only someone was willing to sell them one for $300 and a 6 month wait.
Jimi, did you write somewhere originally that you thought it "sounded like every other phaser [you'd] heard"? Someone definitely said that, and it stood out to me at the time because I really couldn't understand it....
I did in fact write that, I heard the andromeda 2.0 demo and mine definitely didn't sound like that. His 5/6 switch was amazing and mine wasn't. Now it's sounds like every other phaser combined!
Great! Now I really want to build this. I've got the board but have been waiting for another Tayda code to place an order.
Come on Jimi! Where's that code?
Oh no! I've had a Stage Fright sitting in my cart here waiting for me to decide on everything I wanted to order. Looks like I better hurry up and decide or they'll be out of stock soon.
I'm still trying to dial mine in to my taste. It definitely is a strong phaser. I am going to play with the 1n caps a bit and see what I prefer.
I actually bought a second board as an experimenter board. I didn't (and still don't) feel like taking apart the Andromeda until I know exactly what I want.
Quote from: pickdropper on July 03, 2013, 12:23:08 AM
I actually bought a second board as an experimenter board. I didn't (and still don't) feel like taking apart the Andromeda until I know exactly what I want.
If I had built that Andromeda taking it apart would be the last thing on my mind. I'd be to busy just sitting and staring at it. Maybe even sleeping with it... :)
Quote from: billstein on July 03, 2013, 12:03:26 AM
Great! Now I really want to build this. I've got the board but have been waiting for another Tayda code to place an order.
Come on Jimi! Where's that code?
they need to post one soon!!!
Damn, so I'm going to have to build this too! >:( ;D ;D ;D
jimilee, you've convinced me to order/build one sometime soon.
So then check out the audio I embedded and you'll beg Brian to let you drive to his house to pick one up!
So, it does 50's Sci Fi soundtrack noises too? OK, you convinced me -- order placed.
Quote from: RobA on July 03, 2013, 01:51:31 AM
So, it does 50's Sci Fi soundtrack noises too? OK, you convinced me -- order placed.
;D Best part
Stack it as follows: ZPSDX > SF > Rub-A-Dub. Just awesomeness. Fuzz on the front of that and it goes insta-spacerock. Funnily enough, I might just be making that bad boy in one box at some point.
Ordered!
Quote from: juansolo on July 03, 2013, 05:14:03 PM
Stack it as follows: ZPSDX > SF > Rub-A-Dub. Just awesomeness. Fuzz on the front of that and it goes insta-spacerock. Funnily enough, I might just be making that bad boy in one box at some point.
Started thinking about a rub a dub for my bass, any opinions on that? I know it sounds odd but I haven't built one of those yet.
Quote from: juansolo on July 03, 2013, 05:14:03 PM
Stack it as follows: ZPSDX > SF > Rub-A-Dub. Just awesomeness. Fuzz on the front of that and it goes insta-spacerock. Funnily enough, I might just be making that bad boy in one box at some point.
John, is yours build stock or did you play around with components values?
Good question, I did it a while back, give me a mo to call my memory up and confirm...
EDIT: He's getting as bad as me, but he's also convinced we built that one stock. I know we've buggered about with a few builds of late, but that one we left alone.
Quote from: jimilee on July 03, 2013, 06:13:49 PM
Quote from: juansolo on July 03, 2013, 05:14:03 PM
Stack it as follows: ZPSDX > SF > Rub-A-Dub. Just awesomeness. Fuzz on the front of that and it goes insta-spacerock. Funnily enough, I might just be making that bad boy in one box at some point.
Started thinking about a rub a dub for my bass, any opinions on that? I know it sounds odd but I haven't built one of those yet.
RaD is awesome. Worth building regardless. Best spring style reverb in a box IMO (for more ambientness, go with Grind's Tenebrion).
Jimi that sounds awesome! I knew I needed one but now I have to get it. Worth putting in front of all the other projects and right onto my pedal board!
I haz a sf board, just need to build it now.
did you do any mods for bass?
Quote from: pedalman on July 05, 2013, 12:46:05 AM
did you do any mods for bass?
just turned it up real loud! All stock.
Finished up soldering last night. Thanks for the push to order this one Jimi. I do like it. I ended up leaving the alternate (Univibe set) caps in. It's a sweet mellow phase shifter this way.
I was all set to do board mounted everything and had the perfect 125b box picked out to put it in. But, when I was gathering parts, I see these two little pads marked "CV". So, I rip through the build doc looking for the relevant section and finding it I say to myself "whoa!" So, ignoring the doc's advice, I put an SPDT in there with the other leg waiting for some alternate CV control and every other connection is now off board wired because I figure it's going to end up in some other box with, at the very least, a CV input and some circuitry to adapt standard CV levels to match the board. This is very cool! Time to play with some alternative LFO's just to start.
Throw in an envelope detector...
Quote from: kothoma on July 14, 2013, 12:39:21 PM
Throw in an envelope detector...
Yes, I think so. I wrote this AU http://musicunfolding.com/ottovibe.html (http://musicunfolding.com/ottovibe.html) a while ago and it's one of my favorite effects to use with guitar on the computer. I think I'd like to figure out how to do this using the StageFright as the modulation target now. It should be reasonably easy to do too. This CV port is going to be very slick, I think.
Quote from: RobA on July 14, 2013, 01:00:16 PM
Quote from: kothoma on July 14, 2013, 12:39:21 PM
Throw in an envelope detector...
Yes, I think so. I wrote this AU http://musicunfolding.com/ottovibe.html (http://musicunfolding.com/ottovibe.html) a while ago and it's one of my favorite effects to use with guitar on the computer. I think I'd like to figure out how to do this using the StageFright as the modulation target now. It should be reasonably easy to do too. This CV port is going to be very slick, I think.
Cool, looking forward to hear a sound demo!
strat -> octavia -> maestro phaser -> Direct Injection = Who's That Lady
Direct injection, who's that lady? What do those do?
Quote from: jimilee on July 14, 2013, 01:36:12 PM
Direct injection, who's that lady? What do those do?
DI box? I'm guessing http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1DDgNCLD84 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1DDgNCLD84)
Quote from: RobA on July 14, 2013, 02:11:34 PM
Quote from: jimilee on July 14, 2013, 01:36:12 PM
Direct injection, who's that lady? What do those do?
DI box? I'm guessing http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1DDgNCLD84 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1DDgNCLD84)
This. Ernie Isley plugged a strat into an octavia pedal, then a maestro phaser, straight into the recording console to get the "Who's That Lady" tone. Some people think it was a Roland Jet Phaser. They are incorrect according to the engineers of those sessions. might work for bass too.
Jimi, The Rub-a-dub sounds fine on bass.
Here's my crap demo. (Hopefully I'll be making decent demos someday soon.)
Like always, with reverb on bass, the lowest of the low end gets a little twangy. You can do some post reverb EQing to fix that though.
damn, not only does this make me want to build one, it makes me want to buy a bass ( #$^%% - i'm short one LM13700, and I just got three orders from tayda/mammoth/futurlec).
great clip, really shows off the depth of the circuit.
I think it's almost like a wah in voicing for sure. I believe that was my 5 string ergodyne bass, very deep clear sound
Quote from: atreidesheir on July 14, 2013, 09:28:09 PM
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This. Ernie Isley plugged a strat into an octavia pedal, then a maestro phaser, straight into the recording console to get the "Who's That Lady" tone. Some people think it was a Roland Jet Phaser. They are incorrect according to the engineers of those sessions. might work for bass too.
Very cool sound too. I love the funk-psychedelic stuff.
Has anyone built a stage fright into a wah treadle?
Quote from: drezdn on July 15, 2013, 07:55:36 PM
Has anyone built a stage fright into a wah treadle?
I've thought about it.
Do you think the rate should be controlled by the treadle, or the wet/dry mix?
Quote from: icecycle66 on July 15, 2013, 10:13:23 PM
Quote from: drezdn on July 15, 2013, 07:55:36 PM
Has anyone built a stage fright into a wah treadle?
I've thought about it.
Do you think the rate should be controlled by the treadle, or the wet/dry mix?
I'd do rate. And since there is that CV pad, you could hook up a second LFO that had other options for the foot controller, like sweep or sweep + rate. That way, the original circuit could still be in place and you could then use a toggle to go between the normal or expression control.
Quote from: RobA on July 15, 2013, 10:27:17 PM
Quote from: icecycle66 on July 15, 2013, 10:13:23 PM
Quote from: drezdn on July 15, 2013, 07:55:36 PM
Has anyone built a stage fright into a wah treadle?
I've thought about it.
Do you think the rate should be controlled by the treadle, or the wet/dry mix?
I'd do rate. And since there is that CV pad, you could hook up a second LFO that had other options for the foot controller, like sweep or sweep + rate. That way, the original circuit could still be in place and you could then use a toggle to go between the normal or expression control.
ooohhhh I want one of these!
Quote from: jimilee on July 15, 2013, 11:00:30 PM
... ooohhhh I want one of these!
Yeah, me too. I'm working on figuring out the voltage/current out of the LFO now. I don't want to blow up the OTA's and I do want to get the maximum sweep possible as a possibility. I'm mainly trying to figure out how to get whatever shape LFO I want into the OTA's at the right current levels.