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Here's the other one finished off. I put a Bear Hug in it. Since I had an extra hole drilled, I had to come up with another control. First I tried a variable resistor off the source of Q1 (a 5kB in series with a 1k2 resistor instead of the 2k7) for a gain control. Then I tried a 10uF in parallel with a 2k7. Neither of those did much for me. So, I put a 22uF switched in parallel with C9. This seems to change the release time to about infinite (and makes the initial attack just a bit more pronounced it seems). Kind of a ridiculous mod but it's something.

http://www.madbeanpedals.com/projects/Kraken/Kraken.zip

Finished product on the first enclosure. It's a Chunk Chunk!

It's normal not to hear audio from pin16 ith the PT2399 installed. But, you should hear it on pin15, and obviously pin14. The problem seems to be pin14 which is the delayed output. Pull the PT2399 out and do the following:

Audio probe pin16 with the IC removed to see if you are getting signal.
With the IC still removed, check pin14 for continuity against R9 and C10. Then check to see if pin14 has continuity with any of the adjacent pins (13, 15) and ground (it shouldn't).

Where did you get the PT2399 from that you are using?

Main thing here is getting output at pin6 of the IC. If you have no output, then you should check over the soldering and see if any joints look bad. Take some voltages on the IC and make sure it is getting 9v at pin7 and ground at pin4.

Here's another approach- mix the dye directly into the Envirotex. This could work for etched enclosure, probably even flat painted ones for a color tint.

The shellac is a great idea, wgc. Thanks, I will try it next time.

I'm getting really impressed with this. The vibrancy of the color and texture coming through the dye is very pretty.

One nice thing - it takes almost no dye to do a coat...even several coats. I bet an 8oz. bottle would last for 30 boxes or more. I'm using Angus Leather Dye.
One bad thing - oh boy do you gotta wear gloves. This stuff will stain your skin like no one's business.

I applied some envirotex. It changed the color a bit but also made it pop quite a bit more. But, because the dye never fully dried the sides ended up running off some of the color. So, it's not quite what I was hoping for but does look pretty cool.

I did not do any sanding or cleaning of the enclosure beforehand and that might have made a difference actually. Allow the dye to absorb more into the metal. Probably a spray clear coat would not run like the envirotex. We'll see how it looks in a couple of days after it is fully cured.

So it is not fully drying. Kind of not surprising since there is probably little absorption into the metal so it sits on top. Trying a hair dryer to speed it up. It may require a clear coat to seal. More soon!

This is something I just started so I can't recommend it yet, but it does look promising. Someone may have tried this before but I don't recall seeing it.

Leather dye on a bare, unfinished enclosure. This is just red. But, dye colors can be mixed! Took less than 10 minutes. More on this soon.

My pleasure. I'm sorry that the parts thing got messed up for you.

It can be connected either way in this case - the drain or the source. So long as one goes to VB and the other goes to the non-inverting input of the op-amp. The JFETs are being used as variable resistors here to alter the phase between the two inputs into each IC.

Check the Tonepad version of the Phase45. He's got the same arrangement.

Ohh, Keeley Dark Side too! I should sub-contract my services for pedal naming!

Mimik - Mimiq
Total Recall - Tonal Recall

I'm noticing a pattern here!

Anyway, that thing is pretty neat.