I have this pcb made, and managed to decipher the layout:
(http://www.adamwiens.com/images/ez-vibe-old.jpg)
I got the whole circuit put together. However, when I compare it to John's original schematic (http://www.hollis.co.uk/john/easyvibe.jpg) I notice that there are diodes missing next to the depth pot. I got the pedal to work, but it sounds more like a tremolo than a vibe sound. Would the missing IN914's be the issue?
Thanks.
most vibratos aren't actually true vibrato. a real circuit vibrato that bends the sound is hard to do.
reading is your best friend. read all about this here. i came across it while trying to research my vintage amp. http://www.vibroworld.com/magnatone/vibrato.html (http://www.vibroworld.com/magnatone/vibrato.html)
Quote from: enquiryband on May 22, 2009, 11:27:12 AM
most vibratos aren't actually true vibrato. a real circuit vibrato that bends the sound is hard to do.
reading is your best friend. read all about this here. i came across it while trying to research my vintage amp. http://www.vibroworld.com/magnatone/vibrato.html (http://www.vibroworld.com/magnatone/vibrato.html)
Dude, the Easyvibe is not really a "
vibrato", it's a IC based version of an early phase shifter (ie; Univibe) but really much more like a 4-stage Phase-100
But as you said, reading truly
is your best friend, you can read here on this firm many posts about the EasyVibe.
(
search is also your best friend)
thanks guys, I actually realized I had read the scheme wrong. I see that on John's schematic he has the ldr's in a different place than the led's that are driving them. Once I figured that out, I could see where the other diodes should go. So I got the univibe sound I was looking for. I swear, sometimes it's good when things go wrong, because it forces me to really analyze the circuit. I end up understanding things far better than when I'm able to just slap the components on the boards and everything goes right the first time. Though, that's far less frustrating ;-)
I built the "newer" version of the easyvibe too (http://www.geofex.com/PCB_layouts/Layouts/easyvibe.pdf), but wanted to try this one out as well. No real difference, but the trimpot I used on this one seems to affect the sound much more dramatically than the other.
Thanks again.