PT2399 Reverb Pedal

[deathfaces]

Check this out: http://electro-music.com/forum/topic-35276.html

This is super cool, i might have to have a go at it. and adding some of this to it! http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2009/10/build_an_experimental_echo_pedal.html

[deathfaces]

A couple years back, I worked out a conceptual design for an ambience generator using 3 cascaded BBDs set for different delay times.  The junction between each BBD would involve a mixer stage to incorporate both feedback from other chips and feed-forward from preceding ones.  With each chip set for a different delay, the assorted feedback and feedforward signals would amount to a broad range of total delay times.  Never built it, but in theory it seemed plausible.

I'd love to see this

[MetalGuy]

Though of course I support the DIY spirit of designing things ourselves, I do want to give a quick nod to the FV-1. It is an extremely powerful chip and people have already written some amazing reverbs with it. IMO it sounds much better than the Belton, and anything else that is based on PT2399s can. You can make an amazing, rack-quality reverb with this chip with no programming on your part and very low parts count.

PT2399s will never allow for a really long reverb time without hearing the individual repeats, and the final density can't be as big as you really need in a good reverb. I actually worked on a PT2399 verb with 5 delay chips for a while, and ultimately realized that there's a better way.

Now, that's just my conclusion, which could very well be different from anyone else's, so I definitely don't want to discourage this for those who are liking it.

+10.

Let's face it - there are things where using digital is not only easier but better. Currently FV-1 beats all competition. So start working on your SMT nausea and get some instead of stacking N pieces of PT2399 or similar to get only questionable results. PT2399 is a great chip but has it's limitations.

[puretube]

High time for a DIY SMD-to-Breadboard Surf-Adaptor marketresearch? (e.g.: presoldered Spin-to-DIL28 ?)