My Overdrive: Samples and a "Buzz/Fart" Question (Again)

PerroGrande · December 22, 2007, 09:19:57 PM

yeah -- making "bigger" changes probably will work out best on a breadboard.

Caferacernoc · December 28, 2007, 10:13:57 AM

After listening to the clips at the start of this post, I agree with some others here that the fuzz/fart sound is the transistor hard clipping and overriding the nice sound of you diode to ground distortion. You need to lower the gain of the transistor.

ayayay! · December 28, 2007, 10:46:04 AM

I really like the soundclips and the design of this circuit, so please be sure to update us when you get it fixed. I agree, it does sound like the transistor is clipping too hard. But I'm curious, the cap across the diodes didn't clean it up? Or it did but took out too much bass? I'm missing something.

Anyway, fun thread. Don't forget about this project, and post some new clips! Thanks!

railhead · December 28, 2007, 10:51:10 AM

Yes, I'm still working on it -- but the Holidays slowed me down. My plan is to breadboard this (I've never breadboarded anything like this, so it may take a while) so that I can better make changes as needed before committing to a PCB.

I'll keep this thread alive, though!

rackham · January 11, 2008, 03:38:07 PM

Kerr-bump!

Any news on this one?

mnordbye · January 11, 2008, 06:00:27 PM

Nice sound samples, love the tone!

And i'm also interested in what program you use to draw the schem. What's it called?

Magnus N

railhead · May 31, 2008, 12:19:03 AM

Sorry I've eft this one hanging -- I had a few other projects to get off the ground, and I'm about to crack this one open again. I'm going to be focusing on this as a priority, so stay tuned!

railhead · May 31, 2008, 12:46:04 AM

Eagle CAD: http://cadsoft.de/

It looks like a scary app, but once you get the hang of it, it's easy.

Quote from: mnordbye on January 11, 2008, 06:00:27 PM
Nice sound samples, love the tone!

And i'm also interested in what program you use to draw the schem. What's it called?

Magnus N

disto · May 31, 2008, 06:27:17 AM

think i remember hearing this a while ago, should be interesting to hear the final result. i know the feeling with starting something and then putting it off. ive just come back to a switcher after almost a year, damn popping noise...

i havnt used eagle doesnt it allow you to draw the PCB aswell? most recently ive been using xcircuit, its not too bad can be a bit of a pain to begin with but you get use to it. its freeware which im not sure eagle is, and linux based i think so linux users might not find it so difficult.

frequencycentral · May 31, 2008, 07:43:28 AM

Quote from: Isaiah on December 17, 2007, 01:36:27 PM
Yeah, leave C2 where it is.
C3 is just where it needs to be as well.
Looks like it should work really well!

Hey Isaiah - I'm in Coventry UK too!!

railhead · May 31, 2008, 08:22:03 AM

Eagle is free, works for Mac, Win, and Linux, and also generates PCB layouts.

disto · May 31, 2008, 10:12:41 AM

Quote from: railhead on May 31, 2008, 08:22:03 AM
Eagle is free, works for Mac, Win, and Linux, and also generates PCB layouts.

sounds like a good one, i might have to try it

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My Overdrive: Samples and a "Buzz/Fart" Question (Again)