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Started by Bigshredder, June 20, 2019, 12:26:18 PM

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Bigshredder

Hi guys! First post here :)
I have a question that hopefully some expert can answer. I was thinking of building an zuul clone (noise gate) and a fortin 33 clone (boost/preamp) in the same pedal. An large enclosure that can fit both pedals. 2 ins and 2 outs. And inside the pedal there will be an circuit that split the input jack to 2 buffered internal routes. One to the boost and one to the "key input" of the gate. The gate uses a n extra input to trigger the gate. No audio goes through that input and the gate input and output goes in the effect loop. So the boost input and output goes infront of the amp and the gate goes in the loop. My question is. Will this cause ground loop issues? If I use the same dc jack to all three circuits I will get ground loops when one part of the dual pedal goes in front and one in the loop. But If I use 3 difftent dc jacks with isolated power supply will I have ground loops cuz the enclosure is grounding all 4 audio jacks?
Cheers :)

bluebunny

Welcome!

Quote from: Bigshredder on June 20, 2019, 12:26:18 PM
My question is. Will this cause ground loop issues?

No.  And use one DC jack.
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Quote from: bluebunny on June 21, 2019, 03:04:41 AM
Welcome!
Duplicate..!!  :icon_biggrin:

Quote from: bluebunny on June 21, 2019, 03:04:41 AM
use one DC jack.
He couldn't call it "isolated" power supply in such a case, could he Marc..??  :icon_wink:

P.S.
Of course, any grounding configuration inside such a pedal (short wires & GND paths, low current, etc) shouldn't result in any issue.. 
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