Trying to desing a distortion (help needed).

[oskar]

Hm, Janne... You should go over the layout again...
1. The tone pot shunts the signal to ground
2. C8 connected with only one leg to ground ( should go to the tonepot right? )
3. Numbering not the same as the schematic.
4. R1 should go from in to ground
5...

[jpm83]

Is it now better?
I will do a cleaner schematic if this turns out to be worth building, and then I will but the numbering in schemo to match layout. And thanks for your corrections.

Janne

[oskar]

Much so, still C2 should shunt the signal in to ground...
Priority would be to get a breadboard.

good luck! I'm not gonna be on this page now for a couple of months...

[jpm83]

Much so, still C2 should shunt the signal in to ground...
Priority would be to get a breadboard.

good luck! I'm not gonna be on this page now for a couple of months...

Doesn't it do so or am'I missing something?

Janne

[oskar]

Much so, still C2 should shunt the signal in to ground...
Priority would be to get a breadboard.

good luck! I'm not gonna be on this page now for a couple of months...

Doesn't it do so or am'I missing something?

Janne

Actually yes, but I compared it with the schematic.
On the schematic it goes together with R1. On the layout the signal chain to ground is C1,R2,C2...
It will act as a highpassfilter in either case.
The components has different names on the schematic and the stripboard layout.

Tjo!

[jpm83]

Was this what Oskar meant?
I changed the place of the layout C2 which is the same than schematic C1.

Janne

[jpm83]

I made some corrections again to the layout.

Janne

[oskar]

Yes Janne, that is what I meant    - I'm pleased if you are...
Now get a breadboard...

oskar

[jpm83]

Yes Janne, that is what I meant    - I'm pleased if you are...
Now get a breadboard...

oskar

You're back. Thats great. I think I do it the hard way and do it on vero and just test and fine tune it that way. The breadboard is on my list of must buy, but not in this month anyway (read I don't have the money Right now.

Janne

[demonstar]

I know how you feel about the breadboard and the money. I am not very old and rely on pocket money and from working one night a week but I did the maths and decided for my situation It would  be cheaper to take the plunge and re-use parts on a breadboard which I can't do on stripboard. Anyway thats what I did. i bought a breadboard today. I also don't feel obliged to box the projects and buy switches etc now.

I need to stock up on lots of IC's etc so I can experiment but I still believe even in the near future after buying them and the breadboard I've just bought it will work out cheaper for me. It's kind of like a damage limitation for me. If I'm breadboarding I'm recycling parts.

also I'm dead keen on learning to design and experiment. I want to be able to stand on my own to feet. I feel the breadboard is probably the way for me to go. If I really really really like a project I'll build it properly but to be honest I like manipulating the numbers and keeping my hands clean  I'm not to keen on the face full off solder smoke.