Smooth trem: Hearthrob or Colorsound??

[snoof]

I'm looking to build a small 2-3 knob trem(as in not the trem lune).  My goal is to find one that can do smooth, as well as choppy, but it's gotta do smooth first and foremost.  I know the Colorsound trem sounds good and smooth, but does the Hearthrob do a smooth trem, or is it more of a choppy thang??  Anyone have any other opinions on either of these trems??

[~arph]

The heartthrob is a sine wave trem and can do very smooth indeed.

[96ecss]

The Heart Throb is very smooth and I would definitely recomend it. I've never heard the Colorsound.

Dave

[snoof]

Good to know guys, sounds like I'm on the right track with the Hearthrob.

[John Lyons]

I've never heard of the Colorsound trem either. Do you have a link to it?
While the Heartbeat can do the chop thing it can do smooth as well. 2 knobs!

Here are a couple sounds clips of the heartthrob tremolo:

Speed Range


Twang


Depth Range
The depth obviously gets shallower but I was showing off the deeper settings.

Max Depth/Various Speeds


John

[Jim Jones]

Hey John,

I can't get your direct links to work but I went to the site in your sig and had a listen - sounds great!

Man, those wooden boxes are something else!  I think I'd be afraid to step on them.    Do you line them with foil or anything?

Take care!

Jim

[snoof]

@John- I totally forgot that I listened to your clips of the hearthrob long ago, thanks for the reminder!  D'oh.  And yes, it sounds right up my alley, so i'll give it a go.  I breadboarded the Colorsound bout a year ago.  It sounded real nice, almost approaching the Vibra-tone sound if I remember correctly, but not quite.  I don't have a link to any clips, but here's the schem...

http://www.aronnelson.com/gallery/v/TheBigMan-Layouts/img20030803185645.jpg.html

there's another version floating around, but I can't seem to find it.

[rackham]

I built the Colorsound from one of Dragonfly's layouts.

I really like it (although the knobs seem to turn the wrong way - probably my mistake), it goes really 'How Soon Is Now' choppy when you turn the depth right up but it will smoothen out nicely at less extreme settings.

[John Lyons]

OOps! Screwed up those links...
If anyone wants a listen just go to this PAGE

Thanks for the schematic snoof. I'll have to look into that.

John