Stomp switch

[heisenberg]

Quick question:

I build my pedals in small plastic radio shack boxes and wire the bypass swutch to turn the pedal on. I get poppong so i started puttin 1 meg resistors on the input on output. Still get pop. Is this because i wire them to turn on with the switch or do i need to use larger value resistors? 1m5? 4m7??

[earthtonesaudio]

Are the resistors in the right locations?

http://www.muzique.com/news/pulldown-resistors/

[Barcode80]

Quick question:

I build my pedals in small plastic radio shack boxes and wire the bypass swutch to turn the pedal on. I get poppong so i started puttin 1 meg resistors on the input on output. Still get pop. Is this because i wire them to turn on with the switch or do i need to use larger value resistors? 1m5? 4m7??

if you are wiring with the power on the switch, it will always pop. make sure you aren't connecting/disconnecting power with the same switch you are bypassing with.

[heisenberg]

Thats exactly what i was doin and exactly what i needed to know. Crap. Thanks.

[Barcode80]

why the power switch on the bypass? why not just switch the power out when unplugged using the stereo jack trick or put the power on a separate toggle?

[heisenberg]

boxes are too small for another switch, plus I can't afford them. No credit card, and they're 4 bucks at radioshack. No stereo jack, and it's out of the question since I never unplug my pedals. BTW who unplugs their pedals every time they're done playing? I just pick up the guitar, turn the amp on, and stomp on the switch. I also had to use battery power, cuz I can't find a good adapter. I started using batteries after I;d built them and already filled the tiny boxes. so I had to wire the battery clips to some jacks and use the batteries externally through the 2.1mm jack.

[Barcode80]

yeah, i agree, i never unplug either. But you really either need to accept wall wart power (what is your definition of good??? There are like a million perfectly suited power supplies), accept dead batteries, or suck it up on the switch if you want the pop to go away.

[DWBH]

I'd advise you to buy a 1spot. Cheap and does the job!

[nelson]

I'd advise you to buy a 1spot. Cheap and does the job!

I'd advise you to buy a cheap unregulated 12v power supply then regulate and filter it yourself.

[doc_drop]

Sorry to hijack, but Nelson, can you recommend a filtered/regulated 9v power supply schematic? I've been looking for one, but I would love a recommendation from someone who has made one successfully.

Thanks, and now back to our regularly scheduled programming...

[heisenberg]

I have the one spot its horrible. The generic adapter i used to use was quieter than the one spot for me. Maybe its the way i biuld pedals but theyre noisy on a daisy chain. I can get away on some pedals with the wall wrt for just that pedal but not more than one.  Tje pedals work perfectly with the battery warts i made though. Even thouhj it looks funny wirh the bats on the outside

( fogive the typos, i can only get online with thw iphone)

[Paul Marossy]

I'd advise you to buy a 1spot. Cheap and does the job!

I'd advise you to buy a cheap unregulated 12v power supply then regulate and filter it yourself.

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