'LIGHTWAH'

[~arph]

  I meant it in a positive way 

[deadastronaut]

I meant it in a positive way 

stick. and wrong end comes to mind...

[~arph]

Btw, in the final design you have the depth of the effect controllable by an LDR?
You could do a zvex probe style antenna too   And then I mean, isolated Jacks and use the enclosure as antenna 

[deadastronaut]

Btw, in the final design you have the depth of the effect controllable by an LDR?
You could do a zvex probe style antenna too   And then I mean, isolated Jacks and use the enclosure as antenna 

i tried various types of sensors..including the 'proximity' control, i just couldnt get on with them, plus having to have a seperate isolated board etc..

i tried IR ones too...but all had plus and minus points to them..so ive settled for a manual control of the wah option.

the depth comes off the ldr, so does a switch and a pot to turn off ldr and go to manual filter control....half wah sustaining sound...i tried writing %^&*ed wah but it wont let me!..

[~arph]

What type of wah circuit are you using? inductorless? transistor? opamp?

[deadastronaut]

What type of wah circuit are you using? inductorless? transistor? opamp?

inductorless. opamp. morley classic wah.

i tried the coloursound...little to weak imo.

edit:

arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh my head...working out this @#$%ing switching...

almost there....a few whisky's should do it..

[Paul Marossy]

That's a really cool effect.

[aron]

Sounds great!

[deadastronaut]

cheers guys... nearly done!....

[slacker]

Sounds good.

Love that worlds fastest guitar solo

[tyronethebig]

This is a pretty sweet effect! Lookin forward to tryin this one

[jonny]

this is a really cool idea, I want to make one! I never thought i'd make a wah because of the hardware difficulties.

[ronnie]

Man, this thing sounds awesome, great job man,
Do you have a Pcb and layout yet, I want to build
this bad boy

[deadastronaut]

not yet!..i got bored today , so i decided to etch my box and give my brain a day off!...

but at least now i have the box done, i'll have to get on with it!!!

http://www.diystompboxes.com/smfforum/index.php?topic=85803.msg767593;topicseen#msg767593

[ronnie]

That's killer man, can't wait for your pcb and layout,
thanks for the great project and sharing with us

[frequencycentral]

Sounds very cool! Did I miss the schematic somewhere?

[askwho69]

yah the schematic maybe you gonna surprise it rob? after you finish it? i think im gonna wait this and make it as my first wah and signature one sounds so damn cool!  have an expression pedal too so its will be super cool

[deadastronaut]

@rick , no you didnt miss it, havent done schemo properly yet!. its in 3 seperate parts at the moment!..

i'm working on the switching today...will post up later if all works like i want it too...


@ask, yep you could add an expression pedal option too..i already though about that.!...

but for now i'm keeping it simple.and pedalboard friendly, if thats the right word for this @#$%ing   @#$%  of a circuit!...

i'm used to doing 'tiny ' ones....so bear with me ok..


hold fire guys!!!...hold........hold.........hold.....!..(braveheart!)...

[deadastronaut]

...got the switching sussed...looks weird but it works ok.

the wah is no problem..standard morley classic (though it could do with a touch more freq/range ok.) we'll get back to that!..

anyway here is the 'pulse' part of it...with switching..it works on my breadboard with the 2 switches this way...

i apologise for the dodgy vero..but thats just for now ok!...while i get my head round it..

so to put it simply, the wah goes into the ldr..which pulses/fades on off... the pulse/trem has a speed and depth too...but not the manual wah, just the pulsing wah has depth control...

arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh my head hurts!!!!!!!... .

[gnognofasciani]

Can't wait to see it complete, the second video really impressed me!
My to-do list is getting longer 

Thanks deadastronaut!

P.s. I love "lullaby for the dead"!