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by trad3mark
05 Sep 2010, 14:59
Forum: Power
Topic: Fuse difficulties...
Replies: 2
Views: 1943

Fuse difficulties...

I bought a rackmount compressor in america last week, and in my excitement, plugged it in over here straight away, and blew the fuse. silly me. Anyway, I found out that the fuse in it is a 100 - 120 V ~: T 250 mA H, and for UK, it needs a 200 - 240 V ~: T 125 mA H. So i headded off to my local DIY, ...
by trad3mark
10 May 2010, 09:22
Forum: Parts & Tools Sourcing & Trading
Topic: what is this symbol?!
Replies: 8
Views: 2446

Re: what is this symbol?!

jupagblkxten wrote:not really. do google search, some have tried to replicate the magnatone vibrato w/o them, w/ mixed results.
i googled the hell out of it but found nothing. Any chance you know of any sites?
by trad3mark
07 May 2010, 18:05
Forum: Parts & Tools Sourcing & Trading
Topic: what is this symbol?!
Replies: 8
Views: 2446

Re: what is this symbol?!

crap. it is a varistor... is there any way around using it?
by trad3mark
07 May 2010, 17:18
Forum: Parts & Tools Sourcing & Trading
Topic: what is this symbol?!
Replies: 8
Views: 2446

what is this symbol?!

Image

those two wierd rhombus based symbols on the right. what are they?
by trad3mark
30 Apr 2010, 22:08
Forum: DIY Projects
Topic: Eighty Seven Percent - De Stijl [documentation]
Replies: 21
Views: 12394

Re: eighty seven percent - De Stijl [documentation]

AH CRAP!!!!

there's a mistake in that.... After the 180k (R4) there's a 100k between it and the 1M Pot/C2. My bad!!
by trad3mark
30 Apr 2010, 20:20
Forum: DIY Projects
Topic: Eighty Seven Percent - De Stijl [documentation]
Replies: 21
Views: 12394

Re: eighty seven percent - De Stijl [documentation]

Hooray!!! So here's revision 2. The volume is very sensitive, so it might be worth while going for a 47k or even a 25k. I'm sticking with a 100k, cos my kaoss pad destroys the volume in my chain. Anyway, here you go. I've it all breadboarded and it sounds great. Going to start on a vero now shortly....
by trad3mark
30 Apr 2010, 15:41
Forum: DIY Projects
Topic: Eighty Seven Percent - De Stijl [documentation]
Replies: 21
Views: 12394

Re: eighty seven percent - De Stijl [documentation]

going to be finalising this tonight. I had a look some of the rog stuff, and a few others (like the orange 120 one) and i've a few ideas for that last stage. I'm heading home in about an hour, so i'll definitely get to have a try of a few things tonight. The idea is to get a vero and prototype done ...
by trad3mark
19 Apr 2010, 12:09
Forum: DIY Projects
Topic: Eighty Seven Percent - De Stijl [documentation]
Replies: 21
Views: 12394

Re: eighty seven percent - De Stijl [documentation]

tbh, the circuit as is sounds fun! ;) hahaha!

at the end of the day, in 2 weeks time i'm building it regardless of how it is. There will be clips, and brick will be upgraded to the status of shat.
by trad3mark
19 Apr 2010, 09:38
Forum: DIY Projects
Topic: Eighty Seven Percent - De Stijl [documentation]
Replies: 21
Views: 12394

Re: eighty seven percent - De Stijl [documentation]

As far as developing this out goes, I think the first stage and tonestack are probably the closest to being done. What else would need to be done to those (and the other stages infact!!)
by trad3mark
18 Apr 2010, 22:54
Forum: DIY Projects
Topic: Eighty Seven Percent - De Stijl [documentation]
Replies: 21
Views: 12394

Re: eighty seven percent - De Stijl [documentation]

yah this could be a cool project. The tone stack is simply beautiful. I did make a balls of the last stage, but i posted the relevent changes i made above. I won't be home for 2 weeks to work on it, but i really recommend breadboarding this. Maybe we could get this properly kick ass sounding??
by trad3mark
18 Apr 2010, 01:04
Forum: DIY Projects
Topic: Eighty Seven Percent - De Stijl [documentation]
Replies: 21
Views: 12394

Re: eighty seven percent - De Stijl [documentation]

Moleskine kick ass!! I bought them in a bundle in america last year. I still have 4 or 5 unopened ones. I love them. I'm studying architecture, so they're like my best friend.
by trad3mark
17 Apr 2010, 13:41
Forum: DIY Projects
Topic: Eighty Seven Percent - De Stijl [documentation]
Replies: 21
Views: 12394

Re: eighty seven percent - De Stijl [documentation]

made a balls of the last stage: 1M (R12) To ground 2.2K (R13) To Ground Remove R14 and C9 Replace Volume Pot with 100k There probably is an absence of a lot of things. I pretty much just copied the stock schematic of the channel 2, so i'm guessing there's a lot missing. Sounds awesome though. ;) De ...
by trad3mark
17 Apr 2010, 12:38
Forum: DIY Projects
Topic: Eighty Seven Percent - De Stijl [documentation]
Replies: 21
Views: 12394

Eighty Seven Percent - De Stijl [documentation]

Hello all, Well i'm a big Jack White fan, but unfortunately, getting hold of a Silvertond 1485 is pretty tricky and costly. So, I started looking at the whole Tube > Fet thing that everyone's doing, like the Diefet and the Citrus etc. Here's the fruits of my labour! It's a FET based simulator of the...
by trad3mark
23 Mar 2010, 10:27
Forum: Boutique Stompboxes dissected...
Topic: Dickinson Amplification Overdrive
Replies: 15
Views: 4285

Re: Dickinson Amplification Overdrive

their amps are porn, and also have gut shots. Matt bellamy has one. He uses it on tour, BUT, it's not mic'd, so as far as i know, he only really uses it for mega feedback/mega prop. :P
by trad3mark
22 Mar 2010, 22:20
Forum: Boutique Stompboxes dissected...
Topic: Dickinson Amplification Overdrive
Replies: 15
Views: 4285

Dickinson Amplification Overdrive

Right so.

Those of you who are fans of Muse will be well aware that Matt Bellamy has a fine looking Dickinson Amp. Well now DA have an overdrive. Better yet, they put a gut shot on their site.

http://www.dickinsonamps.com/v/overdrive_intro

So... Who feels like some tracing!? :applause:
by trad3mark
17 Mar 2010, 20:20
Forum: Modern Stompbox Effects (1975 - ...)
Topic: MXR Reference Series
Replies: 1
Views: 1491

MXR Reference Series

Hey all,
I'm looking for schematics from the MXR Reference series. Particularly, the micro-amp. I know there was some changes made throughout the years, but i'd love to get my hands on some of the old original schematics.

Wiki!: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MXR

regards,
tm
by trad3mark
14 Mar 2010, 22:39
Forum: Boutique Stompboxes dissected...
Topic: Analogman - Peppermint Fuzz [traced]
Replies: 44
Views: 21124

Re: Analogman - Peppermint Fuzz [traced]

yup. that'll do it nicely. ;)

cheers!
by trad3mark
14 Mar 2010, 15:20
Forum: Boutique Stompboxes dissected...
Topic: Analogman - Peppermint Fuzz [traced]
Replies: 44
Views: 21124

Re: Analogman - Peppermint Fuzz [traced]

sorry to bump such an ancient topic, but is this essentially just a fuzz face with different transistors? Did anyone ever work out exactly what the differences are?
by trad3mark
17 Feb 2010, 17:41
Forum: Power
Topic: SMPS Inductor Protection
Replies: 5
Views: 3420

Re: SMPS Inductor Protection

actually, it's 500ma. So a small resistor, say 200R between the 9V and the inductor should do it, right?
by trad3mark
17 Feb 2010, 17:06
Forum: Power
Topic: SMPS Inductor Protection
Replies: 5
Views: 3420

Re: SMPS Inductor Protection

ok so i'm getting somewhere. the input into the SMPS is 9.4V @ 300ma (it's the normal boss regulated PA). So now with a new inductor, the SMPS is outputting 120V. grand. IF i wanted to say, lower the current in from 300ma to something a little lower, just to protect the inductor, how would i do that...