Visual Sound - Pure tone buffer

Bernardduur · Post by **Bernardduur** » 24 Jul 2014, 20:24

This was given to me as it does not function anymore. The IC is broken as there is a HUGE chunk taken out of it..... no idea why, I guess someone didn't take voltage ratings that close.

Schematic:

Bernardduur · Post by **Bernardduur** » 24 Jul 2014, 20:25

Most capacitors are SMT and bear no markings. I have no capitance measuring device so I marked em a ?

Fredenando · Post by **Fredenando** » 24 Jul 2014, 22:14

This is an image from a japanese web for give us an idea...

IvIark · Post by **IvIark** » 24 Jul 2014, 22:45

Thanks for the schematic Bernard. I think we can assume C1 is 1n or less, if it's just to protect against RFI then you often see 100p in that position. C2 can be pretty much anything that won't start cutting low end in the filter and so 100n should do nicely. And the filter caps should be fine at 100u for C4, 47u for C5 as is commonly used. Or 47u for both. Or whatever, it's a buffer

Oh and I've guessed at TL072, is that right?

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Bernardduur · Post by **Bernardduur** » 25 Jul 2014, 06:45

Fredenando wrote:This is an image from a japanese web for give us an idea...

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Yep, that is the way the one here is mounted. The 1u is soldered on the output wire and is just floating around very close to the enclosure without any protection......

Bernardduur · Post by **Bernardduur** » 25 Jul 2014, 10:54

IvIark wrote:Thanks for the schematic Bernard. I think we can assume C1 is 1n or less, if it's just to protect against RFI then you often see 100p in that position. C2 can be pretty much anything that won't start cutting low end in the filter and so 100n should do nicely. And the filter caps should be fine at 100u for C4, 47u for C5 as is commonly used. Or 47u for both. Or whatever, it's a buffer

Oh and I've guessed at TL072, is that right?

Visual Sound Pure Tone Buffer.png

Yes, I would've guessed C1 would be like 47p - 100p and C2 around 22n - 100n. C4 and C5 don't have a polarity marking on them and look the same size as C2 but do differ in color (C2 is white / silver, C4/5 are brown). No idea if these can be SMT ELCO's......

The IC is marked 072 so a TL072 would be close!

Yvarg · Post by **Yvarg** » 17 Aug 2014, 23:54

Has anyone built this yet? I made one using lvlark's vero layout (using his suggested cap values), but it just makes a faint distorted signal and a ticking sound. This buffer is supposed to be inside all Visual Sound pedals, right? I have a 10th anniversary Visual Volume I'd be happy to take pictures and measurements of if it would be helpful. I rather like whatever buffer is in the volume pedal and I unsuccessfully tried tracing out the circuit inside to extract the buffer portion.

R.G. · Post by **R.G.** » 18 Aug 2014, 23:22

It's a buffer...

mmolteratx · Post by **mmolteratx** » 19 Aug 2014, 00:15

IvIark wrote:Thanks for the schematic Bernard. I think we can assume C1 is 1n or less, if it's just to protect against RFI then you often see 100p in that position. C2 can be pretty much anything that won't start cutting low end in the filter and so 100n should do nicely. And the filter caps should be fine at 100u for C4, 47u for C5 as is commonly used. Or 47u for both. Or whatever, it's a buffer

Oh and I've guessed at TL072, is that right?

Visual Sound Pure Tone Buffer.png

No need to use a 47µ cap for the bias filter. 470k resistors mean you could use something like 100n.