Roland - AP-7 Jet Phaser  [schematic]

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Aharon contributed this PDF from the service manual containing pcb layouts, block diagram and construction notes.

Roland AP-7 Phaser service notes

thanks so much for sharing!
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Welcome !!!

Maybe somebody can figure out the off board wiring,I couldn't.....
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OK, Aharon: you want to figure out the offboard-wiring ?

Have a look here, but: caution that you don´t get nuts, from the highres guts:

https://img148.imageshack.us/img148/9421/jp1dm9.jpg
https://img148.imageshack.us/img148/579/jp2on7.jpg
https://img520.imageshack.us/img520/6397/ph3ui2.jpg
https://img520.imageshack.us/img520/5964/ph9fw5.jpg
https://img504.imageshack.us/img504/2210/ph10lc4.jpg

Could you smell the vintage electronic ? :wink:

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Thanks for those shots analogguru!!!!!!
Snifffffffffff........yes I can smell the old electronics.........ahhhhhhh......
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Wow! how things travel on the net... That looks suspiciously like the copy of the AP7 schematic I scanned! Cool...

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http://www.aronnelson.com/gallery/v/MrHuge/album102/

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modman wrote:Aharon contributed this PDF from the service manual containing pcb layouts, block diagram and construction notes.

Roland AP-7 Phaser service notes

thanks so much for sharing!

Just wondering if someone have the schematic of this pedal. Thanks

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Just read this thread one more time to stop wondering.

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Can someone tell me why this unit sounds so good on bass? I've tried (too much) phasers on bass but this was the only one that stood up my abuse / thoughts on how one should sound on bass.

Great unit btw!
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I was looking into this subject now for a long time; need to build one for my bass use (as does Larry Graham)

There are 4 JET settings, 2 non jet setting and a fast / slow setting on which only the slow speed can be set by a potmeter

1 and 3 JET give shallow modulation (depth is determined by point 10 / 12)
2 and 4 JET give a deep modulation

Difference between 1-2 and 3-4 are the JET EQ; one has mids, one lacks it.

5 and 6 are just shallow and deep modulation without the JET

You can make these changes more easily switchable with individual switches.
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Bernardduur wrote:Can someone tell me why this unit sounds so good on bass? I've tried (too much) phasers on bass but this was the only one that stood up my abuse / thoughts on how one should sound on bass.

Great unit btw!
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I get a 4040 error when trying to see the gut shots..can some one pm them to me or email me the gut shots?

Or are they uploaded elsewhere?
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I have the TRACE side...downloaded from somewhere...but no component side.....

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Ill take it. :) Im itchin to clone this thing. Larry Graham uses this to great effect. 8)
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chicago_mike wrote:Ill take it. :) Im itchin to clone this thing. Larry Graham uses this to great effect. 8)
Are you really that greedy, man ? :wink:
Ok, here you go for the track side..... and as a "bonus track" you will get the component side too, taken by ebay user "coastal.a.a".

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Does somebody maybe have a PCB layout? I'm going to clone this thingy, but the less the work, the better :applause:

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NoGlory wrote:Does somebody maybe have a PCB layout? I'm going to clone this thingy, but the less the work, the better :applause:
This is all i have. NO layout.
Let me know if you manage to work this out.

Again, this is downloaded from somewhere which i couldn't recall now. If anyone know where is the origin, give him a credit.

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Hey....

What size do I need to alter this too, so it doesn't print out a full page sized pcb? I hope to get this etched today. :)
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Post by lynessmy »

use the width of the DIL IC....the distance between 2 rows is 7.5mm. Scale it....

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Okay i printed this out but it came out all fuzzy..I forgot its at 72dpi resolution...TERRIBLE.


So I resized the image to 5.5inches..letf the constrain portions on, 5.5 inches mind you. ANd set resolution to 1200 dpi.

I think I did the resolution first though. Did a little cleaning up with levels (photoshop again)

now I think it should print nice and clear. Still at 1200 dpi though normal 8.5x11 is 300 dpi. So just a little more adjusting and we have ourselves a rpintable pcb of the jetphase.

Now there IS a second board but I think thats for the speed control, and just a few components I can do on a breadboard, or vero or whatever. :)

next step is to be able to print 2 on a sheet of photopaper..or some cheap glossy paper that will still dosolve in water. I want to try to find a mixture of something that will help disolve the paper but leave the toner....
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Hi...chicago_mike....i was a noob at the resolution thingy.
Appreciated if you have some guide or any link to share to get thru that, especially how to play with PHOTOSHOP for RESOLUTION and SIZE.
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