Madbean Headtrip 2
Once again, a guest appearance. Chris at CDC was brave enough to dabbling with some Spin FV-1 processors. Yes, these are SMD parts there is several vendors online that sell adapter boards. This one is VERIFIED. Since I started building effects in 2020, there has been a “level up” step I’ve been avoiding. As … Read more
Voodoo Lab Micro Vibe
Schematic is avaiable HERE. I added a 100ohm protection resistor across the trimpot and the lamp driver transistor (Q1).
Sarno Earth Drive
This one’s gotten a fair amount of hype over the years. It’s essentially a Timmy without the bass control and a few different values. The IC and clipping diodes haven’t been confirmed, other than 2 silicon, 2 germanium. 1N4148 and 1N34A should get you pretty darn close. IC is just a dual op-amp so socket … Read more
DOD Compressor 280
Yet another compressor, this time an optical one. The specified vactrol is quite expensive and hard to get hold of nowadays but you can roll your own using a LDR with 1M dark resistance and green diffused LED. Demo by Ian!