Dan Armstrong
DAN ARMSTRONG: Blue Clipper
I thought I might finish off layouts for the rest of the Dan Armstrong series, as I’ve already done a few. Anyways, while I was looking at schematics of the Blue Clipper from all the usual sources online, I noticed that the opamp bias looked a bit odd. Then I noticed a few layouts used … Read more
DAN ARMSTRONG: Orange Squeezer
A classic – the Dan Armstrong Orange Squeezer. It’s a very simple feedback-based compressor using JFETS as variable resistors, driven by a single diode acting as a half-wave rectifier. This makes it pretty snappy to play, unlike an optical compressor which is traditionally a bit slower and smoother – not that there’s anything wrong … Read more
DAN ARMSTRONG: Blue Clipper, with Diode Compression OpAmp
After the previous post for the Dan Armstrong Red Ranger, I thought I might do layouts for the rest of the series, starting with the Blue Clipper – I then got sidetracked, and now I’m looking at a Blue Clipper using Joe Davisson’s diode-compression opamp. I had to change the bias from the original … Read more
DAN ARMSTRONG: Red Ranger
Bass, treble and full range boost – a 1970s classic from Dan Armstrong, although somewhat overlooked compared to its more famous brethren, the Orange Squeezer and Green Ringer. DAN ARMSTRONG RED RANGER – VERO LAYOUT RED RANGER VIDEO DEMO
