[sdiy] Dry/Wet effect relay that makes 'click' noise on changes...

[Simon Brouwer]

Gordon,
 
Sorry, you are right. I was thinking about clicks occurring when no signal is
present, but I had not considered that that will often not be the scenario when
operating an effect bypass switch.

Best regards
Simon.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

> Op 10 januari 2016 om 16:02 schreef Tom Wiltshire <tom at electricdruid.net>:
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> On 10 Jan 2016, at 14:19, Simon Brouwer <simon.o at brousant.nl> wrote:
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> >
> > > If you're using mechanical switching, it's going to click no matter what
> > > you do.
> >
> > Even with a mechanical switch that clicks very loudly itself, no click need
> > be present in the electronic signal if the circuit is designed and
> > implemented correctly.
>
> Ok, now you've got me curious! How?
>
> My experience has been closer to Gordon's, that contact bounce in mechanical
> switches causes clicks more-or-less whatever you do.
>
> The current fashion for "True bypass" has always amused me somewhat, as when I
> was younger "Noiseless switching" was the big deal, and the Boss pedals with
> their bistable-controlling-FETs scheme were thought the height of
> sophistication!
>
> Thanks,
> Tom
>
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