[sdiy] distortion pedal for a modular system

[Walker Shurlds]

> > On May 1, 2018 1:28 AM, stepan kayukov <stepan.kayukov at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Hi Walker,
> > >
> > > Thank you for the advice. It definitely sounds different than it would on a guitar, but I still like it. The real problem arises from hearing things at the output of the distortion, even when nothing is at the input.
> > >
> > > The R7/C1 distortion and the way the JFET is coupled created a kind of gating effect that I was fond of, but if you think it might be the reason for the overall bleeding, I should try it the more conventional way.
> > >
> > > Both of your suggestions are very helpful. I will try them immediately. Since I am new to this list, I do not know if I should post afterwards. Should I give an update?

Yes, please update us! I think even if you leave C1 and Q3 as they are, but add some small resistance in that branch between C1 and R7 it could reduce the gain just enough to reduce the noise. Another thing you could try is increasing R8. There should be a value high enough that Q1 gets biased all the way off—this changes the sound pretty drastically (sounds kind of 8-bit) but makes it completely silent when there’s no input.

On May 1, 2018, 8:35 AM -0500, Joe Frey <frey at radioles.com>, wrote:
> The best distortion pedal(and I have built several) I ever built is the harmonic percolator. You can get the PCB layout and build info if you search pepper spray distortion. Be advised that one of the transistors connections are listed backwards. I used components for the original version, not the Steve Albini version. JoeF.

I made one of the Tim Escobedo all-silicon version (but added the diodes back in switchable) and it sounds pretty great with synth. This would be a pretty good candidate for a module since the "harmonics" knob is just an attenuator.



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