<div id="RTEContent">Just saw the schematic.<br> <br> I would AC couple into the first opamp, bias the non-inverting input<br> at 1/2Vcc and run the opamp on 0-15V (like a guitar stompbox). That<br> would cure all your worries about exceeding the CMOS limits<br> completely.<br> <br> H^) harry<br><br><b><i>Seb Francis <seb@burnit.co.uk></i></b> wrote:<blockquote class="replbq" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> Funny you should ask, I've just this minute uploaded a gif of the <br>schematic ...<br>http://burnit.co.uk/sdiy/stuff/mosfet_distortion.gif<br><br>It really is a lovely sounding distortion, and it's useful to be able to <br>set the number of stages to get anything from 'subtle' to 'insane'.<br><br>I've been testing it with 3 things: Oakley 3031 with some filter <br>resonance, Waldorf Pulse with a fat saw wave patch and no resonance, and <br>a 909 bass drum clone. This seemed like a good cross section of!
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<br>(these are the kind of things I like to distort anyway).<br><br>The circuit differs from others I've seen with the 4049/4069 as it has <br>no high frequency roll off (I tried it, but I preferred to let all <br>frequencies through then EQ later, or indeed before, if it was wanted). <br>For guitar distortion you might want to add some caps across some or all <br>of the 4069 stages to roll off the high frequencies.<br><br>Remember to tie any unused inputs of the 4069 to ground (or make a 2nd <br>channel - that's what I'm doing).<br><br>Seb<br><br>P.S. The current circuit takes the risk of exceeding the 4069 input <br>voltage specification if the input is hot and the drive level is set <br>high - it gives a nice hard clip sound when you drive it real hard like <br>this. Having just read Harry's email, I might change this a bit to save <br>damaging the IC.<br><br><br>Scott Gravenhorst wrote:<br><br>>Very interesting, do you have a schematic up that you can
share?<br>><br>>What sort of signal(s) did you test with?<br>><br>>Seb Francis <seb @burnit.co.uk=""> wrote:<br>> <br>><br>>>Well, I've been getting some really nice results with using between 1 <br>>>and 3 stages of a 4069UB for distortion. The MOSFET clipping has a <br>>>really warm sound to it. (Incidently the 4049 really wasn't so good - <br>>>the clipping was way too asymmetrical.) Anyway, more on this later .. <br>>>I'll publish the final circuit in due course.<br>>><br>>>What I'm concerned about in my circuit design is whether it is safe to <br>>>drive the 4069 beyond its absolute maximum input voltage. The quoted <br>>>absolute maximum range is -0.5V to VDD+0.5V (VDD=15 in my circuit).<br>>><br>>>The input current is limited by a 10K resistor (with a DC blocking cap <br>>>in series before it), so although the opamp driving it can kick out up <br>>>to 28V ptp, the vol!
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the 4069 input gets clipped to approx 17V <br>>>ptp. This is a bit beyond the quoted absolute maximum, but I guess as <br>>>long as the current through the internal protection diodes is limited by <br>>>the 10K resistor then this is ok?? Is this a safe assumption?<br>>><br>>>Seb<br>>><br>>><br>>> <br>>><br>><br>>---------------------------------------------------------<br>>- Where merit is not rewarded, excellence fades.<br>>- Hydrogen is pointless without solar.<br>>- What good are laws that only lawyers understand?<br>>- The media's credibility should always be questioned.<br>>- The only good terrorist is a dead terrorist.<br>>- Governments do nothing well, save collect taxes.<br>><br>>-- Scott Gravenhorst | LegoManiac / Lego Trains / RIS 1.5<br>>-- Linux Rex | RedWebMail by RedStarWare<br>>-- FatMan: home1.gte.net/res0658s/fatman/<br>>-- NonFatMan:
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