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<div>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. <br><br></div>
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<div>Simon.</div>
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<div><br>> Op 10 januari 2016 om 16:02 schreef Tom Wiltshire <tom@electricdruid.net>:<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> On 10 Jan 2016, at 14:19, Simon Brouwer <simon.o@brousant.nl> wrote:<br>> <br>> > <br>> > > If you're using mechanical switching, it's going to click no matter what you do.<br>> > <br>> > 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.<br>> <br>> Ok, now you've got me curious! How?<br>> <br>> My experience has been closer to Gordon's, that contact bounce in mechanical switches causes clicks more-or-less whatever you do.<br>> <br>> 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!<br>> <br>> Thanks,<br>> Tom<br>> </div></body></html>