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<DIV><SPAN class=776105503-10062023>Hello SDIY Team,</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=776105503-10062023>I've built a ladder filter on my own
PCB layout from Yves Usson's Minimoog ladder filter schematic, and I must
confess that the results are less than stellar. The filter works, but
not terribly well, and it sounds nothing like a Minimoog. I
used 2N3904 and 2N3906 instead of BC547 and BC557, but I matched all of the
transistor pairs in the ladder, and matched the four transistors at
the top and bottom of the ladder as well as the other four transistors,
using Ian Fritz's transistor matching circuit (which I also laid out and built
on a PCB). I did not try to match the one PNP to the current driving NPN
below the bottom of the ladder.</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=776105503-10062023>Does anyone here have any experience with
this schematic? Will it change anything if I replace the 3904s with 547s,
etc? Everything else was exactly as specified in the schematic. This
was my second attempt to build from an Yves Usson ladder filter
schematic. My "Raging Bull" Taurus filter didn't work at all.</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=776105503-10062023>I just want to know if there is some
fundamental flaw in this schematic before I spend too much more time with
it. Any insights would be most appreciated.</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=776105503-10062023>Dave Dixon</SPAN></DIV></BODY></HTML>