(https://i.postimg.cc/gLX4Pp0F/The-Tone-Manager-V3.png) (https://postimg.cc/gLX4Pp0F)
I love messing with Tim Escobedo circuits. This is his Harmonic Jerkulator but I changed lots of parts to suit my taste and added a clipping circuit at the end. The clipping circuit is inspired by one of Jack Orman's asymmetrical clipping controls he has on his lab notes. He said that a control like that would be a subtle effect but I find that there is a lot of different sounds from that knob on this particular circuit.
The diodes I used are weird. I Intentionally purchased fake 1n34's because I read that their voltage drop was 0.2v, so very nicely clipped sounds from them. (They were also dirt cheap of course)
I like how on the Harmonic Jerkulator/percolator the gain knob just simulates the guitars volume knob, it lets it have a wide gain range since it cleans up so nice and sparkly.
You guys should build it and see for yourself how you think it sounds!
(I should add that this sounds absolutely nothing like a harmonic percolator anymore)
p.s. in case someone asks, c2 being connected to the base of q1 is a schematic error and not in the actual circuit
Quote from: Transistor-Transistor on March 26, 2025, 09:37:45 PMc2 being connected to the base of q1 is a schematic error
And Q1 seems drawn upside-down... it's not sure to pass current emitter that way. (It may, and I won't dispute your breadboard.)
(https://i.postimg.cc/7bBhwkyG/Tone-Man-TT-PRR-revised.gif) (https://postimg.cc/7bBhwkyG)
(https://i.postimg.cc/MX4Q1n41/Tone-Man-TT-PRR-revised.gif) (https://postimg.cc/MX4Q1n41)
Quote from: PRR on March 26, 2025, 11:44:44 PMQuote from: Transistor-Transistor on March 26, 2025, 09:37:45 PMc2 being connected to the base of q1 is a schematic error
And Q1 seems drawn upside-down... it's not sure to pass current emitter that way. (It may, and I won't dispute your breadboard.)
(https://i.postimg.cc/7bBhwkyG/Tone-Man-TT-PRR-revised.gif) (https://postimg.cc/7bBhwkyG)
I noticed that, that was just how one of the pnp symbols on kicad was. I'll look for a different one. I would have changed it immediately earlier but I put the schematic together in a spare 15 minutes I had
(https://i.postimg.cc/YGN9dng6/The-Tone-Manager-V3-2.png) (https://postimg.cc/YGN9dng6)
Much better
Quote from: PRR on March 27, 2025, 12:37:07 AMQuote from: Transistor-Transistor on March 27, 2025, 12:12:47 AMI'll look for a different one.
Just flip it.
Thats what I did :icon_biggrin:
Quote from: Transistor-Transistor
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(https://i.imgur.com/0MGSDkk.png)
(https://i.postimg.cc/Y4sMp1Wx/The-Tone-Manager-V3-2.png) (https://postimg.cc/Y4sMp1Wx)
It is fixed
Quote from: Transistor-Transistor on March 27, 2025, 02:01:08 PM(https://i.postimg.cc/Y4sMp1Wx/The-Tone-Manager-V3-2.png) (https://postimg.cc/Y4sMp1Wx)
It is fixed
No, it isn't.. :icon_wink:
Q2 & Q1 Emitters must be connected in series..!!
Quote from: antonis on March 27, 2025, 02:15:19 PMQuote from: Transistor-Transistor on March 27, 2025, 02:01:08 PM(https://i.postimg.cc/Y4sMp1Wx/The-Tone-Manager-V3-2.png) (https://postimg.cc/Y4sMp1Wx)
It is fixed
No, it isn't.. :icon_wink:
Q2 & Q1 Emitters must be connected in series..!!
Okay so the first one was right...
Nahhhh....
JUst forget it.. :-[
Quote from: antonis on March 27, 2025, 02:57:34 PMNahhhh....
JUst forget it.. :-[
The first one is a direct copy of tim escobedo's schematic besides the c2 error and some parts value changes
Quote from: PRR on March 26, 2025, 11:44:44 PM(https://i.postimg.cc/7bBhwkyG/Tone-Man-TT-PRR-revised.gif) (https://postimg.cc/7bBhwkyG)
This is right.. Period..!!
Quote from: antonis on March 27, 2025, 03:27:01 PMQuote from: PRR on March 26, 2025, 11:44:44 PM(https://i.postimg.cc/7bBhwkyG/Tone-Man-TT-PRR-revised.gif) (https://postimg.cc/7bBhwkyG)
This is right.. Reriod..!!
Good good