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Title: PWM LFO: slowing it down, reducing it's noise?
Post by: bobbletrox on May 08, 2004, 12:37:51 AM
The PWM is great and I can't stop playing with it's weird tones...but I have two issues with it:
1) The LFO omits a clicking sound that's in sync with the LFO cycle when I stop playing.  It's inaudible with a clean amp, but it's very loud into a overdriven amp.  Is there any way to reduce this?
2) The LFO doesn't go slow enough!  Is there a way to slow it down some more?

Danke!
Title: PWM LFO: slowing it down, reducing it's noise?
Post by: Tim Escobedo on May 08, 2004, 03:34:16 AM
Quote1) The LFO omits a clicking sound that's in sync with the LFO cycle when I stop playing. It's inaudible with a clean amp, but it's very loud into a overdriven amp. Is there any way to reduce this?

You can try decoupling the power supply with a big cap. Perhaps something like a 470uF cap.

Quote2) The LFO doesn't go slow enough! Is there a way to slow it down some more?

The RC network could be changed. Doubling the size of the cap would probably do it.
Title: PWM LFO: slowing it down, reducing it's noise?
Post by: bobbletrox on May 08, 2004, 09:48:46 AM
Thanks Tim!  You give great uh, customer support  :P

So you mean increase the 22uF to 470uF, and the 100uF to 220uF or so?
Title: PWM LFO: slowing it down, reducing it's noise?
Post by: Lurco on May 08, 2004, 10:27:36 AM
sorry: which circuit would that be?
Title: PWM LFO: slowing it down, reducing it's noise?
Post by: bobbletrox on May 08, 2004, 06:58:43 PM
http://www.geocities.com/tpe123/folkurban/fuzz/snippets.html

scroll down about 1/3 of the way.  It makes some great microsynth type tones through an overdriven amp.  The LFO add-on turns it into a cool robo-flanger thing.  This thing is hard to explain!