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DIY Stompboxes => Building your own stompbox => Topic started by: arma61 on November 24, 2007, 03:09:34 PM

Title: A tone control for my multifx board
Post by: arma61 on November 24, 2007, 03:09:34 PM
Hi guys, almost finished my multifx board, 4 Fxs, autowha, OD250, OUSB, Minisynth, as you can see no one of them has a tone control, so surfing here and there (specially here!) I've found following
schematics http://www.diystompboxes.com/pedals/preamp.GIF, http://www.muzique.com/lab/atone.htm (just the first picture as I only have little space on my board!) , and though to combine them into a single tone control circuit. I've breadborded it and it seems not bad (tough not all the components were of the required value). So I'm wondering : did I make something wrong doing this combination (electronically speaking), is there something to improve in it , taking into account the combination and order of the FXs as shown above , where do you suggest to put it in the chain?

Any help really app.te
Armando
Title: Re: A tone control for my multifx board
Post by: arma61 on November 26, 2007, 07:09:11 AM
So no suggestion at all ?!?!

btw here are some pictures, it still need to be finished, and labels to be changed, it doesn't work with transparent adhesive labels!

(http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/4397/0001055rf2.th.jpg) (http://img225.imageshack.us/my.php?image=0001055rf2.jpg)

(http://img77.imageshack.us/img77/8797/0001057ph2.th.jpg) (http://img77.imageshack.us/my.php?image=0001057ph2.jpg)

(http://img77.imageshack.us/img77/3162/0001056nv4.th.jpg) (http://img77.imageshack.us/my.php?image=0001056nv4.jpg)

Ciao
Title: Re: A tone control for my multifx board
Post by: tranceracer on November 26, 2007, 02:23:10 PM
Usually EQs go at the end of the chain.
I was doing some research for an active EQ here are some links.  I haven't breadboarded any of these yet tho...

http://aronnelson.com/gallery/v/STMs-Circuit-Ideas/Modified_Sans_Amp_GT_2_equalizer_with_midband.png.html
http://aronnelson.com/gallery/v/STMs-Circuit-Ideas/Three_band_Eq_non_interacting_bands.png.html

http://www.montagar.com/~patj/3btone.gif
http://www.montagar.com/~patj/toneccts.gif

The passive EQ you posted looks pretty simple.  Try using the required values and go with what sounds best.

-tR
Title: Re: A tone control for my multifx board
Post by: arma61 on November 27, 2007, 12:07:04 PM
thank T. in the mean time I've found this http://www.beavisaudio.com/projects/bigmufftonecontrol/ (one before last one on the page, that's really interesting as I don't have to add other pcb into the box, but just wire two pots, that's really usefull. I think I can also add the buffer on a postage stamp sized perfboard and that's it.

Armando