Straight volume boost

[Ptownkid]

i was looking at the millenium bypass on geofx, and i notice that they call R1 5v, what the hell does that mean?

[onboard]

R.G.'s refering to the equation for calculating the resistor value. It would be 5 volts divided by the LED forward current.

[Ptownkid]

and how would one go about figuring that out?

I'm gonna make the clean machine and would like to have an LED on battery power...

[Ptownkid]

what is led forward current?

[fxapprentice]

Hi I'm new so Hello

Was going to buy one of these:

http://www.award-session.com/solobooster.html

Is this the same as what you are discussing in this thread?

Would be good to build my own if it is.

Thanks in advance

Steve

[Ptownkid]

well, technically no.

THat one is a boost.

The one were talking about acts like the volume knob on your guitar, when you turn he volume down, the distortion cleans up.  To make it simple, this pedal has two states,

State A (100% volume to your amp)
State B (0% - 100% depending on how far up you have the knob turned)

so it's not a boost, it's a volume dropper...

However, the beginner project is a boost, you should try making that as it is really easy and pretty darn cool...

[cd]

Hi I'm new so Hello

Was going to buy one of these:

http://www.award-session.com/solobooster.html

Is this the same as what you are discussing in this thread?

Would be good to build my own if it is.

Thanks in advance

Steve

Yes it is, a volume knob with some LED indicators.

[Ptownkid]

ok, i was poking around at geofx and there's a nice diagram showing how to make your own millenium 2 board and the parts layout, one part is listed as a  current limiting resistor.  Anyone know what value that puppy would have to be?

[Ptownkid]

no one?