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The PU is a few components and 27 pots and switches. Odds are that you miswired the pots/switches. I built one, and it has never quite worked right. However, I haven't spent the time to really troubleshoot it. It seems pretty cool, but I've had other stuff going on.Good luck.
go to http://experimentalistsanonymous.com/ there's a clip on there that will show you what it should sound like. Yours is definately not working right.
OK, on to the "debugging" process. I built this exactly as Dragonfly's layout shows, no parts substitutions except a TPDT stomp switch and LED (which were wired up like this- http://www.beavisaudio.com/techpages/StompboxWiring/index.htm )The only thing that seems to work is the Frequency pot...and it is fairly subtle. I probed around the board with my audio probe and got sound on all "strips" except the ground strip. Some strips sounded like the input signal, others sounded like they were affected by the Freq pot. My battery voltage is 8.41 vdc, my IC voltages were as follows-1- 4.55 vdc2- 4.45 vdc3- 3.80 vdc4- 4.44 vdc5- 4.56 vdc6- 5.58 vdc7- 5.09 vdc8- 4.57 vdcShould I check anything (voltage or otherwise) in particular? I am learning as I go so please bear with me.Thanks.Chris
EUREKA!! I got confused looking at this thing from the backside and hooked my ground up to the wrong 5K pot! It's about 99% working now...still has some random static sometimes and the threshold of the gate seems too high (ie- I have to hit the guitar strings pretty hard to get sound out the other end). Otherwise this pedal is my first "successful build"!!! Can't wait to get it 100%, paint my box, etc...