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  1. VenomBallistics

    Distortion Pedal Redux

    Here's how the people at Ibanez did it in what is arguably the gold standard of soft clipped distortion
  2. VenomBallistics

    Distortion Pedal Redux

    It was the first thing in LT spice I clicked is all. while the goal is to induce distortion, we do so from a clean baseline. It's the job of the diodes and the gain pot in the NFB loop to offend our audiophile sensibilities. Ultimately, a distortion peddle that does not offer the option to run...
  3. VenomBallistics

    Distortion Pedal Redux

    This is a stripped down example so you can see it. You are likely falling prey to the many stompbox sites that seem to get this wrong on purpose
  4. VenomBallistics

    Distortion Pedal Redux

    that much we can tell. The objective it to fix the knowledge deficiency. The question is just how to do that. OpAmps have some basic rules. One of them is whatever the voltage is on the + input, it will change the output value to achive the same voltage at the - input. Right now, you have +...
  5. VenomBallistics

    Distortion Pedal Redux

    https://schematicheaven.net/effects/ggg_ibanez_ts-808_ORIGINAL.pdf Study this one for a bit. The TS808 is the defacto gold standard of how to do a soft clipped overdrive. Both + and - inputs reference the floating ground (Vref). Without this, the op amps output will try to pin itself to the -...
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    Distortion Pedal Redux

    Oh this brings back memories. I reluctantly admit that many of those memories are of parts I didn't use right. It looks like you've found some of the same old schematics I found back in the day. That's why you are fighting with it. building from the ground up, your first objective is to get it...
  7. VenomBallistics

    What are these sections of this power supply?

    Yup ... typical rig is 50 - 100 into 4 12" speakers. 30ish will do too. I have my hand built trainwreck clone and a 100W Laney to choose from. The trainwreck is just a little shy of 50W Either can bring the law down on ya. Seems the way of many to pipe in canned tracks. Sometimes the case when...
  8. VenomBallistics

    What are these sections of this power supply?

    I really like mp3 in the car where the speakers are not what you'd call studio monitors. It is convenient, and if you can render the interface down to a tactile system, it's perfect. Guitar isn't that hard, you have 5 basic chord shapes. learn them and the intervals that form them. from there...
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    What are these sections of this power supply?

    Thanks for the welcome back. I've been heavy on the aerodynamic quests of late. Both tubes and solid state have merit in audio. solid state can track with far greater accuracy so it's better for audio reproduction. The quirks and non linearities of tubes work well in various segments of audio...
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    What are these sections of this power supply?

    I suppose amp sims could give you test drives of each. At least good enough to drill down some direction on a real life project. I've seen that many home recording studios, as well as a few pro studios use them. I don't believe they'll ever give the feel of a proper tube amp, but they do their...
  11. VenomBallistics

    What are these sections of this power supply?

    You can simulate them with a parametric EQ in most audio workstations. The purpose of the software is to allow a simulation to show how changes to the values in the circuit will impact the curve.
  12. VenomBallistics

    What are these sections of this power supply?

    there is. it's embedded in the software. Just checked out the new version. They've added a quite a few types since I last used it. Looks like it'll better support effects peddle design now.
  13. VenomBallistics

    What are these sections of this power supply?

    You really just have to break them down section by section. Just ignore the tone controls at first, consider the whole network a single capacitor and study the active sections. You'll see how the input stage kinda repeats itself a few times ... easy enough The output stage and phase splitter can...
  14. VenomBallistics

    Amateur (Ham) Radio and RC (Radio Controlled) Flight

    Actually our AMA chartered club has a permanent agreement with STRATCOM to use a designated portion of their airspace. These things do not need to be half as difficult as our alarmist media would have you believe. Its simple ... see or hear an AC130 ... "mow the grass and trim the trees" (yield...
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    Amateur (Ham) Radio and RC (Radio Controlled) Flight

    it's a function of situational awareness and communication. Flying FPV, we often times have an edge over full scale in terms of situational awareness. with the often included mic in the camera system, we actually CAN hear the surroundings of our models in some cases. Engine noise of full scale...
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    Amateur (Ham) Radio and RC (Radio Controlled) Flight

    Yeah, the test was weighted into the realm of improbability. But that's science today. Studies versus experiments, results favor the highest bidder with a university gone shameless grant whore. That said, we can blow holes in the test all day. They didn't have to fudge the numbers and thumb the...
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    Amateur (Ham) Radio and RC (Radio Controlled) Flight

    I have some hours. So that could be two potential pilots. One last consideration is a Comm segment to the link. This lets us follow the rules like a full scale flight and scare the hell out of Gadwick a bit less when we buzz the tower. Autonomous flight ... I've heard of some drones that could...
  18. VenomBallistics

    RC - Long range

    the Dragon link setup is good for about 7 miles ground track ... but the price tag is abusive. FrSky offers the R9M at a reasonable price for their taranis TX line ... You could do with less, far less. You'll tank your batteries before you reach the end of the rope offered by any decent 2.4...
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    Amateur (Ham) Radio and RC (Radio Controlled) Flight

    You have the antenna gain thing well addressed. The typical finesse set up of a pagoda and ION pair does sacrifice the unpreferred directions. Where a dipole "apple" field is the baseline, a Pagoda compresses the field into a "doughnut". That helps its lateral transmission range. The pagoda has...
  20. VenomBallistics

    Amateur (Ham) Radio and RC (Radio Controlled) Flight

    typical setup is a dipole for the control side at both ends so as to avoid dropping out of the TX field as much as possible. vid side is where we finesse things by "squashing the doughnut". In a typical 5.8G setup. it's a "pagoda" type airborne and a VAS ION on goggles .... this teamed with a...
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