figuringstuffout
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hey all...I'm in need of more help (so what else is new?), but this time with a tube compressor along the lines of an la2a.
So I got some Jensen transformers and wanted to play around with some compression circuits, and while it has largely been a huge success, I am having a pesky problem with quiet distortion that increases with the amount of compression. I have attached a schematic of the circuit in hopes of getting some quick help for I imagine my ignorance of everything is contributing to the problem.
I am using a Vactrol (VTL5C2) for the compression and have also tried a full wave rectifier for the LED voltage as an alternate method (in place of what the schematic shows), but to no avail.
While the compression is awesome and really sounds good, I cannot figure out how to get rid of the quiet distortion behind the signal that gets louder as more compression is applied. Anyone have any ideas how to fix this issue?
*Side note - the same kind of distortion but worse happens when I make another sidechain circuit to light up a blue LED as the volume increases....related?
Thanks!
So I got some Jensen transformers and wanted to play around with some compression circuits, and while it has largely been a huge success, I am having a pesky problem with quiet distortion that increases with the amount of compression. I have attached a schematic of the circuit in hopes of getting some quick help for I imagine my ignorance of everything is contributing to the problem.
I am using a Vactrol (VTL5C2) for the compression and have also tried a full wave rectifier for the LED voltage as an alternate method (in place of what the schematic shows), but to no avail.
While the compression is awesome and really sounds good, I cannot figure out how to get rid of the quiet distortion behind the signal that gets louder as more compression is applied. Anyone have any ideas how to fix this issue?
*Side note - the same kind of distortion but worse happens when I make another sidechain circuit to light up a blue LED as the volume increases....related?
Thanks!