Meathands
Well-known member
Link Simpson of Steller Electronics and I have been cooking up this design over the last couple of months. The big idea is to put various types of harmonic distortion in one line-level box with the ability to mix each in with the dry signal to taste. But here's the kicker: the distortion stages will be modular. So, similar to swapping opamps, people can try out different colour combinations. And much like with the DOA world, we hope for this to become an "ecosystem" in which members of the community will develop their own colours. We'll be offering full kits as well as releasing docs for those who prefer to roll their own.
Here are the input and output stages as well as the motherboard PCB and a tentative front panel design. Pretty simple, just getting the signal to and from the distortion stages as cleanly as possible. There is a single input drive, a dry/wet mix for each stage, and output control. Each pot is dual to control on optional slave board which makes the unit stereo.
http://www.diyrecordingequipment.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/mother-input.png
http://www.diyrecordingequipment.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/mother_output.png
Link's working on a few distortion stages to get us started, which I'll post next.
-Peterson
Here are the input and output stages as well as the motherboard PCB and a tentative front panel design. Pretty simple, just getting the signal to and from the distortion stages as cleanly as possible. There is a single input drive, a dry/wet mix for each stage, and output control. Each pot is dual to control on optional slave board which makes the unit stereo.
http://www.diyrecordingequipment.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/mother-input.png
http://www.diyrecordingequipment.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/mother_output.png
Link's working on a few distortion stages to get us started, which I'll post next.
-Peterson