mateus
Well-known member
Heyas!
I've been building a few stompboxes to improve the number of tools in my studio while learning and practing the whole DIY process before trying my luck with new projects, all been going great, having fun/hate and learning a LOT, increasing complexity and introducting new components step-by-step.
The last few weeks I've been playing around with building saturation effects, mostly for guitars, bass and keys, trying different saturation devices and combos, testing and testing. I came to a conclusion that seems to be "kind" of usual, when it comes to saturation, and amplifying something 'till it clips, I found that I like it better germanium transistors to silicon transistors, at least with all the different models I've tested.
Yeah, my testing conditions ain't no lab test, it consists in reamping stuff to the stompbox and micing it back. I know that all my chain will be doing their thing in the resulting audio but one thing remained the same everytime, I like how germanium transistors sound.
Short story, is it possible/worth the effort designing a FET mic around germanium transistor?
Sorry if this sounds dumb or redundant.
Cheers!
I've been building a few stompboxes to improve the number of tools in my studio while learning and practing the whole DIY process before trying my luck with new projects, all been going great, having fun/hate and learning a LOT, increasing complexity and introducting new components step-by-step.
The last few weeks I've been playing around with building saturation effects, mostly for guitars, bass and keys, trying different saturation devices and combos, testing and testing. I came to a conclusion that seems to be "kind" of usual, when it comes to saturation, and amplifying something 'till it clips, I found that I like it better germanium transistors to silicon transistors, at least with all the different models I've tested.
Yeah, my testing conditions ain't no lab test, it consists in reamping stuff to the stompbox and micing it back. I know that all my chain will be doing their thing in the resulting audio but one thing remained the same everytime, I like how germanium transistors sound.
Short story, is it possible/worth the effort designing a FET mic around germanium transistor?
Sorry if this sounds dumb or redundant.
Cheers!
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