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I'm trying to build distortion pedal, it will be something similar to Boss metal zone or Electroharmonix metal muff, however it will have a different EQ and will be two channeled. :)

However I can't understand how one circuit block works in metal zone or metal muff schematic.
http://www.hobby-hour.com/electronics/s ... l-zone.php

If you follow the link above,It's in upper left corner, connected to "3b" OP amp's inverting input, made from C034, C035, R046, R053, Q010 and R054. :oops:

Perhaps someone can explain how it works or how it is called, so i can google about it? :D

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sixth wrote:I'm trying to build distortion pedal, it will be something similar to Boss metal zone or Electroharmonix metal muff, however it will have a different EQ and will be two channeled. :)

However I can't understand how one circuit block works in metal zone or metal muff schematic.
http://www.hobby-hour.com/electronics/s ... l-zone.php

If you follow the link above,It's in upper left corner, connected to "3b" OP amp's inverting input, made from C034, C035, R046, R053, Q010 and R054. :oops:

Perhaps someone can explain how it works or how it is called, so i can google about it? :D

also it has similar block at the output, I guess that it works like some kind of filter

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Boss-MT2_opamp3b-stage_sch.png
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3b is a non-inverting amplifier that has the usual feedaback resistor (R044) and the highs cutting capacitor (C032), but - instead of a resistor - has a gyrator from the inverting input to ground. The gyrator is made with Q010, C034, C035, R046, R053 and R054. You can think it as a resistor that varies its resistance according to the frequency of the signal that passes through. A simulation would look like this:
Boss-MT2_opamp3b-stage_simulated.png
So, it's a bandpass filter centered around 2kHz.

You could play with gyrator values using online calculators like http://www.griffineffects.com/tools/gyrator.html or you could simulate the whole stage with apps like LTSpice or Tina-TI (which is what I used above).

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ggedamed wrote:
Boss-MT2_opamp3b-stage_sch.png
3b is a non-inverting amplifier that has the usual feedaback resistor (R044) and the highs cutting capacitor (C032), but - instead of a resistor - has a gyrator from the inverting input to ground. The gyrator is made with Q010, C034, C035, R046, R053 and R054. You can think it as a resistor that varies its resistance according to the frequency of the signal that passes through. A simulation would look like this:
Boss-MT2_opamp3b-stage_simulated.png
So, it's a bandpass filter centered around 2kHz.

You could play with gyrator values using online calculators like http://www.griffineffects.com/tools/gyrator.html or you could simulate the whole stage with apps like LTSpice or Tina-TI (which is what I used above).
thanks :) I thought gyrators were only made from op amps, but now I see that not only :D

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ggedamed wrote:
Boss-MT2_opamp3b-stage_sch.png
3b is a non-inverting amplifier that has the usual feedaback resistor (R044) and the highs cutting capacitor (C032), but - instead of a resistor - has a gyrator from the inverting input to ground. The gyrator is made with Q010, C034, C035, R046, R053 and R054. You can think it as a resistor that varies its resistance according to the frequency of the signal that passes through. A simulation would look like this:
Boss-MT2_opamp3b-stage_simulated.png
So, it's a bandpass filter centered around 2kHz.

You could play with gyrator values using online calculators like http://www.griffineffects.com/tools/gyrator.html or you could simulate the whole stage with apps like LTSpice or Tina-TI (which is what I used above).
I have one more question. Does equations that apply for gyrators with op amps also applies on gyrators with transistor.
For example if we have this circuit https://www.freestompboxes.org/download/ ... &mode=view

Is it's inductance L = C3R3R4 with parasitic resistance R4 ?

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I have some more questions, I'm trying to understand how metal zone works. :D

This gaining stage which is after clipping stage, has two peaks at 33Hz and 4894Hz
Double gyrator filter.png
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Why is that needed? isn't there only noise at 33Hz frequency,since even at drop A tuning you have lowest possible note at 55Hz?
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