Mid-Fi Electronics - Clari(not)

rosettastoned · Post by **rosettastoned** » 11 Jul 2010, 02:14

frequencycentral did you fix this board?? u knoe de r13 problem and how big is this borad?? can any gime some size??

thanks.

frequencycentral · Post by **frequencycentral** » 11 Jul 2010, 10:17

Yeah the board is fixed and re-uploaded. The corrected version says 'RDH 06/10' bottom right of the board. To print the pnp the correct size people are using a .1 inch grid in photoshop. An ICs pin spacing will match the grid when correctly sized.

rosettastoned · Post by **rosettastoned** » 18 Jul 2010, 01:02

pretty thanks... i'll post any review of this project.

the3secondrule · Post by **the3secondrule** » 27 Jan 2011, 23:15

Just built the Clari(not) - my first perfbuild, I used the vactrol vtl5c2, and did the fuzz lift mod.

I can confirm that with my vactrol, the envelope still tracks really well on the clean setting...

stanimal08 · Post by **stanimal08** » 30 Jan 2011, 18:44

Yo Freq,
so i have built two of your clarinot cubed deluxe pcb's in an effort to get a super-mega-midfi monster pedal i'm working on the edge it needs to be a one of a kind beast and after many weeks troubleshooting it i've found the following:

with the design as it stands, i cannot get any sound out of it, i think due in large part to the clarinot needing all 9volts of power in order to work properly (i have found that in the past i've tried to use the real clarinot with a 9volt battery plugged into a makeshift jack and it wouldn't run at all if the battery was even remotely drained) and since you have the LFO piggy-backing the voltage to the clarinot it is causing some sort of issue with power....

in order to test my theory i jumpered the 4001 diode directly to the lm7805 (as opposed to the power going through the LFO first) and it came to life FINALLY....

thoughts....?

frequencycentral · Post by **frequencycentral** » 30 Jan 2011, 23:07

I didn't build that layout ever, but guy over at DIYSB did, and verified it. So I guess you either hve an error somewhere, or the power issue you mention is because your power supply isn't delivering enough ma.........?

stanimal08 · Post by **stanimal08** » 31 Jan 2011, 00:40

Ummm yeah.... Might have something to do with my dumbass misreading your parts list and dropping a TL072 into the LFO instead of 062 which I do not currently have... Although those aren't that different, it's possible its affecting the voltage going to the clairinot portion of the circuit....

But everything else is exactly like it should be... I'm ordering the 062's tonight and if that's the prob I'll be posting a "my apologies" post to you shortly...

For what it's worth, with the jumper currently in place the circuit works beautifully and is a lot of fun to sit and dial in the different delay modulation....

Hides-His-Eyes · Post by **Hides-His-Eyes** » 31 Jan 2011, 11:03

sounds more like a mistake in the power section to be honest. I think for anything we'd be doing an 072 is a perfectly acceptable sub for an 062.

stanimal08 · Post by **stanimal08** » 31 Jan 2011, 13:16

Hides-His-Eyes wrote:sounds more like a mistake in the power section to be honest. I think for anything we'd be doing an 072 is a perfectly acceptable sub for an 062.

Thanks.... i wasn't so sure... to be safe i'm getting some 062's and then going back and retracing all the tracks to make sure they match up correctly... it wouldn't be the first time i drilled a hole for a resistor that was meant to go to another track....

i'm curious about the pot size for the speed control (i may have missed it if someone mentioned it in the thread already) as i used 100kb....

kinski · Post by **kinski** » 01 Feb 2011, 06:11

Okay, so I'm going to be building Frequency Centrals' Clari(not) Cubed Deluxe. His layout did not include pot values. Will these work?

TRACK 1kB
DELAY 100kB
DEPTH 100kB
VOL 100kA
BLEND 25kB
SPEED 100kB

Also, are both the Fuzz Lift and LFO/ENV switch DPDT?

stanimal08 · Post by **stanimal08** » 01 Feb 2011, 13:25

kinski wrote:Okay, so I'm going to be building Frequency Centrals' Clari(not) Cubed Deluxe. His layout did not include pot values. Will these work?

TRACK 1kB
DELAY 100kB
DEPTH 100kB
VOL 100kA
BLEND 25kB
SPEED 100kB

Also, are both the Fuzz Lift and LFO/ENV switch DPDT?

Those are the correct pot values and I used a 100kb for my speed pot and may tinker with different values to see if i get any more control over the rate.... the switches can be SPST....

kinski · Post by **kinski** » 06 Feb 2011, 03:12

Hey, finally had the time to put this together. THe PCB and Layout work just fine. Very cool pedal. Thanks!

stanimal08 · Post by **stanimal08** » 06 Feb 2011, 22:25

frequencycentral wrote:I didn't build that layout ever, but guy over at DIYSB did, and verified it. So I guess you either hve an error somewhere, or the power issue you mention is because your power supply isn't delivering enough ma.........?

You are absolutely correct, the error was definitely mine, i found a strip of mis-labeled resistors in a drawer and discovered i had placed a 2.2 ohm resistor where the 2.2 MEG resistor should have been... now it's 100% functional and a lot of fun....

as always, great work Frequency Central!!

kinski · Post by **kinski** » 06 Feb 2011, 22:34

Yeah! Thanks to Doug and Frequency Central for an awesome circuit!

This was also the first PCB I etched on my own!

7763matt · Post by **7763matt** » 30 Apr 2011, 02:25

Hey, I just tried building this pedal from madbean's pcb. Problem is, I'm not getting any signal from the entire left side of the PT2399 chip or the photoresistor or anything in the middle of the circuit. I accidentally plugged a 12v adapter into it when I first tried it as well, so I was wondering if I royally screwed myself here. This is the layout so you know what I mean when I say the middle of the pcb.

kinski · Post by **kinski** » 19 May 2011, 15:13

Hi all, still love this pedal...however....

With the fuzz lifted, the repeats come with a lot of white noise behind them. Is there a way to fix this? Or is this just the nature of the beast?

Threepwood · Post by **Threepwood** » 17 Nov 2011, 14:53

Apologies if I'm being incredibly thick but is the SPST switch in the Madbean version On-On?

G5120fx · Post by **G5120fx** » 23 Mar 2012, 09:03

Build this amazing circuit yesterday! Is the tracking Pot very subtle or did I make a mistake? I build it with Haralds Layout: http://www.sabrotone.com/wp-content/upl ... arinot.gif

frequencycentral · Post by **frequencycentral** » 03 Apr 2012, 15:55

Here's my recent version of the Cubed Deluxe:

...and a prize for guessing what the background is on the gut shot....

using this layout:

I'm gonna do a short run of PCBs if anyone's interested. PCBs are £10 GBP each including shipping (to anywhere). Paypal GIFT please to;

rickholt22 (AT) hotmail (DOT) com

Please state your forum name and postal address in the Paypal thingy.

rousejeremy · Post by **rousejeremy** » 03 Apr 2012, 16:33

A big ass roll of rainbow wire that you used to use on everything?