Hi, I built this buffer sounds great, but now all my true bypass pedals after it pop when switched! Why is this?
Thanks
mdaudet wrote:Hi.
I've experienced the same issue as you. A big resistor as a "pull down" would not fix the problem (eg. 1M, 2M2, etc). The POP is in other TBP pedals after de buffer, a LOUD pop.
What I did?
Simply put a SMALL resistor as the same way you put a "pull down" one, In my case, a 1K resistor fixed my problem. No more pops in my TBP pedals. The thing is that you don't want to keep the capacitor charged all the time, so a small flux of electrons must find a way down to ground. The Small resistor does it.
You could try a Pot, e. 10K, wired as a variable resistor to ground and find the sweet spot (in order to keep the output impedance low). When your other pedals stop popping, set the resistance and replace it with a fixed one. If you don't want to do that, just put a 1K in that place.
Tell us your results.
cheers.
Matt
Fuzzer wrote:The reason why your problem wasn't solved with the 1M resistor was because the capacitor was very leaky, it was very wasted.
With a 10k resistor, you're screwing up the input impedance of the next effect.
mdaudet wrote:"If the PD Resistor is blocking the discharge of the capacitor on the signal, maybe I should let some discharging happens ir order to eliminate the excesive ammount of electrons keept in the capacitor". Very odd thinking, but it works.
distortion_gfx1 wrote:I have the same problem with my phase90 clone.. I've tried changing the value of the pull down resistor but still there's a popping sound.. then I change the 3pdt to 2pdt footswitch then suddenly the pop is gone... i just dont know why![]()
RnFR wrote:distortion_gfx1 wrote:I have the same problem with my phase90 clone.. I've tried changing the value of the pull down resistor but still there's a popping sound.. then I change the 3pdt to 2pdt footswitch then suddenly the pop is gone... i just dont know why![]()
sounds like you might have an LED problem. i know it's written up on the AMZ site. you can find it on this page-
http://www.muzique.com/lab/main.htm
davidmochen wrote:The 1K resistor at the output of my AMZ Super Buffer got 95% rid of the pop when engaging/disengaging the buffer. Just a very small click now. Haven't tried TBP pedals after it yet but I am pretty confident the popping will be reduced as well. This Super Buffer is impressive. I did some extrme tests such as using two long and crappy cables joined just with non shielded wire, even touching the "live" tip of the junction with my hand, and NO LOSS/NO NOISE at all. Impressive!!!
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