Thursday, 7 April 2022

Guitar pedals & effects 1

What are the basic pedals you should have in a rig for synths?
1. Overdrive 
      (Ibanez Tube screamer)
      (boss SD-1 & SD1w)
      (Boss BD-2 & BD2W) ... Blues driver
2.  Distortion
      (ProCo Rat 2)
(Boss DS-1)
3. Fuzz
(Electro-Harmonix Nano or Op-amp Big Muff)
... really any big muff will be great.
(Z.Vex Fuzz Factory)
      (Jim Dunlop Fuzz Face)
      (Boss FZ-1W)
       (RML Electron Fuzz)
4. Reverb
(Holy Grail)
(Blue Sky)
(Fender Marine Layer)
5. Echo / Delay
(Boss DD-7) Digital Delay
(Electro-Harmonix Canyons)
(MXR Time Delay)
6. Tremelo - modulating the volume in a rhythmic way.
(Boss TR-2)
(JHS Pedals Tidewater))
7. Chorus
(Way Huge Blue Hippo)
(Boss CE)
(MXR Stereo Chorus)
8. Equalizer-- EQ.
(Boss GE-7)
(Boss GE-7 bass)
9. Phaser
(ElectroH Small Stone)
(MXR Phase 90)
10. Flanger
(Ibanez FL-303)
(MXR Flanger)
(Electric Mistress- EHM)
(Blue Hippo)
11. Uni-Vibe - Rotating speaker Leslie simulator
(Voodoo Labs microVibe)
(Shin-Ei Uni Vibe)
(EHX Good Vibes)
(MXR M68 Univibe)
(Dunlop JHM7 Univibe)
12. Octave Pedal
(EHX POG, POG2 and micro pog)- POG = Polyphonic Octave Generator
(Boss OC-5 & OC3, OC2)
(octavia - Dunlop ‘69 Psych Series)
(Mu-Tron Octave divider -1970's)
(Boss PS-2 "Pitch Shifter")
(EQD Organizer)
(TC Electronics Sub 'n' Up)
(EHX HOG2 (Harmonic Octave Generator)
13. Looper
(Ditto TC electronic)
(Ditto X2) -- stereo looper
(Boss RC-2 Looper)
14. Multi effects pedal
(Zoom MS70 CDR)
(Zoom MS50 G)
(Zoom MS60B - multistomp Bass)
(Hologram Microcosm)
(ZOIA - Empress effects)



These are some of my fav guitar pedals that work great with synths.

Little Big Muff


Big Muff - Russian 

MXR Time Delay

MXR stereo chorus


Ibanez Flanger. FL 303

Electro Harmonix Voice Box

MXR Flanger

Electro Harmonix LPB
Linear Power Booster

RML - Electron Fuzz
Retro Mechanical Labs


Small Stone - Electro-harmonix


Small stone - phaser - vintage EHX

Metal Zone MT-2
Boss

Acoustic Modeler - Behringer
AM-100


Korg Kaoss Pad.
Ok ... not a pedal, but works great. !!!


Electro Harmonix Mole
Bass booster


Electric Mistress - Flanger/filter matrix. EHX

EHX Q-Tron
Envelope filter & FX loop
EHX clockworks
Rhythm generator & clock


Boss PS-2
Pitch Shifter/delay

Slap back echo

Boss - DS 1
GE 7
Boss EQ


Boss RC-2
Loop Station

Wednesday, 6 April 2022

Japan - 2018 - Hiroshima

 




Itsukushima Jinja
Shinto shrine on the island of Itsukushima, best known for its "floating" torii gate. It is in the city of Hatsukaichi in Hiroshima Prefecture in Japan, accessible from the mainland by ferry at Miyajimaguchi Station.

The name Itsukushima literally means 'island of worship' and from ancient times the island itself was worshipped as a god. The mystical Itsukushima Shrine built on the water was inscribed as a World Heritage Site in 1996.




Tuesday, 5 April 2022

Westlicht Performer part 1 - build notes

 Westlicht Performer - build notes
 

 I purchased a PCB which was already half populated
 

These are the official build notes:

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VO0600T
U1

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Y1
It's a 8MHz crystal



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OPA4172


There are 2 of these - U4 & U15



































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DAC8568ICPW
This is U8 - TSSOP-16 footprint
595-DAC8568ICPW  
 


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EEE-FP1E220AR -- 22uf caps x3 mouser

C5 C24 C40


 
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47uf caps  replacement of EEE-FK1V470P
667-EEE-FN1H470XV
C13,C46


 

 
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C11 C12 C15 C16 C33 C34 C37 C38 C41 C42
18p ceramic caps

100K resistors
R14 R17 R26 R27 R28 R29 R34 R35 R45 R46 R56 R57 R59 R60 R69

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Jacks - 
PJ301BM 3.5mm x 24

PJ301CM this is the stereo jack x 2


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SW8 & SW 19

Light touch switches


for Boot & reset


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U2 - 5 pin 
74LV1T34
 


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Diodes
D3, d4
1N5819HW
these are for protection against accidental plugging in the module backwards
 
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D1`


to be continued,,,,..........