Crazy Buzzing sound in my overdrive
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Crazy Buzzing sound in my overdrive
I wanted to add two other clipping modes in an overdrive and now it's just making this crazy loud oscillation sound. Like a square wave and when I change the clipping, it changes the pitch. Any idea on where to start troubleshooting this?
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Re: Crazy Buzzing sound in my overdrive
might be easier if we knew what overdrive it is and what modes you added and where you added them
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Re: Crazy Buzzing sound in my overdrive
You're absolutely right, I'll take some pictures and post more info tomorrowdrolo wrote:might be easier if we knew what overdrive it is and what modes you added and where you added them![]()
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Re: Crazy Buzzing sound in my overdrive
affectperdals wrote:I dicked it up help me!

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Re: Crazy Buzzing sound in my overdrive
Also, they don't tell you when you start that a lot of the mods you find on the internet that are supposed to be the best thing ever are total garbage. Gotta try them out first yourself to get the real story.
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Re: Crazy Buzzing sound in my overdrive
Also could we get a clip cause your description actually sounds kinda neat...
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Re: Crazy Buzzing sound in my overdrive
if it is oscillating then you built an oscillator. if the pitch changes with diode clipping then it is certain that the circuit contains at least one capacitor and a feedback loop whose total gain is > 1
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