the best friend: clean blend pedal (thread renamed)

[Bassus Sanguinis]

Okay... its the fx looper pedal with parallel signals, with power starve and shit I've been looking for. Correct?

[smallsnd/bigsnd]

Okay... its the fx looper pedal with parallel signals, with power starve and shit I've been looking for. Correct?

[Bassus Sanguinis]

:rock:

[bob the r0bot]

Okay... its the fx looper pedal with parallel signals, with power starve and shit I've been looking for. Correct?

that is a very ambiguous response.

[smallsnd/bigsnd]

my attempts at ambiguity are futile at this point.
the cat is already out of the bag!

[Fuzz_Pi]

my attempts at ambiguity are futile at this point.
the cat is already out of the bag!

So what is it?

[smallsnd/bigsnd]

Blend pedal with expression input?
Polarity switch?

jimmy got the prize!
ok here's the long explanation... sorry that i've been vague. it's a signal splitter/blender with an 2 active EQs, a volume boost, polarity switch, expression input and a few other little twists.

different uses include:
-blend your clean signal with other pedals without phase issues or volume losses
-an EQ and/or boost pedal - use both sides to mix between two separate EQs
-use clean with 2 out of phase EQs and an expresison pedal for manual phasing
-probably more that i can't think of at the moment

block diagram:


the (gain) and (volume) controls would be an option at this point to keep the control count down. they would add a gain stage with clipping to the clean side, making for the possibility of blending fuzzy sounds with other stuff. i *will* probably add another set of jacks as another option so you can just mix 2 separate signals in parallel, without one of them being clean (it could still be clean, but you'd have the option for something else.) though i need to add a tiny bit more to the circuit for that as well as completely change the layout. right now all the jacks are top mounted...

[Bassus Sanguinis]

I'm so in we'll have my extramarital babies

[JimmyTurbo]

So, what do I win?
:-)

Cool idea, by the way.
I used to blend fuzz, this would've been an awesome pedal for me.
I have a TAFM now, so...

[eatyourguitar]

hey brian, are you running the audio through the expression pedal or is it a vactrol or something? also, will you sell me a pcb? I was gonna make a super simple version with the tl072's I have layin around. just a buffered input and a parallel buffer with one send return and a 25k or 50k blend on the out. but if you could sell me a pcb then I would have an expression jack.

[oinkbanana]

price point & size?

[smallsnd/bigsnd]

hey brian, are you running the audio through the expression pedal or is it a vactrol or something? also, will you sell me a pcb? I was gonna make a super simple version with the tl072's I have layin around. just a buffered input and a parallel buffer with one send return and a 25k or 50k blend on the out. but if you could sell me a pcb then I would have an expression jack.

audio through pedal as a vactrol setup would have cost me more PCB space than i could afford. not ideal, i know... but it's a very simple way of doing things. sure i can hook you up with a PCB - if you want, i'll even populate it first! it does have a bit more than you need (EQs, etc.) so send me an email and we can work out the details...

price point & size?

size = hammond 1590BB. same as my others. all top mounted jacks (6 in total)
price = early run of 10? 15? will be $175, then going up to $225 - this isn't totally firm though. i don't *think* it would be higher than that, but it may be slightly lower... i'd love to keep the price down, but it's a lot of wiring and drilling.

[oldangelmidnight]

After watching the video for Devi's new Silver Rose (blendable Muff and Super Fuzz) I want the Best Friend so I can make my own variations. If there's a list, Brian, add me to it.

[smallsnd/bigsnd]

no list yet. i have everything i need to build these, i just need some time. :-P

[eatyourguitar]

No rush on my pcb man, its custom and low margin and i dont really need it right away. Im soldering 24/7 and i know what it feels like to have a neverending workload.