starving a mutron iii?

[pigmaker]

i want to try this out, but not put the pedal in danger obviously
it's got the spot for 2 9v's on the bottom
it's in really good shape as far as these old mutron iii's go. the power supply is the original. it was tuned and gone through by richard lingenberg

[Chankgeez]

I've got nothing for you on this, but I'm curious:
what do you think you're gonna get when you starve the circuit and what makes you think you're gonna damage it if you do?

[pigmaker]

i dont know anything about pedal electronics, i was just putting that out there as a "please let me know if i might break my expensive pedal"

i heard a starved mutron iii was used on sir psycho sexy, which could be baseless hearsay bullshit, but id like try it out if i can do it safely
mutron iii for the win circle gets the square

[DarkAxel]

honestly, I seriously doubt you can damage any pedal by starving it

[Derelict78]

well if it can take batteries you can starve it. when the batteries drain so with the voltage.

[kosta]

Check with someone more knowledgeable than me for sure, but yeah, I don't think giving it less than the rated voltage will hurt it. If I had to guess - I bet it will probably work to some extent down to about 12v. You could either use run-down 9v batteries (you can check them with a multimeter to see what their actual voltage is.) Or you could use a variable AC transformer (variac) to sag it if you have a plug for it. It might sound pretty cool. I know when I sag one of my Korg MS-20 filter clones it sounds pretty badass. Gets all warm and growly. Curious to hear what the Mutron does. I wonder if the envelope will work correctly without full voltage?

[pigmaker]

yeah this is gonna be fun. it will probably make the mutron iii more gainy, i just hope it's in a good way. if youve never used one before, there's a gain knob which also controls the sensitivity of the envelope.

[greyscales]

You won't hurt anything by starving it.

Can't imagine it sounds good, but report back if you try it.

[Doctor X]

the modulation pedals i tried at lower voltages just stopped and didn't do anything, but i don't know that one.

[coldbrightsunlight]

Starving it definitely won't hurt, but I haven't tried much other than fuzz pedals that actually does interesting stuff when starved, most seem to just stop working pretty quickly below their rated voltage. Can't hurt to try though!

[pigmaker]

well it runs on 18v, this might change the parameters of starving it..shrug

i dunno, sir psycho sexy sounds like a wah to me anyway

[pigmaker]

mildly related...

i just pulled a dying greencell 9v out of a smoke detector that was bleeping every few minutes

should be awesome in my doom bender or any other fuzz i have lying around

actually it will probably rule the most in the ghost face

[pigmaker]

mutron iii related, rather than starting a new thread....



see the mutron in the bottom right? theres an extra switch at the top. anyone know what that is?

[Chankgeez]

Not sure, but I don't think those Mu-trons are true bypass. So, I'd guess it might be a true bypass switch.

Bet you'd probably find an answer somewhere on a Grateful Dead forum. Or you can PM dubkitty, he might know.

[pigmaker]

yeah, it was a repost from facebook, some guy just said it was a bypass because he removed the normal switch when he put it in that thing with the other pedals

thank u