Photo eye volume pedal

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Re: Photo eye volume pedal

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I'd suggest breaking out the breadboard yourself, technically it's not too hard to try and LDR offer some flaws... such as they need light, not a dark stage, to work (hence his work around to get sound in dark...) I see your on FSB a bit Teej212, check out the Wah probe work alike, i've been looking at the design and seeing how I might go about my own version too but at current, money is the main issue for breadboarding stuff like that.

I think if you look, you will be able to find a method of allowing an LDR to work as an potentiometer and then you just need to find or design a clean boost to use it with, as I said the SHO grounds 2 pins of the pot so you may be able to get that to work straight out with a bit of breadboard work, but as of now after a long gig, that's all I can offer in help lol.
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Re: Photo eye volume pedal

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well it's not fulley done and I leave for vacation soon.. So it's gonna be another week
Painted the enclosure tiday and built the lbp.. So it's alonst done
But when it is I'll post pic fursure
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Re: Photo eye volume pedal

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super!
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build report
have the board done. box painted. ready for wireing....
also enjoy trying to make a LEDacle. I think that they are worth $5 :thumb:
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Re: Photo eye volume pedal

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in that last pic you can see my brutal splinter :omg:
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Re: Photo eye volume pedal

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epic. pedal and splinter
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Re: Photo eye volume pedal

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pedal done... searching for firewire cable to upload teh vidz :picard:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWWJd_Y3Ld4[/youtube]

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Re: Photo eye volume pedal

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cool! i like it. but, that does not sound like a lpb!
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Re: Photo eye volume pedal

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No LEDacle...

Still, that's a pretty cool pedal right there.
Do you like listening to homemade music? Me too. Why don't you try one of mine?

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Re: Photo eye volume pedal

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Ledacle coming soon...
Used a lm386 instead...
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Re: Photo eye volume pedal

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so i found a LDR in this old light thing in my closet, so i took it out and i just attatched one leg to the tip of one jack, and one to the ground of another and it made a volume pedal, and it works fine... :joy:
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Re: Photo eye volume pedal

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is there a volume drop?
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Re: Photo eye volume pedal

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yes, but that will come with any passive circuit
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Re: Photo eye volume pedal

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ya which is why i added the boost...
haha.. im kinda over this pedal.. fuzz is more fun :sleep:
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Re: Photo eye volume pedal

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true, but i need a volume pedal ;)
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