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- From: ah335@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Richard Banks)
- Newsgroups: sci.electronics,alt.guitar,rec.music.makers.guitar
- Subject: purpose built distortion producing circuits
- Date: 17 Dec 1992 00:14:05 GMT
- Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
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- I'm constructing a purpose built distortion producing circuit to
- be used to add gain to audio signal of an electric guitar.
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- The circuit uses 4 stage op amp noninverting configuration to
- produce a gain of 1855 running off a 9V power supply.
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- My problem is the unit is acting like a noise gate, when the signal
- attenuates the circuit "cuts off." Therefore it is very quiet,
- but does not produce long sustain, which is what I want.
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- The value of the feedback resistors are 100k and the value of the
- power resistors is 220 ohm. Could it be that I should
- increase the value of the feedback resistor and raise the
- value of the power resistor but so that it still produces the
- same amount of gain at each stage?
- I was thinking maybe my problem was that the signal was
- getting "drained" by the power supply because of the low
- power resistor value.
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- If you have any other ideas or suggestions please present them to
- me. Thanks.
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- Also on a side note, what is the best op amp config to use
- for distortion, inverting or noninverting?
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- I would think noninverting, because inverting amps cause
- a lot more bias current at high gain.
- But Craig Anderton uses inverting amps for almost all his
- signal processing designs in his projects book.
- Even for the distortion circuits.
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- Thanks in advance.
- Rich Banks.
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