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Making and hacking software and hardware. Also making music and art.
All articles from the Bad Screamer series This one is very similar to the Bad Screamer: adding a mid-boost version, the difference being the gain stage has a Darlington pair, increasing maximum available gain (by a lot). I made this modification thinking ahead about using the same schematic but with…
I’m starting this new project on Github, heavily inspided by my recent discovery of the band Royal Blood https://www.royalbloodband.com/ This is the first post in the Dead Kings preamp series. This preamp / effects pedal isn’t supposed to emulate the sound of Mike Kerr, I’ve just got some ideas I…
Continuing the Dead Kings preamp series The tests in real hardware have shown very close characteristics to what LTSpice have simulated, this means the models of the transistors I’ve been using are pretty accurate, that’s good news! i’ll be testing some slight modifications – reducing maximum gain and maximizing undistorted…