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Dwarfcraft Devices Robot DevilVerified

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Category
Fuzz
Controls
Fuzz · Octave · Starve
Layout
Verified · Effects Layouts (blog) marks it as built and working
Tags
Dwarfcraft Devices, Fuzz, Octave

From the post

Got a request for the EQD Bit Commander, and while there doesn't seem to be a schematic for it, my search for one lead me to this effect. It's no Bit Commander, but it does do the synth-y octave down thing. The original Robot Devil has the octave switch (which allows you to switch between one octave down and 2 octaves down) as a footswitch. If you go that route, you'll need to use a DPDT if you want LED indication. Or you could just use a toggle SPDT if you want to put it in a 1590B and don't like the idea of having 2 footswitches on such a small box.

Here's how to wire the octave switch as a footswitch with LED indication:

As is, the LED turns on if the sub octave (2 octaves down) is activated. If you wanted, you could use 2 LEDs (or a bi-color LED) to indicate which octave is in effect. Just connect the cathode of one LED to lug 6 (anode to +9v via 2.2k resistor) to indicate 1 octave down.

Schematic

This is a board layout, a drawing of where each part goes, and the post may link the schematic it was drawn from. Open the layout at Effects Layouts (blog). No KiCad fragment has been drawn for this circuit yet.

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RefValueNormalizedTypeNotes
Resistors 4
×2100K100kread from the layout by eye
×23.3M3.3Mread from the layout by eye
×12.2K2.2kread from the layout by eye
×11M1Mread from the layout by eye
Capacitors 4
×147nF47nread from the layout by eye
×1100nF100nread from the layout by eye
×11uF1uelectrolytic; read from the layout by eye
×147uF47uelectrolytic; read from the layout by eye
Diodes 1
×11N40011N4001read from the layout by eye
ICs 2
×1CD4040CD4040read from the layout by eye
×1CD4049UBECD4049UBEread from the layout by eye
Potentiometers 3
FuzzB100KB100kPotentiometerread from the layout by eye
OctaveB100KB100kPotentiometerread from the layout by eye
StarveB2KB2kPotentiometerread from the layout by eye
Switches 1
SwSPDTSPDTtoggle; selects the octave tap (Sw1/Sw3 on the board, Octave 3 to Sw 2); read from the layout by eye

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