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125B · 2 knobs

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Valve Wizard Jenny GreenteethVerified

Based on the Valve Wizard Jenny Greenteeth

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Chorus, Valve Wizard

From the post

Here's a weird chorus from Valve Wizard based around a PT2399. In Merlin's own words...

Chorus is created by passing the signal through a very short delay line, somewhere between about 8ms and 25ms. The delay time is modulated and the delayed signal is mixed back with the original un-delayed signal. Some feedback ('repeats') is often applied too, to thicken the effect. The PT2399 has a minimum delay time of about 25ms, which is just short enough to do a thick chorus effect. The more subtle chorus effects that a 'proper' chorus pedal would do are not available as they require shorter delay times ( but I'm one of those people who only ever wants his chorus thick!). However, as well as getting chorus I soon found that various other unexpected effects could also be had for free, including pitch bend and a kind of ring modulation. That's why I've called it 'weird chorus'.

It will fit in a 125B with top mounted jacks easily, but it's narrow enough that it will fit in a 1590B, but probably without the pots board mounted. Here's the original build doc with the schematic and Merlin's original layout.

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 10
×710K10kread from the layout by eye
×34.7K4.7kread from the layout by eye
×3220Ω220read from the layout by eye
×4100K100kread from the layout by eye
×215K15kread from the layout by eye
×182K82kread from the layout by eye
×122K22kread from the layout by eye
×147K47kread from the layout by eye
×11M1Mread from the layout by eye
×110M10Mread from the layout by eye
Capacitors 8
×11nF1nread from the layout by eye
×12.2nF2.2nread from the layout by eye
×210nF10nread from the layout by eye
×7100nF100nread from the layout by eye
×21uF1ubox film; read from the layout by eye
×11uF1uelectrolytic; read from the layout by eye
×410uF10uelectrolytic; read from the layout by eye
×347uF47uelectrolytic; read from the layout by eye
Diodes 2
×11N58171N5817read from the layout by eye
×11N41481N4148read from the layout by eye
Transistors 2
Q1BC337BC337read from the layout by eye
Q2BC337BC337read from the layout by eye
ICs 3
×2TL072TL072read from the layout by eye
×1PT2399PT2399read from the layout by eye
×178L0578L05regulator, named on the wiring diagram; read from the layout by eye
Potentiometers 2
RateA250KA250kPotentiometerread from the layout by eye
DepthB10KB10kPotentiometerread from the layout by eye
Switches 1
Mix/WetSPSTSPSTread from the layout by eye