125B · 2 knobs
Valve Wizard Jenny GreenteethVerified
Based on the Valve Wizard Jenny Greenteeth
- Category
- Vibrato / Chorus
- Build
- Perfboard
- Layout
- Verified · Effects Layouts (blog) marks it as built and working
- Tags
- 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.
Parts list 28 rows
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| Ref | Value | Normalized | Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Resistors 10 | ||||
| ×7 | 10K | 10k | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×3 | 4.7K | 4.7k | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×3 | 220Ω | 220 | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×4 | 100K | 100k | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×2 | 15K | 15k | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×1 | 82K | 82k | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×1 | 22K | 22k | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×1 | 47K | 47k | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×1 | 1M | 1M | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×1 | 10M | 10M | read from the layout by eye | |
| Capacitors 8 | ||||
| ×1 | 1nF | 1n | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×1 | 2.2nF | 2.2n | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×2 | 10nF | 10n | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×7 | 100nF | 100n | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×2 | 1uF | 1u | box film; read from the layout by eye | |
| ×1 | 1uF | 1u | electrolytic; read from the layout by eye | |
| ×4 | 10uF | 10u | electrolytic; read from the layout by eye | |
| ×3 | 47uF | 47u | electrolytic; read from the layout by eye | |
| Diodes 2 | ||||
| ×1 | 1N5817 | 1N5817 | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×1 | 1N4148 | 1N4148 | read from the layout by eye | |
| Transistors 2 | ||||
| Q1 | BC337 | BC337 | read from the layout by eye | |
| Q2 | BC337 | BC337 | read from the layout by eye | |
| ICs 3 | ||||
| ×2 | TL072 | TL072 | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×1 | PT2399 | PT2399 | read from the layout by eye | |
| ×1 | 78L05 | 78L05 | regulator, named on the wiring diagram; read from the layout by eye | |
| Potentiometers 2 | ||||
| Rate | A250K | A250k | Potentiometer | read from the layout by eye |
| Depth | B10K | B10k | Potentiometer | read from the layout by eye |
| Switches 1 | ||||
| Mix/Wet | SPST | SPST | read from the layout by eye | |