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Anderton Super Tone ControlVerified

Based on the Anderton Super Tone Control· 3 other boards clone it

Category
EQ / Filter
Controls
High Pass · Low Pass · Band Pass · Resonance · Frequency
Build
Vero· 17×16· 19 cuts, 7 links
Layout
Verified · Tagboard Effects marks it as built and working
Tags
Charge pump, EQ, Filter

From the post

I think this will be popular with quite a few people, especially those who want to get the most of their dirt pedals and fine tune the frequency response more effectively. I think this would go to make the perfect distortion pedal if you put your favourite dirt circuit with this in a dual effect box, particularly with an order switcher so you could put the tone control before or after the dirt. The IC is supplied with +/- 9V and I have altered the circuit slightly to use my preferred method of doing this with a ICL7660S to provide the bipolar supply.

Note that the original is advertised as being capable of accepting a supply from +/5V to +/-18V. However, the ICL7660S can accept a maximum of only 12V and so I would suggest keeping the supply at 9V if you use the suggested charge pump IC. That still gives you an 18V swing which I expect would be more than adequate for this, but if you would prefer to use an 18V supply for additional headroom then you could use an ICL7662 which is rated for up to 20V although these may be more difficult to find and certainly more expensive.

Info about the original project from the author:

Deflnltlon: Offers flexible control over tone by creating several different response options. Low pass response boosts low frequencies and attenuates high frequencies; high pass response boosts high frequencies, and attenuates low frequencies; bandpass response boosts a specific frequency range; and notch response attenuates a specific frequency.

The "state variable" filter is a type of filter used in several synthesizers to control timbre; this circuit is a variation of the state-variable filter that has been optimized for tone control purposes. It offers considerably more sonic flexibility than the tone controls found on most instruments and amplifiers.

. Variable resonance control changes "sharpness" of the sound . Easily resettable to fiat response . Low-pass, high-pass, the band pass outputs alre individually mixable via an onboard mixer to create highly complex responses . Useful as recording studio or PA equalizer . Operates at low level or line level

Modified with additional volume control.

Schematic

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RefValueNormalizedTypeNotes
Resistors 6
×4100K100kread from the layout by eye
×410K10kread from the layout by eye
×21K1kread from the layout by eye
×233R33read from the layout by eye
×112K12kread from the layout by eye
×133K33kread from the layout by eye
Capacitors 6
×210n10nread from the layout by eye
×1220n220nread from the layout by eye
×168p68pread from the layout by eye
×210u10uelectrolytic; read from the layout by eye
×147u47uelectrolytic; read from the layout by eye
×1100u100uelectrolytic; read from the layout by eye
ICs 2
IC1TL074TL074TL074 or similar; read from the layout by eye
IC2ICL7660SCPAICL7660SCPAread from the layout by eye
Potentiometers 5
High PassA10KA10kPotentiometerread from the layout by eye
Low PassA10KA10kPotentiometerread from the layout by eye
Band PassA10KA10kPotentiometerread from the layout by eye
ResonanceB1MB1MPotentiometerread from the layout by eye
FrequencyB10KB10kPotentiometerdual; read from the layout by eye
Switches 1
Resonance High / LowSPSTSPST2 position; read from the layout by eye

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