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RATIOATTACKRELEASELEVEL

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Emma TransMORGrifierVerified

Based on the EMMA TransMORGrifier

Category
Compressor
Controls
Ratio · Attack · Release · Level
Build
Vero· 19×18· 21 cuts, 9 links
Layout
Verified · Tagboard Effects marks it as built and working
Tags
Compressor, Emma

From the post

Info about the original pedal:

A compressor pedal incorporating the best attributes of classic pedals while simultaneously eliminating the shortcomings common to such vintage designs.

Included are controls for the adjustment of Attack, Release, and Ratio that allow the user precise and continuous variation to their sound. These controls offer the ability to custom tailor the effect to match the job at hand. No matter what style or instrument, the perfect amount of compression is easily dialed in with minimal coloration to the original signal.

Note:

The CA3080 is a discontinued IC, and although it is still available from a number of sources it will get more difficult to obtain as time goes by. After the discussions below, the circuit was tested by G5120fx with an LM13700 replacing the discontinued IC and it worked fine. Unfortunately this IC is 16 pin instead of 8 because it is 2 channel and includes buffers, but if you find that you can get the LM13700 cheaper or more readily then you can use the following daughterboard to allow you to use that IC. Just solder the wires to where the CA3080 pins would be on the main board.

This daughterboard can be used with any of the effects in this blog which use the CA3080, including the MXR DynaComp, Ross Compressor and Keeley Compressor.

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 Tagboard Effects. No KiCad fragment has been drawn for this circuit yet.

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RefValueNormalizedTypeNotes
Resistors 9
×61M1Mread from the layout by eye
×610K10kread from the layout by eye
×215K15kread from the layout by eye
×227K27kread from the layout by eye
×21K1kread from the layout by eye
×2470R470read from the layout by eye
×139K39kread from the layout by eye
×1150K150kread from the layout by eye
×1470K470kread from the layout by eye
Capacitors 5
×410n10nread from the layout by eye
×31u1uread from the layout by eye
×1470p470pread from the layout by eye
×310u10uelectrolytic; read from the layout by eye
×1100u100uelectrolytic; read from the layout by eye
Diodes 3
D11N9141N914read from the layout by eye
D21N9141N914read from the layout by eye
D31N58171N5817read from the layout by eye
Transistors 5
Q1BC549CBC549Cread from the layout by eye
Q2BC549CBC549Cread from the layout by eye
Q3BC549CBC549Cread from the layout by eye
Q4BC549CBC549Cread from the layout by eye
Q5BC549CBC549Cread from the layout by eye
ICs 1
ICCA3080CA3080read from the layout by eye
Potentiometers 4
RatioB500KB500kPotentiometerread from the layout by eye
AttackA20KA20kPotentiometerread from the layout by eye
ReleaseB500KB500kPotentiometerread from the layout by eye
LevelB500KB500kPotentiometerread from the layout by eye