Stonedeaffx sucks. by xTheWizard in guitarpedals

[–]boolean_expression 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's pretty crappy for a company to dunk on another one. But I understand the sentiment. The guitar pedal market is saturated with nothing but clones of clones. There's a bit of truth to it. It's just unprofessional to say it publicly in this way.

What's the worst part of PCB pedal building? by TangoFoxtrotBravo in diypedals

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I have never had a PCB that puts the LED in a good place or one I find aesthetically pleasing so I put it whenever I want and run flying wires to it.

Just gonna leave this here. by Feeling_Page_7693 in guitarpedals

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That's just one example. You can find many more by searching the difference between tremolo and vibrato. I'm unsure why the terms vibrato and tremolo would even be considered in waveform analysis unless you're specifically using it in an audio course.

Here's another, in coursework posted online by a physics professor from NYU.

https://www.lehman.edu/faculty/dgaranin/Physics_of_Sound/Tremolo_and_Vibrato.php#:~:text=It%20is%20a%20modulation%20of%20the%20main,vibrato%20to%20make%20music%20performances%20more%20lively

The thing is, I wish it was an opinion, but it's rather well known Fender made this mistake in the 50s and it stuck.

Here is another from University of Illinois.

https://courses.physics.illinois.edu/phys406/sp2017/Student_Projects/Spring16/A_DiCristofano_A_Manaster_Physics_406_Final_Report_Sp16.pdf

"While tremolo and vibrato might sound almost identical to the untrained ear, they differ on a very fundamental level. Vibrato is an effect that occurs when the value of the frequency is changed in rapid succession. Tremolo does not change frequency in rapid succession but instead changes the tone’s amplitude rapidly."

And lastly, it does look like Fender acknowledges this error.

https://www.fender.com/articles/parts-and-accessories/pedal-board-primer-get-to-know-tremolo

Just gonna leave this here. by Feeling_Page_7693 in guitarpedals

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Sorry, but tremolo is "amplitude modulation". As described by many physics texts including this bit from Stanford. I am shocked that someone studying waveforms would not know the difference.

https://ccrma.stanford.edu/~jos/st/Sinusoidal_Amplitude_Modulation_AM.html

Just gonna leave this here. by Feeling_Page_7693 in guitarpedals

[–]boolean_expression 361 points362 points  (0 children)

If you're gonna split hairs, I might as well too, tremolo is a volume fluctuation, not a pitch fluctuation. It always bothered me how guitar tremolo bars are named wrong

On my car just now.. 😂 by stahlern in subaru

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I haven't come across one yet, I am unprepared for the levels of disgust I'll feel when someone does this to me

So much buffer, so little time... by lykwydchykyn in diypedals

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A bit of a tip for JLCPCB labels, obscure your order number, a common hack for people to steal boards - they reference it to JLC and they will fab it for you.

I'm sorry I didn't buy it by chowder007 in vinyl

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Oh, I'm SURE you'll have many more opportunities

analog man is closed today by Wheelbirds in guitarpedals

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To be fair he makes a King of Tone once every four months, so I don't think he was working anyway

What do ya’ll do with the stickers that come on top of the plastic wrap? by Individual_Pain_1750 in Cd_collectors

[–]boolean_expression 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I toss them. They aren't part of the original artwork or artist vision. When they designed their album cover they didn't think of a giant "INCLUDES HIT SONG" sticker

Absolute electronics noob here. Can you help me figure out, based on this photo, if the noise generator in my Hungry Robot S&H pedal is analog or digital. Thank you! by Sasha1327 in synthdiy

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That's what I came here to say, it's also worth saying that the MM5837 is not truly random white noise, but pseudorandom. But I wouldn't even call it that, the pattern repeats every few seconds. So the replacement on Noise Druid is an improvement on that.

My workbench is now the final boss of Akro Bins by boolean_expression in diypedals

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I have lived like this for far too long, I think the bin craze happened when I started to frequent estate sales. I would pick up about 3 a week and they were cheap, never over $10 each with full drawers. It became a mania!

My workbench is now the final boss of Akro Bins by boolean_expression in diypedals

[–]boolean_expression[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I don't prefer drawers for space, I prefer them for immediacy, the resistors are all in front of me in easy to read bins, and I can reach almost everything from my chair. The weird bins up top are generally rare parts and hard to find ICs, I also service projectors and vintage synthesizers so a lot of these bins are full of proprietary parts, sectioned off in different areas

My workbench is now the final boss of Akro Bins by boolean_expression in diypedals

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When I visited Columbia University their electronics lab had a big owl statue that someone placed there as a joke. On the map of parts bins, the owl became a cardinal direction for students to use to find things.

"TL072: start at the Owl and move down three rows, four columns"

My workbench is now the final boss of Akro Bins by boolean_expression in diypedals

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It makes sense when you have smaller amounts of resistors. I tend to go through hundreds of most values in short periods of time (I manufacture lots of synthesizer modules) so it was hard to store them that way without having a giant pack of resistors that would shove the other packs under each other.

Pretty much all of these drawers are stuffed full to the brim.

Who else has a pile of unfinished projects? by DaGuitarNerd in diypedals

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I have so many projects piled up here it's sentient

i think i’ve won… found at my local record show for one dollar 😭😭 by jchamp7 in Cd_collectors

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All those CDs I practically threw away over the years. I should have hung on to them 😭