Rotary switch with 12 caps - Tone control to Major Tom
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beaubrummels
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Re: Rotary switch with 12 caps - Tone control to Major Tom
Not that useful. Only changes how dark it is when the tone is fully turned down. If that's all you need, just get the highest value cap and don't turn it all the way down sometimes.
Not that useful. Only changes how dark it is when the tone is fully turned down. If that's all you need, just get the highest value cap and don't turn it all the way down sometimes.
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idsnowdog
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Re: Rotary switch with 12 caps - Tone control to Major Tom
I built one with a 7-way rotary years ago and it really wasn't that useful. The only thing I used it for was to experiment with different value capacitors before I made my choice of which capacitor to use in a project. I couldn't bring myself to actually putting it in anything.
The majority of passive EQ circuits are some combination of capacitor, resistor and inductor (Varitone or Qfilter). These effects are really pretty subtle at normal volumes and only become noticeable at higher volumes. If you want to achieve more noticeable EQ shifts at lower volumes you need powered circuits.
I built one with a 7-way rotary years ago and it really wasn't that useful. The only thing I used it for was to experiment with different value capacitors before I made my choice of which capacitor to use in a project. I couldn't bring myself to actually putting it in anything.
The majority of passive EQ circuits are some combination of capacitor, resistor and inductor (Varitone or Qfilter). These effects are really pretty subtle at normal volumes and only become noticeable at higher volumes. If you want to achieve more noticeable EQ shifts at lower volumes you need powered circuits.
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Rand-O-Monium
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Re: Rotary switch with 12 caps - Tone control to Major Tom
Meh...
Meh...
leevc5
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leevc5
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Re: Rotary switch with 12 caps - Tone control to Major Tom
Have you tried a State Variable Filter?
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rFDSe6p6qK8
Have you tried a State Variable Filter?
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rFDSe6p6qK8
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Rand-O-Monium
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Re: Rotary switch with 12 caps - Tone control to Major Tom
Hope it works out for you,if you're so inclined,seriously...
Less is usually plenty for me.
Had a 5-way Varitone-thingie(w/ 2 big-ass paddle switches as well) on my old MIJ Electra Omega(LP copy,setneck) BITD,3-way toggle & a coupla Vol pots did it for me then,does it for me now."Maybe" a Series/Parallel usually a Killswitch.
Is it pre-assembled?
Hope it works out for you,if you're so inclined,seriously...
Less is usually plenty for me.
Had a 5-way Varitone-thingie(w/ 2 big-ass paddle switches as well) on my old MIJ Electra Omega(LP copy,setneck) BITD,3-way toggle & a coupla Vol pots did it for me then,does it for me now."Maybe" a Series/Parallel usually a Killswitch.
Is it pre-assembled?
idsnowdog
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Re: Rotary switch with 12 caps - Tone control to Major Tom
I had not heard this before. Is it an active filter? I wouldn't expect that much tonal variation from a passive system.
BriGuy1968
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Re: Rotary switch with 12 caps - Tone control to Major Tom
I installed a 3-way varitone (.005uF, .022uF & .047uF) on my Westone and I find that I barely use it. I absolutely hate the .047 because it's so dark, but I do find that going to the .005 every once in a while gives me kind of a cool, subtle, honky-cocked-wah kind of tone when rolled all the way down (that, with the phase reverse and some decent dirt makes a pretty good "Money for Nothing" sound). Thinking about doing something crazy like replacing the .047 with a Black Ice, just for grins.
My BC Rich has a 5-way varitone on it which I find to be a complete waste of space. Their design is all wrong and it ends up using both the cap on the varitone AND the one on the tone control, making things very muddy, indistinct, and quiet. Haven't decided yet what (if anything) to do about it... I hate having a knob on my guitar that's useless!
I installed a 3-way varitone (.005uF, .022uF & .047uF) on my Westone and I find that I barely use it. I absolutely hate the .047 because it's so dark, but I do find that going to the .005 every once in a while gives me kind of a cool, subtle, honky-cocked-wah kind of tone when rolled all the way down (that, with the phase reverse and some decent dirt makes a pretty good "Money for Nothing" sound). Thinking about doing something crazy like replacing the .047 with a Black Ice, just for grins.
My BC Rich has a 5-way varitone on it which I find to be a complete waste of space. Their design is all wrong and it ends up using both the cap on the varitone AND the one on the tone control, making things very muddy, indistinct, and quiet. Haven't decided yet what (if anything) to do about it... I hate having a knob on my guitar that's useless!
leevc5
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Re: Rotary switch with 12 caps - Tone control to Major Tom
The capacitor selection rotary switch makes more sense (to me) without the resistor. That way you introduce a pure load capacity, which is a different effect from just cutting off treble like a tone control circuit does. The effect with a load capacitor is similar to various length cables, without the trouble of trying many cables.
The capacitor selection rotary switch makes more sense (to me) without the resistor. That way you introduce a pure load capacity, which is a different effect from just cutting off treble like a tone control circuit does. The effect with a load capacitor is similar to various length cables, without the trouble of trying many cables.
