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Right around March 10th or sooner. I've also got restocks coming at the same time including all the VFE projects. There's another 10 or so projects that will drop soon after that, too.

Do you hear the relay click when you turn the effect on?

Hey guys, recently had a request from someone to add a rate LED to a Polytrog I build for them. I assume it will follow the "rate" pot if I put it in parallel with the LDR LEDs? If I do this, should I put it after all of the vactrol LEDs and then lower R42 to ~250R? This is a complex circuit compared to what I normally mod, so want to make sure I cover my butt before I start poking around in it!

If I wanted it to pulse with the "mod rate" pot, where would be the best place to tap into that voltage? Thanks!

For the Rate pot you would put the LED in series with VC1-3_L, nt in parallel. Lowering R42 might compensate or prove unnecessary. For the Mod_Rate I'd try a 10k CLR and LED connected to pin7 of IC9_B first. Do it on a breadboard where you can easily disconnect the LED and see if it impacts performance.

These are just educated guesses.

I only just saw this thread. I'm not sure how a CE-2 would sound with a purely sine wave modulation. I think it might ened up sounding a little lop sided because the peaks and valleys would be much more drawn out.

However, this is DIY so all ideas are a good starting point. My suggestion is to take a different approach and maybe adapt one of the Electric Druid microcontrollers to be the modulation engine. Then you could use all sorts of different wave types, not just sine and triangle. Take a look at the Flangelicious project and consider how you might have to work it into a chorus design. It might require a BBD with extra stages, or some other wizadry.

Update: the headers came today after all.

Dope! How about the coming soon stuff?

Well I have no choice except get them out ASAP (plus the other 10 that are basically ready) so I can work on the Microsynth. I'm gonna set a much better pace this year.

Also, I have a small handful of Archibald and Harbinger2 boards not listed in the store. PM me if you would like one.

Back in stock: SSABP, 9mmBB, CurrentLover, Freeloader, IMP, JunkTrunk, Kezurokai, PorkBarrel, Prognosticator, RoughCut, ScareBear, Shortbus, Skoolie and Transponder.

Couple notes:
-TrashCompactor: if you order this with the 4305 chip it will be soldered directly to the main PCB rather than an adapter board.
-Orders with Skoolies will not ship until Friday. The 8pin female headers I include with these were supposed to be here today but are running behind.



I will have more restocks coming probably the first week of February.

That is correct. You will need to manually wire a CLR if you are not using one of the bypass boards. Most of the designs since 2024 are set up this way to make all the drill spots for the LEDs consistent (16mm to the left of the 3PDT). If you want a bypass board, I'm happy to drop one in the mail to you, no charge.

There is a general template in the VFE bypass doc. It works for all the older VFE builds. I don't recall if I ever made one for the Tayda drill service but I certainly can.

Same to y'all! We had some unexpected traveling to do but everything worked out.

I don't know about you guys but I'm ready for 2025 to be in the rear view mirror:)

I placed a JLC order the other day and stupidly forgot to order even just 5 of my Muff2 layout. Sheesh.

[DO NOT PASTE THIS IN THE delauftcolors.scr - create a separate one.]

That would be great! Thanks.

This will change your colors for both schematic and layout to the ones I use. The difference is my colors are much more muted in both to reduce eye strain. Only the most used layers have color changes so you can modify the rest as you like. Please be sure to back any important pref files before making this change and I don't take any responsibility for changes you make. That said, it's straight forward. This is for 7.7. I've attached a zip of the SCR I use if you wanna skip all that stuff.

DO NOT PASTE THIS IN THE delauftcolors.scr - create a separate one.

• Copy the text below into a text file and save it.
• Name the file something like "MyCustomColors"
• Rename the file extension from .txt to .scr.
• Place the file in your Eagle SCR folder
• Open the Layout app then open the file you created using the SCR button
• In the Options menu set Layout Background to use the Colored option and Schematic Background to Black option.
• If you don't like the colors, you can revert back to the default by running the defaultcolors.scr

set palette black;

set palette  0 0xFF000000;
set palette  1 0xB43232C8;
set palette  2 0xB41A6B1A;
set palette  3 0xB432C8C8;
set palette  4 0xFF812020;
set palette  5 0xB4C832C8;
set palette  6 0xB4C8C832;
set palette  7 0xB4C8C8C8;
set palette  8 0x643D3D3D;
set palette  9 0xB40000FF;
set palette 10 0xB400FF00;
set palette 11 0xB400FFFF;
set palette 12 0xB4FF0000;
set palette 13 0xB4FF00FF;
set palette 14 0xB4FFFF00;
set palette 15 0xB4FFFFFF;
set palette 16 0xC8CC6600;
set palette 17 0xC8CC9900;
set palette 18 0xC8336600;
set palette 19 0xC8666633;
set palette 20 0xC8669966;
set palette 21 0xC8336666;
set palette 22 0xC8009966;
set palette 23 0xC8006699;
set palette 24 0xC8FF9900;
set palette 25 0xC8FFCC33;
set palette 26 0xC8669900;
set palette 27 0xC8999966;
set palette 28 0xC899CC99;
set palette 29 0xC8669999;
set palette 30 0xC833CC99;
set palette 31 0xC80099CC;
set palette 32 0xC8996699;
set palette 33 0xC8CC9999;
set palette 34 0xC8CC6666;
set palette 35 0xC8660033;
set palette 36 0xC8663366;
set palette 37 0xC8996666;
set palette 38 0xC8336699;
set palette 39 0xC8339999;
set palette 40 0xC8CC99CC;
set palette 41 0xC8FFCCCC;
set palette 42 0xC8FF9999;
set palette 43 0xC8990033;
set palette 44 0xC8996699;
set palette 45 0xC8CC9999;
set palette 46 0xC86699CC;
set palette 47 0xC866CCCC;
set palette 48 0xC8FBAF5D;
set palette 49 0xC8AFD134;
set palette 50 0xC86A6A6A;
set palette 51 0xC87E7E7E;
set palette 52 0xC87E7E7E;
set palette 53 0xC8969696;
set palette 54 0xC8969696;
set palette 55 0xC8969696;
set palette 56 0xC8FDC689;
set palette 57 0xC8D9FF3D;
set palette 58 0xC8E3E3E3;
set palette 59 0xC8D62525;
set palette 60 0xC839D437;
set palette 61 0xC8E6E600;
set palette 62 0xC82C7BCE;
set palette 63 0xC89526DE;

set palette white;

set palette  1 0xB4000080;
set palette  2 0xB4008000;
set palette  3 0xB4008080;
set palette  4 0xB4800000;
set palette  5 0xB4800080;
set palette  6 0xB4808000;
set palette  7 0xB4505050;
set palette  8 0xB4C0C0C0;
set palette  9 0xB40000FF;
set palette 10 0xB400FF00;
set palette 11 0xB400FFFF;
set palette 12 0xB4FF0000;
set palette 13 0xB4FF00FF;
set palette 14 0xB4FFFF00;
set palette 15 0xB4000000;
set palette 16 0xC8CC6600;
set palette 17 0xC8CC9900;
set palette 18 0xC8336600;
set palette 19 0xC8666633;
set palette 20 0xC8669966;
set palette 21 0xC8336666;
set palette 22 0xC8009966;
set palette 23 0xC8006699;
set palette 24 0xC8FF9900;
set palette 25 0xC8FFCC33;
set palette 26 0xC8669900;
set palette 27 0xC8999966;
set palette 28 0xC899CC99;
set palette 29 0xC8669999;
set palette 30 0xC833CC99;
set palette 31 0xC80099CC;
set palette 32 0xC8996699;
set palette 33 0xC8CC9999;
set palette 34 0xC8CC6666;
set palette 35 0xC8660033;
set palette 36 0xC8663366;
set palette 37 0xC8996666;
set palette 38 0xC8336699;
set palette 39 0xC8339999;
set palette 40 0xC8CC99CC;
set palette 41 0xC8FFCCCC;
set palette 42 0xC8FF9999;
set palette 43 0xC8990033;
set palette 44 0xC8996699;
set palette 45 0xC8CC9999;
set palette 46 0xC86699CC;
set palette 47 0xC866CCCC;
set palette 48 0xC8FBAF5D;
set palette 49 0xC8AFD134;
set palette 50 0xC86A6A6A;
set palette 51 0xC87E7E7E;
set palette 52 0xC87E7E7E;
set palette 53 0xC8969696;
set palette 54 0xC8969696;
set palette 55 0xC8969696;
set palette 56 0xC8FDC689;
set palette 57 0xC8D9FF3D;
set palette 58 0xC8E3E3E3;
set palette 59 0xC8D62525;
set palette 60 0xC839D437;
set palette 61 0xC8E6E600;
set palette 62 0xC82C7BCE;
set palette 63 0xC89526DE;

set palette colored;

set palette  0 0xFF000000;
set palette  1 0xC8253647;
set palette  2 0xB4847145;
set palette  3 0xB4008080;
set palette  4 0xC8552C2C;
set palette  5 0xB4800080;
set palette  6 0x64FF0000;
set palette  7 0xB4B4B4B4;
set palette  8 0x784B4B4B;
set palette  9 0xC84B6E91;
set palette 10 0xB4AF955B;
set palette 11 0xB400FFFF;
set palette 12 0xC8984E4E;
set palette 13 0xB4FF00FF;
set palette 14 0xB4FFFF00;
set palette 15 0xB4B4B4B4;
set palette 16 0xC8CC6600;
set palette 17 0xC8CC9900;
set palette 18 0xC8336600;
set palette 19 0xC8666633;
set palette 20 0xC8669966;
set palette 21 0xC8336666;
set palette 22 0xC8009966;
set palette 23 0xC8006699;
set palette 24 0xC8FF9900;
set palette 25 0xC8FFCC33;
set palette 26 0xC8669900;
set palette 27 0xC8999966;
set palette 28 0xC899CC99;
set palette 29 0xC8669999;
set palette 30 0xC833CC99;
set palette 31 0xC80099CC;
set palette 32 0xC8996699;
set palette 33 0xC8CC9999;
set palette 34 0xC8CC6666;
set palette 35 0xC8660033;
set palette 36 0xC8663366;
set palette 37 0xC8996666;
set palette 38 0xC8336699;
set palette 39 0xC8339999;
set palette 40 0xC8CC99CC;
set palette 41 0xC8FFCCCC;
set palette 42 0xC8FF9999;
set palette 43 0xC8990033;
set palette 44 0xC8996699;
set palette 45 0xC8CC9999;
set palette 46 0xC86699CC;
set palette 47 0xC866CCCC;
set palette 48 0xC8FBAF5D;
set palette 49 0xC8AFD134;
set palette 50 0xC86A6A6A;
set palette 51 0xC87E7E7E;
set palette 52 0xC87E7E7E;
set palette 53 0xC8969696;
set palette 54 0xC8969696;
set palette 55 0xC8969696;
set palette 56 0xC8FDC689;
set palette 57 0xC8D9FF3D;
set palette 58 0xC8E3E3E3;
set palette 59 0xC8D62525;
set palette 60 0xC839D437;
set palette 61 0xC8E6E600;
set palette 62 0xC82C7BCE;
set palette 63 0xC89526DE;

Brian, do you charge the layer colors to get them more pleasantly dark?

Yes, I have the most used layers set to custom colors to make everything easy on my eyes. I can share the settings if you want.

Maybe I'll just give this one to the community to do with as they please!

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Here's what I was able to pick off from the drawings that are out there now.

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