Airis savage drive: based on what?

[m-Kresol]

A friend asked me, if I heard of the Airis savage drive and if I could possibly built him something along those lines. Obviously he was shooting for a clone, but I have found next to nothing about it online.

It's a 4-knob drive pedal (vol, drive, bass (tight), tone (bite)) using one IC (likely an opamp) and 2 transistors, so I'm thinking it could be some kind of cranked tubescreamer.

https://www.airiseffects.com/store/p1/savagedrive.html




Any input? Thanks

[somnif]

PedalPCB has a clone board available, and the schematic in the build docs.

Its vaguely Screamer-ish, though no clippers, and a bit more control in the first op-amp stage.

https://www.pedalpcb.com/docs/WonderDrive.pdf

[Bio77]

Fun challenge!  I looked through a few build docs on Aion electronics, because he has so many drives.  The only one I found that didn't have any pF caps and one op-amp was Maxon/Ibanez SD-9 Sonic Distortion. Also, looks like diodes are taken out, i.e.,  permanent lift mode.

[lars]

Actually, this circuit looks a lot like the Ibanez Black Noise, without the clipping diodes and gyrator tone control. It pretty much sounds exactly like it too:

(maybe just buy a Black Noise for way cheaper?)

[m-Kresol]

thanks for all the input guys. Will have a look at your suggestions