Pork Barrel, volume drop when not in "vibe" mode

[sgmezei]

I built my ver.2 Pork Barrel and it is sound great but I have a huge volume drop when I don't have the "vibe" mod activated.

I also don't know if I hear any difference with the "wet" mod engaged.

The pedal sounds great when in vibe mode though . I don't know where to start debugging on this guy.

[madbean]

Double check you values for R9, R10 and R11. You can half the value of R9 to get more dry output. However, you should not have a big volume drop as you are describing. So, R9 might be the cause of that.

[sgmezei]

R9, R10, and R11 are all stock values. I am going to pull R9 and socket it. Maybe I can half it. It is not a subtle volume drop though. Hmmmmm

[sgmezei]

I socketed R9. When I halved the value, the volume increased in "vibe" mode. I am talking about when the vibe switch is connecting the two pads. Changing R9 affected only that volume.

I double checked R5, R6, R8, R9, R10, R11 and R27. They are all the same values as the build doc.

[jkokura]

Where is your mix knob? Unless your mix knob is all the way up, on vibe mode you will be quiet no matter what. The mix knob acts like a volume control for the vibe mode.

Jacob

[sgmezei]

Thanks Jacob and everybody! The mix knob was definetly a big factor. I am still finding a slight volume drop, but not like before.

I swapped R9 between 47k and 27k and it only makes the "vibe" mode louder. Is there any way I can increase the output of non-vibe mode so there is no volume drop at all when it is turned on?