VU meters for pedals?

[GhostofJohnToad]

Was thinking it would be cool to incorporate a VU meter in a future build.  I guess my questions are:

1) Could it even work? maybe as a LFO sort of visual feedback, clipping indicator, or a signal level meter.
2) Are there any small enough to fit on a 1590BB at least?

[drezdn]

The Beavis Fuzz Lab has them, but I'm not sure what they're "measuring."

[jprizz]

This one does too:
http://www.madbeanpedals.com/forum/index.php?topic=9409.0

[selfdestroyer]

I have seen a fuzz face that had the voltage for the transistors somewhere.. Might have been here or FSB forum. Was pretty cool.

[jimilee]

I saw one on diysb where someone bought a cheap meter with the vu on it and hooked it up to the dc jack

[GhostofJohnToad]

This one does too:
http://www.madbeanpedals.com/forum/index.php?topic=9409.0

^^^I especially like this implementation. 

Glad to know some people have done this.  Guess I'm going to have to buy some and monkey around.

[drezdn]

Can't wait to see how it turns out (and then try it).

[Effectsiation]

Yeah, in my experience people mostly use them to measure voltage, when connecting a "Sag" or "Starve" pot to the DC Jack.

[aballen]

I was thinking a full on spectrum analyzer.  Like this:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/32-32-large-screen-RGB-Audio-LED-Level-Meter-display-Spectrum-Analyzer-amp-/111059161282?pt=US_Signal_Processors_Rack_Effects&hash=item19dba450c2

[gordo]

I just like lots of lights and switches.  I may have been a trout in a previous life...

[jimilee]

I was thinking a full on spectrum analyzer.  Like this:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/32-32-large-screen-RGB-Audio-LED-Level-Meter-display-Spectrum-Analyzer-amp-/111059161282?pt=US_Signal_Processors_Rack_Effects&hash=item19dba450c2

That would be awesome! Spendy though.

[ch1naski]

Cortex has a digital vu that shows bias voltage on one of his fuzz creations....pretty cool.

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[spaceboss]

I'm also very interested in this curious how you'd hook something like this up to a pedal, to show output in db.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/2pcs-VU-Panel-Meter-500-A-Warm-Back-Light-Audio-Tube-Amp-630-Ohm-DC-AC-6V-to-12V-/390611279951?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item5af23f204f

What do you hook up where, and do you need a resistor, etc? I don't know if it is possible to do what I want in a simple way...

(I'm not even remotely interested in it being properly calibrated, I just want to see the meter move when I play. )

[jimilee]

I'm also very interested in this curious how you'd hook something like this up to a pedal, to show output

(I'm not even remotely interested in it being properly calibrated, I just want to see the meter move when I play. )

Hell yeah! Guitar players are the coolest. My guitar player took his tuner off his board so he could have room for another dirt pedal!
/derail

[ch1naski]

Jimi...lol

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