BYOC Analog Delay

[lego4040]

This is probably the third or forth build of mine from about ten years ago. It was a challenge for me back then to build and set. It must have fell at one point cause I have had to change the dpdt switch and a have a loose connection or two so I'll need to reflow solder. It works but I have to reset all the trim pots. This was a bitch as you can see all the trims but it is a beautiful sounding Analog Delay. BYOC did this one right, it's still available and probably one of their originals when they started offering full kits.

[BrianS]

Yikes.  Trimmer nightmare lol. That might send me off the deep end.

[somnif]

Using a 3102 to run 4 other 3102s.... what an interesting set up.

[culturejam]

This was a bitch as you can see all the trims but it is a beautiful sounding Analog Delay. BYOC did this one right, it's still available and probably one of their originals when they started offering full kits.

I built two of these, and honestly I didn't care for either. The CoolAudio 3205s that I had were just so noisy that I couldn't get past it.

Definitely not one of the original kits, however. The first kit delay was a PT2399, which came out around 2006 just before I started building pedals), and they had kits before that. The analog delay was in 2008, if I recall correctly.

[culturejam]

Just realized my above post might have come off sort of dickly. That really wasn't my intention. 

[timbo_93631]

But yeah, trimmers ahoy!  Building this in '08 would have been impossible for me, and I'm sure a challenge to calibrate today!

*edited lest I appear dickly as well!

[Scruffie]

Just realized my above post might have come off sort of dickly. That really wasn't my intention. 

In all fairness, it's a really crap design, it doesn't even have pre/de-emphasis and as somnif pointed out, it takes 5 clock chips for 2 clock chips job.

[alanp]

It's a brave designer who uses four v3205d chips in series.

[culturejam]

Just realized my above post might have come off sort of dickly. That really wasn't my intention. 

In all fairness, it's a really crap design, it doesn't even have pre/de-emphasis and as somnif pointed out, it takes 5 clock chips for 2 clock chips job.

Yeah well, there's that. I just thought maybe it was a bit douchey to disagree on the tone of the pedal and then correct my friend Lego on the release timeframe of the kit. I really don't like swooping in on a thread and dumping on things. 

[Muadzin]

I've never built the BYOC analog delay, it was a bit too pricey for my taste, but I do have two of their digital delays. Not that I prefer it over the analog, but I do like the way how it colored my sound. For years I had one on my board. always on, delays almost turned down to zero, as a sort of preamp.

[Govmnt_Lacky]

...it takes 5 clock chips for 2 clock chips job.

Was immediately thinking the same thing! Why 5 clocks when 2 would do the job?

[madbean]

Pfft. You think that's a lot of trimmers? Just look at the AD-999!



I actually have one of the BYOC delays I bought from someone years ago. I had intended to put in BL3208 in it...half the delay but overall a better sounding BBD. I should bust it out.

[timbo_93631]

Pfft. You think that's a lot of trimmers? Just look at the AD-999!

But Brian, those are _orange_ trimmers which makes them inherently easier to calibrate.  I know because I use orange wire, the _best_ wire, and lots of it!  Pfft indeed.

[Govmnt_Lacky]

Keep in mind.... the BL3208 is no longer in production. Only the BL3207s are.

[lego4040]

culture jam, 2008 seems about right, I'm living in my new apt 8 years and I had this pedal before I moved in. It is a bit noisy and when I try to calibrate the cancel on chip one I don't hear any noise at all which is weird. On chip 2,3,4, there is a high pitch that you have to calibrate out. When I play in long delay mode its a little distorted and farty. I started with the BYOC back in the day because I didn't have to source out parts, complete noob back then. I'm not the happiest camper with this pedal the past few days and now I remember why I left it in the to fix pile. I'm gonna close it up and put it away, I guess I have to build a new one. Any recommendations? I don't want to build a PT2339, Analog would be my first choice