Something Old, Something New..ish. Aeons + Dreamtimr

[zombie_rock123]

I really really love this circuit. I love metal, and playing mostly through headphones it's been tougher than I thought to find a pedal that wouldn't sound like a tortoise's yeehaw noise. The Triple Wreck didn't rustle my jimmies, I screwed the Dr Boogie kit I bought a decade ago harder than my student loans does my salary (shout out to English Literature..) and I'd kinda just stopped trying. But I found this beast in a box and gave it a shot.

I hope the chap behind Grind is doing fantastically well as they were awesome at what they did. Miss that site man. Also, Apetone, I've still got a Lamphrey ready to populate but where did your bad self go?

Anyway, metal for days. It does a chug, it does a widdley widdley. Someone needs to do a do-over on this one PCB wise as I don't know anywhere that currently provides, I know Jimilee would be down (unless I'm misremembering one of his posts, sorry if I am!).




And the something new..ish. I have figured it out, if you need some hot tips on using a cheap laser to engrave powdercoat from Tayda, the secrets are: Every enclosure coating is different, so f*ck your settings, just hit some numbers and go. And most importantly - don't - and I can't stress this enough - don't kick your USB cable clean out of your laptop with 10 minutes left on the burn. That one is critical as I feel that the data transfer was a bit diminished when it dinged to a stop, I plugged back in, it reset the home position to four nautical miles away and carried on the rest of the design in a different area code. So yeah, Dreamtime became Dreamtimr with a crap A. But I've got a spiffy piece of MDF with a half a letter A and the rest of the R.

Also, Tayda aren't restocking the Mini micro subatomic switches until 2040 so I'll have that sorted as soon as I join Space Precinct, but I don't care and probably won't bother - this is the last delay I need. The FX knob packs so much in, I spent hours fannying about with this thing and it's just too much sound-wise for a 1590A. Beautiful circuit and I'm gutted I missed this until now. Massive thanks to Brian!

[cooder]

Excellent builds!

[Thewintersoldier]

Super clean builds. Those laser etches look fantastic. And those smd IC's are super clean. I could never work in a 1590a like that, fantastic!

[Bio77]

Great builds!  What kind of jacks are those on the Aeons?

[zombie_rock123]

Cheers guys!

Great builds!  What kind of jacks are those on the Aeons?

They're these, I much prefer them to Lumbergs as they feel more secure but take up much more space https://www.mouser.co.uk/ProductDetail/REAN/RJ3VM-S?qs=bPYCDBrImPcldmgqrvk2Qg%3D%3D

[alanp]

Oh, nice. Shame about the laser issue, as it's otherwise immaculate.

The 'Gate' is the gamechanging feature on the Aeons, from memory!

What do you think about the overall sound of the Dreamtime? I have one I need to finish up... :/

[zombie_rock123]

You're right, the gate is fucking awesome on it! Looking at the schematic it's a wonder it hasn't popped up in more places.

The Dreamtime is just all sorts of super sounds. I normally don't get on with delays but Brian must have done something to the filtering as sits just right where I want it just behind my playing no matter where I have the mix. And the FX knob is crazy having that much variation on one pot. I kinda want to rehouse it in a bigger box to highlight it a bit. Absolutely worth the 1590A ballache!

[harryklippton]

Did you 3d print a pedal holder?

[zombie_rock123]

Nah I'm too dim for 3d printing, that's a cheap aluminium phone stand from Aliexpress

[mjg]

Nice stuff!  I built the Aeons, umm, eons ago, and it still gets regular use.  It is a great sound. 

And honestly, if you hadn't have mentioned kicking the USB cable, I would have assumed that was on purpose.  Just claim it's art and you're good.

[nzCdog]

They look great!