Lab 6

Analogue Electronics Lab 6

Part(s) 1-2:

RC Lowpass filter:

RC Highpass filter:

Part(s) 3-4:

Switch Lowpass/Highpass Circuit:

Part 5(Final Project):

a) Describe in a few sentences a Final Project you think you could build, which would be interesting to you, which appears to be at about the skill level of the analog students from last year.

Building a coloration circuit like a distortion or analogue saturator looks like an acheivable final project. This appears to be around the skill level of analogue students last year. The most compelling model circuit from last year was Shane Patterson’s “SATURIZER”. The “SATURIZER” is mostly a passive circuit but I think having a passive circuit with a unique sonic texture would be a cool thing to design and tweak.

b) Describe in a few sentences something you could build which you think might be slightly more difficult than that, but maybe possible, which would make a compelling Final Project for you.

As I said in the (a) response, I want to try and build a distortion or coloration circuit. I am most intrigued by Shane Patterson’s “SATURIZER”, as I like the idea of having most of the circuit be passive. But to increast the difficulty, perhaps making a coloration pedal that controls different types of frequencies. So one would be a “saturation” circuit, but a switch would be added to turn on or off a low pass and high pass filter to the saturizer, so  the effect could be applied to certain frequincies.

c) Describe in a few sentences any type of professional, sold-in-stores analog audio electronics which you find compelling and wish you could understand, design, and build.

I find the BOSS DS-1 distortion to be a classic distortion pedal that is still in fashion today. I would love to understand and build a distortion pedal like the BOSS DS-1 or like Electro-Harmonix’s Electric Mistress stereo flanger, which may be a more obvious sonic effect.