Joke's on you, a Decepticon only provides a placebo effect!
That orange cap is probably unimportant, it's a bypass capacitor to the V+ supply pin, it's basically there because without it the opamp (may) oscillate.View attachment 7025885
I've seen that pedal and I'm curious about it.
But it's interesting to me that even with the transformer in there to color the audio, they wiped the markings off that capacitor and IC to make copying the circuit more difficult.
Definitely a more elegant solution than "gooping" the circuit...but a clear indication that the transformer isn't the only major component in the tonal recipe.
When people use the word "game changer" I immediately have the following reaction:This was precisely my point. People often make statements about these types of things being game changers that make a huge difference, but when you measure the actual difference, it is often times insignificant. The setup you've described has a number of elements that would add variables and detract from control, but it would provide some level of detail if anyone wanted to do the analysis via a simple null test as described.
That'll show 'em!When people use the word "game changer" I immediately have the following reaction:
- I want to punch them in the face;
- I am immediately put off the product in question.
There is a Latvian (or maybe Lithuanian, doesn't matter, still ungrateful former Soviet Baltic ) company called Gamechanger Audio whose name means I will *never* own anything by them. Also because their "Gamechangers" are not that special either.
Broughton Studio Boost or the TalkBass-project „Trans-Boost“ have transformers.
As it turns out, placebo is my favorite tone.Joke's on you, a Decepticon only provides a placebo effect!
That is correct Bogner worked with Rupert Neve on the transformer and circuit designs, transformers are an integral part of nearly every Neve designed circuit.I think there are some Bogner pedals with a transformer, Harlow?
I recently did a deep dive attempting to understand the application of audio transformers in pedals (and learn enough to cut through the hype / marketing speak surrounding them).Broughton Studio Boost or the TalkBass-project „Trans-Boost“ have transformers.
I have the Lightning Boy 23Fe, a deliberately "bad" transformer, the effect on tone of which is pretty obvious; it's the only thing in that device, and so it really has to to be what makes the difference. Whether it's detectable "in the mix" (whatever that means) is clearly debatable and entirely context-dependent. I have both the API LLX and CMP as well as a Hudson Broadcast and a Russian fuzz with a transformer (to isolate the input from upstream buffers), and while I like them all, I couldn't say whether my enjoyment of them has anything to do with the transformers therein.yeah those trannies are tiny in those pedals (pedals are tiny too!). more windings equals more tonal change. that lightning boy stuff is just marketing BS. Look up the Michael Jackson Bass DI, it's a UTC LS-50x, which weigh 20 pounds (they're also used in tube amps, mic preamps, etc.). why the bass sound huge on thriller album? because the tranny was huge.
Also, I wonder why we don't see DSP emulation of these output transformers? It would cheaper if the device already has a DSP, and some controls could be added.
Or like when you microdose psychedelic drugs, or forget to take our ADHD and antipsychotic meds...@el murdoque & @markjazzbassist I have Several of the Lightning Boy transformers; 2020, 2020s, 23Fe; each offer a subtle but tasty addition much like adding that hidden flavor to your favorite tone brew. I have stacked all three and tried the various combinations, there was something there but very difficult to quantify. To use an analogy it is like a secret ingredient that you might not know what it is but you know when it's missing, like for example when I forget to put a bay leaf or a pinch of MSG when I make a pot of beans. Or for @markjazzbassist like forgetting the file` in your gumbo . Of course you have to smack those LBA transformers pretty hard to get the best result.
Yes, as I recall.Doesn't the JHS Color Box preamp have a build in transformer as well?