Members warioblast Posted July 24, 2011 Members Share Posted July 24, 2011 If so who makes some ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted July 24, 2011 Share Posted July 24, 2011 Why would you want to / to do what? You can buy them, or you can build one yourself: http://ruinwesen.com/blog?id=1325 But for the life of me, I'm not sure why you'd want to use one in a boost pedal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members V Posted July 24, 2011 Members Share Posted July 24, 2011 Hmm. I can think of one use for it. You could use it to trigger a noise gate to eliminate unwanted crap from your signal when not playing. Otherwise...I guess you could tie it to a tone control? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tape Posted July 24, 2011 Members Share Posted July 24, 2011 vactrols can be put in absolutely anything! I could put one in my celphone carger to control battery charging bias through CV I think we can better answer your question if you told us what you want the vactrol to do, and also what controls the vactrol. a vactrol is a two-part component. there's the half of it that controls a part of a circuit, and the other half that's controlled by something else. that's the only way vactrols are used. do you want to drive a boost with an LFO or through CV? that would make sense to use a vactrol. do you want to add a noise gate to a boost? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tape Posted July 24, 2011 Members Share Posted July 24, 2011 Hmm. I can think of one use for it. You could use it to trigger a noise gate to eliminate unwanted crap from your signal when not playing. that's exactly what I used one for my ringmods! as a noise gate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tape Posted July 24, 2011 Members Share Posted July 24, 2011 I use these:http://www.silonex.com/audiohm/index.html they're available cheaply from alliedhttp://www.alliedelec.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members V Posted July 24, 2011 Members Share Posted July 24, 2011 Hmm lfo boost...kind of like the opposite of a tremolo. Periodically makes your signal way loud. Crackle not ok with that design I'm afraid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members warioblast Posted July 24, 2011 Author Members Share Posted July 24, 2011 I like the Demulator tremulator as a clean boost. Though I'm not really using it as a boost, because I have no really control on the 'boost' effect. Seeing the Tremulator is valcro-based I was just wondering if there was any vactrol-based clean boost. I'm no expert to say if it's doable or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members youngpedals Posted July 24, 2011 Members Share Posted July 24, 2011 vactrols have been used as variable gain elements for many moons, like compressors Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted July 24, 2011 Share Posted July 24, 2011 vactrols have been used as variable gain elements for many moons, like compressors Sure - they're great for compressors, and I suppose you can use a compressor as a boost (as long as it has an output gain control), but I can't see what purpose or advantage there would be in using a vactrol in a straight clean boost pedal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members youngpedals Posted July 24, 2011 Members Share Posted July 24, 2011 The only advantage i can think of is that it could be voltage controlled. Other than that i agree:idk: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members THAT4301 Posted July 24, 2011 Members Share Posted July 24, 2011 Basically what you want to do mate is disconnect the LFO from the trem and replace the vactrol with a pot to control the gain then you'll have that boost you're looking for Honestly this thread is like saying "I really like the way my EQ pedal sounds as a boost. Are there any boost pedals that use sliders instead of pots?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members V Posted July 24, 2011 Members Share Posted July 24, 2011 Yeah it sounds like you want the tremolo pedal's non-vactrol portion by itself, really. It probably has a boost circuit to compensate for volume loss percieved from having a trem going. Also, noticed your sig martin. Are you going to start incorporating tessellator features into the looker? *Nudge: You should mke some more of those. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tape Posted July 24, 2011 Members Share Posted July 24, 2011 as others are saying, it's not because the trem uses a vactrol that you like it. trems often need vactrols because there's an LFO (chop chop) controlling the signal's volume several times a second. if remove the trem part, you can remove the vactrol as well and just replace the vactrol's output with a pot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members youngpedals Posted July 24, 2011 Members Share Posted July 24, 2011 Are you going to start incorporating tessellator features into the looker? I'm adding an external volume knob. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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