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com presents

Low Rider
FX TYPE: OCTAVE
m2011madbeanpedalsReleasedate:09.26.11

Thereareveryfewclean,analogoctavedownprojectsavailabletoDIYers.ThePearlOctaveris
offersnotonlyoneandtwooctavesdown,butanoctaveupandveryrespectabletracking.TheLow
Riderisafaithfulreproductiononthecircuit,availableforthefirsttimeinathroughholelayoutona
singlePCB.
Thisisanintensivebuildwithalotofcomponents.However,ifyouarepatientandplanaheaditwill
beaveryrewardingbuildamilestoneforthosewantingtotakeonachallenge.
Veryspecialthankstowww.gaussmarkov.net,withoutwhomthisprojectwouldnotbepossible.Note
thatIhavealteredtheirschematicslightlytocorrelatewiththisparticularproject,butthecreditgoes
tothemforbothdrawingitsowell,andofferingtheEagleschematicasadownload.Pleasevisit
www.gaussmarkov.netformanyothercoolDIYprojects!

Controls
CLEAN:Thecleansignalvolume
UOCT1:Octaveupvolume
DOCT1:1st octavedownvolume
DOCT2:2nd octavedownvolume
TRIM:Setstheoverallstrengthoftheupperoctave

Notes

Thefourpotsareindependentofeachother.Thismeansyoucandialinanyblendofclean,
octaveup,1st and2nd octavedown.Thisisasupercoolfeature!

Tosetthetrimpot,turntheCLEAN,DOCT1,DOCT2allthewaydownandtheOCT1allthe
wayup.Nowadjustthetrimpotforthemostprominentupperoctaveyoucanachieve.

Ifoundthat2n5457transistorsworkedalittlebetterthanthestock2SK30fortracking.They
arealsoeasiertosource.

TherearemanytypesoftheCD4013IC.IfoundtheCD4013BCN(purchasedfromsmallbear)
gaveexcellentresults.

Youshouldbeabletouseanygermaniumtypeofdiodeifyoucannotgetthe1n34a.

ThisPCBallowsyoutouse16mmPCBmountedpotsJ

Mods
Increasetheupperoctave
Thestockversionofthecircuithasafairlyweakupperoctaveincomparisontothetwooctaves
down.ToincreasethestrengthoftheupperoctaveyoucanomitC10andC12.However,thismay
maketheoctavesoundalittlefuzzy.IendedupleavingC12off,andusinga1ninsteadof10nfor
C10.Thisresultedinaniceoctavewithouttoomuchfuzziness.
SpecialthankstoforummemberScruffieforsuggestingthismod!

LayoutDiagram

YoucanseeashortdemooftheLowRiderinactionhere:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EvgnMvfs_I

BillofMaterials
Resistors
R1
1K
R2
1M
R3
10K
R4
1M
R5
2K7
R6
10K
R7
22K
R8
330K
R9
330K
R10
33K
R11
1M
R12
10K
R13
10K
R14
10K
R15
24K
R16
10K
R17
220K
R18
5K6
R19
100K
R20
47K
R21
47K
R22
27K
R23
100K
R24
22K
R25
330K
R26
330K

Resistors
R27
47K
R28
47K
R29
27K
R30
100K
R31
22K
R32
330K
R33
330K
R34
10K
R35
12K
R36
33K
R37
1M
R38
1K
R39
10K
R40
1K
R41
10K
R42
68K
R43
33K
R44
33K
R45
1M
R46
120K
R47
1M
R48
220K
R49
56K
R50
100K
R51
10K
R52
10K
R53
1M
R54
1M
R55
160K

Caps
C1
330p
C2
33n
C3
1uF
C4
10uF
C5
10n
C6
2n2
C7
220p
C8
330p
C9
100n
C10
10n
C11
47n
C12
33n
C13
1uF
C14
1uF
C15
22n
C16
4n7
C17
470p
C18
1uF
C19
47n
C20
10n
C21
1n
C22
220u
C23
100u
C24
1uF
C25
1uF
C26
10n

Transistors
Q1
J201
Q2,Q3
2SK30
Diodes
D1D7 1N4148
D8,D9
1N34a
ICs
IC1
TL072
IC2
LM324
IC3,IC4 CD4013
IC5,IC6
TL074
Trimpot
TRIM
100KB
Pots
CLEAN 100KB
UOCT1 100KB
DOCT1 100KB
DOCT2 100KB

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Imagesize5.805x6.8