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January 30, 2023 at 7:21 am #27508
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GuestHey folks,
i’m Joe from grmany and this is my first post here.
I’m a very beginner, so please be patient with me… 😉
I purchased the buff’n blend as a complete kit via the Musikding online shop in germany and managed it, to build the pedal.
The pedal works pretty fine as long, as it’s powered via a 9 V battery, but when I use a DC adaptor (9 V / 600 mA), there’s a really annoying background noise (only in active mode, not when bypassed). My english is quite poor, that’s why I don’t know how to describe the noise, it’s kind of varying squeak or beep sounds.
Maybe someone could give me a hint, how I can get rid of that?
Thanks in advance! 🙂
January 30, 2023 at 11:54 am #27509Anonymous
GuestOh, and I should mention, that I use the buff’n blend circuit standalone as an own pedal, I am bass player and like to experiment with some guitar overdrive pedals.
Here is an image of the guts, the transistor is a J113 and I replaced the jumper at R5 with a 1 k resistor.
January 30, 2023 at 2:22 pm #27511
PlaysforfunModeratorWelcome, toxonic. Congratulations on your first build being a success. So the experience you are having is very common. And by the looks of your excellent build, you haven’t done anything wrong. It’s possible for strong radio frequencies to invade audio circuits. That’s why we surround the circuit with the aluminum case that we are grounded to. That should take care of that sort of noise. Worse is the noise within our house or apartment wiring systems. Some of the noise comes from down the road and enters your house, and some comes from ourselves. Our refrigerators and washing machines, or even the neighbors, have motors which cause a fair amount of noise in the lines. Fluorescent and LED lighting causes noise in the lines and air. And then there are all the chargers and USB adapters, and yes, even the wall wart you are using to power up the pedal. My house is so bad that much of my gear is noisy even after passing through a power conditioner. Some of my small power supplies such as yours are unusable in certain spots and had to be weeded out. Bad luck for me here with a humming transformer on the other side of the driveway. But you may be able to try a different outlet with less noise. I would try a different power brick with more filtering too if you can. Cheers!
January 30, 2023 at 6:01 pm #27514Anonymous
GuestThank you for your response and quick support! I’ll give that a try. I have to confss, that my DC adaptor is a quite cheap one (th only one, I could find in short), maybe I should try anothr, better one… Thanks for your help! 🙂
January 31, 2023 at 10:53 am #27521Anonymous
GuestI’d guess that the main isdue is the 9v power supply. I recommend to get a better one, and there are some good deals for the buck (or Euro), e.g. the Fame DC12 or DC8x2 from Musicstore.de. Isolated outlets are essential.
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