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The last Inside Look post on Rocktron’s Rampage Distortion switching circuit sparked my interest in how other designers carry out their signal switching. After scrounging around the net I found a neat geofex article titled “The Technology of JFET Switching in BOSS and Ibanez Pedals” by R. G. Keen published in 2010. In fact, if you dig… Continue reading Switching Circuits in BOSS & Ibanez Pedals

Part 1: Important Components 1) ON Semiconductor MC14584BCP Hex Schmitt Trigger An ideal inverter is one which, when taking in as input a logic HIGH (VDD), yields a logic LOW (0V) at the output and vice-versa. Now there are inverters…and then there are Schmitt Triggers. This isn’t the name of your typical high school punk… Continue reading Rocktron’s Rampage Distortion Switching Circuit