Random Thoughts and Questions

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Rats and other distortions

There’s been some Rat discussion over on the Mail Day Thread, thought maybe it should have its own topic. I’ve been thinking about doing a Rat module but it won’t happen right away, so I figured I’d write up a little of what I’ve thought of in case others want to chime in or use it. I haven’t done any breadboarding so this is all theoretical or based on a simulation. Base design: I’ve been working off this schematic: [image] Levels: I’d want to make it synth level compatible by reducing the …

General advice for troubleshooting a module and asking for help

(This is a wiki post, please add and correct!) Look and see if others have had the same problem. Use the Discourse search facility to find topics where the module you’re building is discussed. Inspect your work. Verify all components are correct values. Look for solder connections that are rough, irregular, skimpy, dull, or missed completely (we all do that!) and reflow them. Look for solder bridges between pads and remove them. Check your power connection. If it’s a Eurorack style power cabl…