I Made the super simple oscillator today and the output volume is ridiculously quiet I sent a video to the man himself and he suggested to bypass the 100k resistor but that didn’t work and other than that he wasn’t too sure on why it was so quiet; can anyone give me some help please
I have attached an image of it and an image of the resistors I used.
U am using the 2n3904 transistor and a 10uF 25v capacitor (I’m not sure what that means only that smaller uF number means the higher the pitch IDK about the volts)
Any help would be much appreciated.
my bad should have put that in the original post, it is going into my focusrite 18i20 by a 1/4" TS cable then out to a Yamaha amp to monitors i have gain at full and the amp is pretty cranked to where Ground hum is overpowering the oscillator
Can you verify the pinout of that jack socket? If you’re using the same one I use, you have connected to the tip switch, rather than the tip itself. That would mean you’re disconnecting your osc as you plug it in.
EDIT :
I just saw that “pilot light” may not mean what I want.
I’m talking about a simple flashlight with 2 wire. when you put the 2 wires in contact, the light comes on.
since childhood I have always seen my father with his made, and I made one too, very easy to do and very practical. Exactly in the situation you found yourself in
Or, for testing purpose, instead of plugin the cord in the jack, don’t use the socket at all and just tape the two wires around the plug… so you’re sure what goes where.
