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calaverasgrandes
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 Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2009 3:41 pm Post subject: Re: What is the Deltalab Effectron I? What's the Effectron 256? |
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I have to say I have broken 3 effectrons.
never could find anyone to fix them.
No idea how I broke em.
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ballpein
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| Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2009 4:54 pm Post subject: Re: What is the Deltalab Effectron I? What's the Effectron 256? |
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| calaverasgrandes wrote: | I have to say I have broken 3 effectrons.
never could find anyone to fix them.
No idea how I broke em. |
I've gotta say, the innards of mine don't look terribly robust. The pots, switches, connectors are all pretty cheapish, and there's very little clearance between the bottom of the board and the case. It wouldn't take much to knock a connection loose or short something. |
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calaverasgrandes
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| Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2009 5:04 pm Post subject: Re: What is the Deltalab Effectron I? What's the Effectron 256? |
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I used to run one in my FOH rig and also had one in my bass amps effect loop. I loved how it sounded on vocal delays. Dale from Acid King (also Melvins) complemented me once on the vocal sound I got with that.
On bass it was a neat flanger, plus you could hit repeat hold and walk off the stage as the drummer kept smashing into oblivion while your amp is cycling up and down the repeat.
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RefD
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| Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2009 5:08 pm Post subject: Re: What is the Deltalab Effectron I? What's the Effectron 256? |
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| shedshrine wrote: | | ballpein wrote: |
I'd like to recap it, add some memory, and build a pedal for it. |
..and then post copious notes and photos about the process.  |
guts of mine (sorry for the widthiness!):
the red tube is the battery for the memory, which on mine still works.
i think it has been replaced a few times on this unit.
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shedshrine
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| Posted: Wed Jan 21, 2009 12:48 am Post subject: Re: What is the Deltalab Effectron I? What's the Effectron 256? |
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cool pics Ref!
TapeOp diy link for making a transformer box for the effectron
effectron trivia: Lose a knob?
Symetrix 501's have the exact same knob design, only all white.(click it)
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Nate Dort
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ballpein
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| Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2009 3:07 am Post subject: Re: What is the Deltalab Effectron I? What's the Effectron 256? |
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| Awesome Nate, thanks a lot for sharing those. |
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Nate Dort
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| Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2009 3:38 pm Post subject: Re: What is the Deltalab Effectron I? What's the Effectron 256? |
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Don't know if this has been posted yet either:
http://home.debitel.net/user/jhaible/jh_adm1020_loop.html
Basically, you're looping the data stream from the RAM back into itself to create and infinite loop, but you're also piggybacking another set of RAM chips, so you can send data into those as well and create longer loops.
I think the procedure would be the same for the 1024. I'm going to try it with my 1020 at some point. Finding those RAM chips may be difficult though. May have to scavenge them from something else.
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ballpein
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| Posted: Sun Feb 08, 2009 12:55 am Post subject: Re: What is the Deltalab Effectron I? What's the Effectron 256? |
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| can anyone recommend a suitable replacement for the internal battery? Or could I just replace it with a jumper? |
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sonichermit
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Location: Oshkosh, Wisconsin
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| Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2012 9:03 pm Post subject: Delta Lab Effectron |
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| I'm wondering if anyone here can give me some info. I have an effectron, 1024, not the effectron II. I am currently trying to get this unit up and running again. I am not at all sure what is wrong with it. I have schematics but they are for the Effectron II. Apparently there are some differences between the effectron and the effectron II as looking at the schematics and checking values, particularly on resistors there are some differences. Does anyone here have the schematics for this model. Effectron ADM1024? So far I have swapped out the two large capacitors in the power supply section given that they are over 30 years old. Have checked some of the other components. What would be particularly helpful is the parts list for this unit. Mfgr. frequently include this in the user/maintennance manual. If anyone here has any info it would be most appreciated. Thanks |
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