well as u all know i am a total noob i am delighted with this new field ive found the DIY. i just refurbished my speakers and done a few acoustic jobs with difusers and got into electronics when i found myself making a measuring microphone with an electret capsule
then it was the preamp and well.. long story short here i am on my first real project! almost all wired up.
i wanted to thank Jakob, Keith and Gyraff Audio for making this project available and possible, Barclaycon Dafydd from Expat, Gustav, Cheff, every single GSSL'r for posting your information and Harpo for so much help i recieved from him and y'all! thanks a lot.. and really the whole forum for sharing hehe
ok to the pics
started with the sidechain board it was the first one to arrive. thanks gustav !
diodes didnt fit and missing a couple of caps.. hehe sketchy messican ordering from mouser is meant to miss a couple of things
ok now its done! drilled some bigger holes on the diodes holes and got some caps with another order i had to do!
this is my second choice for capacitors (they are .1uF panasonic V series but they are 50 V i was wondering some people said was alright to use 50V ??! i hope this is right
main boards .. thanks chef!! (i didnt know about gustavs practice till after i ordered the boards from cheff..) ah well some honest good work .. one switch missing tho.. i ordered the ones that didnt fit! ah well i had to make a new order for the newly arrived turbo boards!!
k switch arrived! lovely.. pannels have holes, but i need to do a couple more for the turbo that i didnt expect ! thanks Expat Audio!!
here a detail of the solder job ... ;D im a noob please tell me if its not ok u guys
changed this from a green to a blue LED... was much cheaper and in stock with green one but i really rather have blue ones..
got the lid out carefully ... easy enough
u can get that part out too.. easier to get the LED out
this is... all the boards populated and almost all the wiring in place... tomorow im going to make the last things to the pannel and would like to have all in place by tomorow this time!! uhuu getting nervous and excited!! will post some more pics soon as i go along with the build.
just a few questions really before i plug it all and start getting dodgy fumes
Edited moved to the gssl thread
ok just a pic from my newly refurbished lovely ;D
well now its drilled so will see how we fix this issue of the power if there is one
here are pics of the progress
and some hours later...
its ready to fire now i think just vcas and stuffs to put in
a day later..
all working properly but big hum coming from somewhere.... still testing..
voltages..
14.55
-14.76
11.80
-11.81
looking good i thinks
... EDIT. few days past and now its fixed! i think. i hope its ok and all the gurus of the SSL have passed their sight on this and if i am wrong with my ground-to-meter wiring scheme maybe someone will say something ;D if not i think im good with this beauty (still horrible i know but will post pics after the weekend when i can get the super 77 onto the faceplate and back
ok this are my noise measurments..
this is my soundcard input noise measurment with the unit OFF
this is the noise from the compressor with full whack on makeup gain. when its all the way down i cant see it over the adaptors noise!! noiceee
couple days later.. pannel almost finished on photoshop trying to make a meter scale now!
my "mod" here if u can call it that.. just a few choices for the auto release.. altho resistor values i could change easily it kinda sounds nice... from quite fast auto release that u could really not hear almost but it blends the mix much nicer than the fast normal releases to well.. what i think is longer release but still shorter decay time for the second constant always
and distortion option couldnt resist hehe
all the guts fitted inside
my first board etching job cant go too wrong with such a small one
then it was the preamp and well.. long story short here i am on my first real project! almost all wired up.
i wanted to thank Jakob, Keith and Gyraff Audio for making this project available and possible, Barclaycon Dafydd from Expat, Gustav, Cheff, every single GSSL'r for posting your information and Harpo for so much help i recieved from him and y'all! thanks a lot.. and really the whole forum for sharing hehe
ok to the pics
started with the sidechain board it was the first one to arrive. thanks gustav !
diodes didnt fit and missing a couple of caps.. hehe sketchy messican ordering from mouser is meant to miss a couple of things
ok now its done! drilled some bigger holes on the diodes holes and got some caps with another order i had to do!
this is my second choice for capacitors (they are .1uF panasonic V series but they are 50 V i was wondering some people said was alright to use 50V ??! i hope this is right
main boards .. thanks chef!! (i didnt know about gustavs practice till after i ordered the boards from cheff..) ah well some honest good work .. one switch missing tho.. i ordered the ones that didnt fit! ah well i had to make a new order for the newly arrived turbo boards!!
k switch arrived! lovely.. pannels have holes, but i need to do a couple more for the turbo that i didnt expect ! thanks Expat Audio!!
here a detail of the solder job ... ;D im a noob please tell me if its not ok u guys
changed this from a green to a blue LED... was much cheaper and in stock with green one but i really rather have blue ones..
got the lid out carefully ... easy enough
u can get that part out too.. easier to get the LED out
this is... all the boards populated and almost all the wiring in place... tomorow im going to make the last things to the pannel and would like to have all in place by tomorow this time!! uhuu getting nervous and excited!! will post some more pics soon as i go along with the build.
just a few questions really before i plug it all and start getting dodgy fumes
Edited moved to the gssl thread
ok just a pic from my newly refurbished lovely ;D
well now its drilled so will see how we fix this issue of the power if there is one
here are pics of the progress
and some hours later...
its ready to fire now i think just vcas and stuffs to put in
a day later..
all working properly but big hum coming from somewhere.... still testing..
voltages..
14.55
-14.76
11.80
-11.81
looking good i thinks
... EDIT. few days past and now its fixed! i think. i hope its ok and all the gurus of the SSL have passed their sight on this and if i am wrong with my ground-to-meter wiring scheme maybe someone will say something ;D if not i think im good with this beauty (still horrible i know but will post pics after the weekend when i can get the super 77 onto the faceplate and back
ok this are my noise measurments..
this is my soundcard input noise measurment with the unit OFF
this is the noise from the compressor with full whack on makeup gain. when its all the way down i cant see it over the adaptors noise!! noiceee
couple days later.. pannel almost finished on photoshop trying to make a meter scale now!
my "mod" here if u can call it that.. just a few choices for the auto release.. altho resistor values i could change easily it kinda sounds nice... from quite fast auto release that u could really not hear almost but it blends the mix much nicer than the fast normal releases to well.. what i think is longer release but still shorter decay time for the second constant always
and distortion option couldnt resist hehe
all the guts fitted inside
my first board etching job cant go too wrong with such a small one