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  • Help with Paraphase + Tremolo

    Hi folks,
    This might be a goofy project so I hope you'll bear with me... if need be I'll hand draw a schematic and take a picture of that.
    I've built something similar to the 5C5 Pro, and am trying to inject Tremolo at the 6L6 grids.
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    The Intensity pot wiper feeds the 6.8K/250K junction (grounded on the 5C5 schematic), bottom of pot to ground. Problem is, with the depth down I get no signal out of the 6.8K side of the PI.
    Turn the depth up, and that tremolo-ing signal dwarfs that of the 250k side of the PI.
    Is this paraphase incompatible with what I'm trying to do?
    I did try the 5e9a approach but didn't care for the sound.. would rather wiggle the power tube bias.
    Thank you --
    Last edited by hylaphone; 03-11-2017, 09:33 PM.

  • #2
    Originally posted by hylaphone View Post
    Turn the depth up, and that tremolo-ing signal dwarfs that of the 250k side of the PI.
    Is this paraphase incompatible with what I'm trying to do?
    Yes, I think it is incompatible. Looking at the 5C5 schematic the termolo-ing signal of the top triode in inverted by the bottom triode and is cancelling out the tremolo applied to the bottom triode plate.

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    • #3
      How does this approach avoid the phase cancelling? I don't understand the circuit:
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      • #4
        Originally posted by hylaphone View Post
        How does this approach avoid the phase cancelling? I don't understand the circuit:
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        The bias resistors where the tremolo signal is injected is isolated from the paraphase voltage divider with an additional set of coupling caps. Therefore, there is no cancellation.

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        • #5
          Ah I see it now, thank you.
          I tacked this PI in and it works pretty good, fairly balanced even.
          May try 6SL7 LTPI for sh*ts and giggles too
          Thanks again for the insight

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