Someone cracked the Animato

[Crowella]

No problems. If you do decide to build it, please show it here with some sound clips. It'll be great to see these kicking around.


EDIT: Doing the maths now for a build. Might ask for a raise of hands, maybe even including some maybe's. I've got to organise the costs and find the best method for producing the enclosures. It'll probably be best to do the paint/decal/drilling externally because doing it here will cost too much to setup. Although if this goes well enough, a drill press is first on the order... that or a laser etcher (very distant future).

 

[johnk_10]

I just got #2 completed. this one is a 1:1 clone of the original with germ transistors and it sounds great:

 

[nshuman]

I just got #2 completed. this one is a 1:1 clone of the original with germ transistors and it sounds great:

Wow John. Amazing work as usual. Can't wait

Do you have an opinion as to which Muff variant this one's Muff circuit resembles?

 

[johnk_10]

Do you have an opinion as to which Muff variant this one's Muff circuit resembles?

due to its dual gain pot (with two different distortion waves blended together) and the Szikilai pair, IMO, it really doesn't resemble any muff variant that I've ever built or heard.

 

[Joeynone]

I want a sound clip john!!!!

 

[Rabidrasbora]

I want a sound clip john!!!!

http://johnkvintageguitars.homestead.com/Overdrive-Pedals.html towards the bottom

 

[johnk_10]

a couple of quick clips:

Stock Animato Clone with germaniums:



Animato germanium With Tilt control:



I prefer the one with the tilt control since at the lower gain settings, the stock one cuts too much low end for my taste

 

[johnk_10]

one more..............Stock Animato(germanium) with clean blend:

 

[Joeynone]

one more..............Stock Animato(germanium) with clean blend:

I am drooling man! How much for a build on that? Will you be selling clones

 

[Crowella]

John's put details for them here if you would like him to build one with a clean blend.
http://johnkvintageguitars.homestead.com/Animato.html

That seriously sounds good by the way.

Seems like a lot of people are wanting clones. I better speed it up!

 

[nshuman]

John's put details for them here if you would like him to build one with a clean blend.
http://johnkvintageguitars.homestead.com/Animato.html

That seriously sounds good by the way.

Seems like a lot of people are wanting clones. I better speed it up!

I have a feeling you and JohnK will sell more of these between now and January that Human Gear has in a long time

 

[DirtyDuke]

Its my next purchase, just need to clean out the pedal drawer first, lol

 

[Crowella]

It almost seems like that. I've actually got quite a few people ordering and I'm kicking myself for not organising the clean blend version just yet but I'm sure people can work with the original. Alas, only so much I can do on a student budget.

 

[JimmyM]

John, what exactly is a tilt control? Judging from your clips, the one with the tilt sounds better IMHO because I'm not a huge fan of clean blends, but they both sound great. The one with the clean blend sounds like it goes lower but I'm thinking the tilt control one goes low enough, no? Too bad you had to come up with these when I was in a slow month. Had this been December, which is kickass, I'd be all over it yesterday

 

[johnk_10]

a tilt control does this to the frequency response:

I used a center pivot frequency of 503Hz on mine.

 

[JimmyM]

No wonder it's called a tilt control. That's exactly what it does. Thx for the explanation! Going to see what I have that I can sell and I'll be getting back to you

 

[Crowella]

Intrigued you chose that point. I think that spot is probably the depth of the tone, which is why I think that yours seems to keep the body pretty well whatever the tilt position is.

Played with mine today with a Bazz Fuss underneath with an EQ on the BF output. It almost had a bit of an octave up effect going on between the two, was strangely nice.

Order for the enclosures and PCBs are happening tonight or tomorrow. While the price of the dollar here will be great for you guys come buying time, its becoming rapidly more expensive to import parts. Eek.

 

[GMC]

a couple of quick clips:

Animato germanium With Tilt control:



I prefer the one with the tilt control since at the lower gain settings, the stock one cuts too much low end for my taste

I think, when I have some money...I think i'll be ordering one of these...it's an awesome sounding unit!

 

[Crowella]

Pre-order details as well as other details are now available at my site if you would like one. They are selling for $200 AUD (this roughly translates to about $180 USD).

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I'll apologise if I don't respond within the next few hours, I'm in dire need of sleep, it's 3:30am here.

 

[eveilleu]

a couple of quick clips:

Animato germanium With Tilt control:

Wow this sounds badass! It's nice to hear something other then "That song" on one of these


Edit: I'm actually learning "That song" right now hehehe damn it's fast!