Custom Multi-Effect Guitar Pedal
Document Type
Event
Department
Engineering
Abstract
Research of guitar pedal circuitry will be performed with a focus on multiple distortion, phasor, and reverb effect designs. This research will then be used to design three different unique circuits in NI Multisim focusing on the three types of effects mentioned. Once these circuits each perform at the appropriate level and sound according to the student, the three designs will be merged into one larger circuit capable of producing all three effects separately or combined. Once this combined design is satisfactory in its size, power dissipation, and range in audio effects, the University of Southern Maine's Electronics Lab will be used to build the design on a physical breadboard. This physical design will be similarly tested and adjusted until all audio effects are able to work individually as well as in combination with each other without any issues arising within the design itself. Using Solidworks, a case for this pedal will be designed and 3D-printed, allocating the appropriate space for the designed multi-effect circuit and other components needed in the build such as a power port, audio jack ports, and effect knobs. This design will then be presented and demonstrated along with information gathered during research, to provide an understanding of the decision making before the circuitry design phase.
Custom Multi-Effect Guitar Pedal
Research of guitar pedal circuitry will be performed with a focus on multiple distortion, phasor, and reverb effect designs. This research will then be used to design three different unique circuits in NI Multisim focusing on the three types of effects mentioned. Once these circuits each perform at the appropriate level and sound according to the student, the three designs will be merged into one larger circuit capable of producing all three effects separately or combined. Once this combined design is satisfactory in its size, power dissipation, and range in audio effects, the University of Southern Maine's Electronics Lab will be used to build the design on a physical breadboard. This physical design will be similarly tested and adjusted until all audio effects are able to work individually as well as in combination with each other without any issues arising within the design itself. Using Solidworks, a case for this pedal will be designed and 3D-printed, allocating the appropriate space for the designed multi-effect circuit and other components needed in the build such as a power port, audio jack ports, and effect knobs. This design will then be presented and demonstrated along with information gathered during research, to provide an understanding of the decision making before the circuitry design phase.
