dieing battery simulator question

Benmurray85 · Post by **Benmurray85** » Mon Nov 28, 2011 1:01 pm

im gonna knock one of these up tonight

http://www.beavisaudio.com/Projects/DBS/

my question is, whats the difference (in the end result ie the sound) between the dead battery thing and the voltage divider?

both seem relatively easy to knock up but just wondering which one to do. its only for a bit of fun and to practice my soldering skills more than anything. its gonna be used with my big muff mainly.

thanks

timhulio · Post by **timhulio** » Mon Nov 28, 2011 1:19 pm

I'd do it this way. Save yourself a resistor!

Benmurray85 · Post by **Benmurray85** » Mon Nov 28, 2011 4:28 pm

ok cheers.

just to clarify though, is there any difference to what it does to the sound? im still a beginner so the easier the better really

aen · Post by **aen** » Mon Nov 28, 2011 4:49 pm

Usually the "pot in the way" method of starving sounds pretty similar to a dying battery, but I guess in terms of science it's a different effect, and it sometimes sounds different.

Benmurray85 · Post by **Benmurray85** » Tue Nov 29, 2011 11:50 am

i made the easy one last night. really easy to do if anyone fancies it. i am seriously crap at soldering but it only took about 20 mins or so to do and i managed a pretty neat job by my standards!

really enjoyable, especially with my rat

cur · Post by **cur** » Sun Feb 05, 2012 2:09 am

just slapped together a dead battery simulator. All they had at radio shack was for linear 10k pots had the long posts. so i went with the doll head knob.

hotrodperlmutter · Post by **hotrodperlmutter** » Sun Feb 05, 2012 6:09 am

Creepy lel

Post by **Doog** » Sun Feb 05, 2012 11:22 am

Hahaha, amazing

thefullbrain · Post by **thefullbrain** » Sun Feb 05, 2012 11:52 am

I have a voltage starve unit, I don't use it much though. When I do, I tend to use it with a BF-2, cutting the voltage right out and back in, it gives some interesting pops and whistles, good for ambient stuff.

I've tried it with various fuzz and distortion boxes and although you CAN get some cool tones out of it, I'd rather just have clean heavy fuzz.

aen · Post by **aen** » Mon Feb 06, 2012 1:53 am

thefullbrain wrote: clean heavy fuzz.

THIS DOES NOT COMPUTE.