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Friday, 4 January 2013

4 Channel Mixer

First i thought i'd just post this after the 2 channel version to the same post - but the permalink to that post is "2-channel-mixer". So. Sorry for "double" post, but here's one for NoNE.

Here's the revised version with more gain/level from the mixer opamp. I'll revise the 2 channel version too...


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51 comments:

  1. Travis4 January 2013 at 22:39

    This is an interesting one! I think I'll give it a go.

    Is the diode a 1N4001?

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    1. MAndrews4 January 2013 at 23:22

      Hi Travis. I think it is polarity protection as goes straight from +9V.

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  2. Travis5 January 2013 at 00:32

    Mmk I figured that too from a quick look. 1N4001 should be good then I spose

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    1. mirosol5 January 2013 at 08:44

      I've forgot to mention that.. Sorry.

      Yes. 1N4001 or 1N5817 will do fine.
      +m

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  3. Unknown7 February 2013 at 11:09

    Hello. I`ve buili this circuit, but it eats a lot of the gain when using it with clean signal. Any suggestion what have I`ve done wrong or is it supposet to be like that because of the buffer or something?

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    1. Thom6 January 2014 at 18:44

      That's probably due to Impedance mismatching between your guitar pickup and the input resistors in this design. It's designed for line level signals (~10k) whereas your guitar is slightly higher (~50k).

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    2. Robert20 November 2018 at 08:16

      Would the changes required for coping with higher impedance (guitar input) be major? Can anyone give some pointers on the changes required?

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  4. Tracy's Recipies15 March 2013 at 23:52

    Miro, just wanted to verify that the electro cap in the 3rd row is supposed to be 22uf not 2.2 uf like the other ones.

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    1. mirosol16 March 2013 at 10:03

      It is definitely 2µ2...
      http://www.generalguitargadgets.com/diagrams/mixer_sc.gif
      +m

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  5. Tracy's Recipies16 March 2013 at 00:26

    never mind found the circuit online and verified.

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  6. Tracy's Recipies7 April 2013 at 13:42

    I should have posted earlier, I made this a while a go and it works fine you can mark as verified.

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  7. Tracy's Recipies7 April 2013 at 13:42

    I should have posted earlier, I made this a while a go and it works fine you can mark as verified.

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  8. NoNE27 May 2013 at 22:10

    mmm thank you very much Miro. And sorry if I didn't saw and thanks before. I was away for a while.

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  9. NoNE23 August 2013 at 15:30

    Sorry Miro but I don't understand. C6 in the GGG schematic is 22u not 2u2 ?
    So do we have to solder 3 2u2 or 2 2u2 and a 22u ?

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    1. Steve Weston28 August 2013 at 19:19

      Hi NoNE / Mirosol - Did you fine out if it was a 22u or 2u2 in that 3rd column?

      Thanks
      Steve

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    2. mirosol28 August 2013 at 21:35

      Now you got me confused.... The layout has one 22µ and two 2µ2 caps.

      http://www.generalguitargadgets.com/diagrams/mixer_sc.gif

      C6, the vref voltage filter cap is 22µ (twenty-two micro farad). This is the cap that has its + side in touch with IC pins 3 and 5 and two 100K resistors.

      Power filter cap and output cap are both 2µ2.
      +m

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    3. Steve Weston28 August 2013 at 22:21

      Thanks a lot!

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    4. Steve Weston28 August 2013 at 22:22

      Thanks a lot!

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  10. NoNE29 August 2013 at 20:52

    mmmm thank you but what if I replace it with a 220uF ;)
    (Ok, ok I go soldering !)

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  11. NoNE3 September 2013 at 10:02

    Perfect and very quiet circuit. Thanks again.

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  12. Brandon Li26 September 2013 at 04:42

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  13. Brandon Li26 September 2013 at 04:46

    Hi Miro, what type of switch could I use to make a channel mute function and where would I put it?

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    1. mirosol26 September 2013 at 06:33

      DPDT on-on. Input to lug 2. Channel level 3 to lug 5. Lugs 1 and 4 jumpered. Lugs 3 and 6 to ground. That way the input of the mixer channel is grounded as well as the source. So it's basically just a bypass switch with other position ground both ways. You could use 3PDT on-on to have LED in there..
      +m

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    2. Brandon Li26 September 2013 at 08:10

      Thanks Miro, can you help me throw in an LED with the DPDT? This would be a table-top mixer for my looping set up, and toggles are easier to quickly switch than pushbuttons.

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    3. mirosol26 September 2013 at 09:48

      You'll want 3PDT, as it is good practice to ground the mute both ways.
      On 3PDT, just take ground to lug 8 and LED cathode to lug 7 - that way it'äs lit when the channel is open.
      +m

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  14. Unknown1 January 2014 at 12:51

    I noticed a difference between this layout and the schedule of ggg. It's the 100 k resister on the right of the ic. On the ggg schedule it has a value of 10 k! (R10). Together with r13 (100k) it creates an amplification of 10. Here the amplification is 1! Is this the reason of the complaint of gain loss i read on this forum? You did this on purpose or is it a omission?

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    1. mirosol1 January 2014 at 13:51

      No.

      Ok. Now you folks need to stop trying to confuse me. Don't know if it's a game or if i've just had too much coffee today or something else. There is not a single 10K resistor on the schematic. http://www.generalguitargadgets.com/diagrams/mixer_sc.gif
      All the resistors in the circuit are 100K, except for the output pulldown (1M) and the omitted LED resistor (8K2).

      Sure. One could try to tweak the output of the second half of the opamp by trying different values for R10 and R13. Nevertheless, the schematic has them all as 100K.
      +m

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    2. Unknown1 January 2014 at 18:28

      hallo Mirosol
      First I want to say that I respect you very much and enjoy reading all those verolayouts with great interesse. I made allready the modded box of hall and it works great. Now I'm going to build the mixer. Great: it helps me through the Dutch winter.
      But you use the 2002 diagram of 2002. The recent 2013 diagram has a 10 K res. on R10.
      http://www.generalguitargadgets.com/pdf/ggg_mixer_sc.pdf

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    3. mirosol1 January 2014 at 18:46

      I've drawn the layout in january 2013. And new schematic is dated october 17th 2013. So yes. The layout was and is per the schematic prior to october 2013 :)

      I could post revised version in addition to the original. So thanks! I had no clue there was a revised schematic up at ggg.

      P.S. I had too much coffee today. I do get tons of more stuff done with coffee, but it'll let the paranoia in sometimes :)
      +m

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    4. Unknown1 January 2014 at 20:02

      Case cleared, mate!
      It intrigues me why they altered the value for some amplification.
      O.k. it will create more "headroom" and no loss of gain.
      I will ask them and I let you know.

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  15. Unknown2 January 2014 at 10:14

    I got a reaction of ggg about the 100k to 10 k swap as follows:

    Hi Hans,

    Yes, you got the math right, it's a gain of 10.

    I did this so that the unity gain was approximately at straight up on the pointer of the mixer knobs. This is the way most mixers work. I tested it with a resistor "breakout box" and the 10k value was about right. Surprisingly (to me anyway) it would go down to 2k or so and still not distort the op amp. So if you're looking for even more boost in your mixer, you could probably set it down to 5k or so (if you are using guitar with passive pickups).

    Thanks!
    JD
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    I always experience a certain loss of signalstrenght when I connect several signals together in the passive way, like here.
    Now this loss is compensated by the boost of the second opamp and even more! ggg declares:

    " Since most mixers provide some boost, I thought this was the best setting for this mixer."

    So I think that the 100k to 10K swap can be a simple but valuable upgrade of this good and classic mixerdesign. I like the small size of the vero and the cost. just a couple of euro's.
    Hans

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    1. mirosol2 January 2014 at 11:15

      Added the revised version to the post. Thanks Hans for the footwork.
      +m

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    2. Tsaddeous6 February 2014 at 09:43

      Hi guys,one stupid question:
      By changing this resistor,is that possible to use this one as a low-z to hi-z converter ?

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  16. Unknown2 January 2014 at 12:50

    What would a general be
    without his soldiers ;o)

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  17. Unknown10 October 2014 at 22:19

    What would it take to get a basic tone control on each of the inputs? Would just slapping a BMP in front of each input work or would it require a buffer or booster circuit before that?

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    1. Unknown21 April 2015 at 22:32

      I have the same question. Jerry - did you find a solution? Anyone have any ideas?
      Thanks

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  18. Jim5 February 2015 at 16:16

    Is there a way to make this stereo with pan knobs for each channel?

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  19. papasaurus848 September 2015 at 03:38

    if i only need two inputs, aux in and guitar in, can i left one input unconnected to 10k pots? i mean i'm gonna use 10k stereo pots for aux vol and 10k mono pots for guitar vol. thanks before... :D

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    1. Zach8 September 2015 at 06:38

      if you want to do a mixer with only 2 inputs use this layout,

      http://tagboardeffects.blogspot.com/2013/01/2-channel-mixer.html

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    2. papasaurus848 September 2015 at 08:02

      i think the two channel wont let my stereo output from my phone or ipod goes stereo.

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    3. Zach8 September 2015 at 18:15

      i could be wrong, but two inputs would be two channels. both mixer layouts have mono output. it shouldn't matter if you're input is stereo, it should work fine.

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    4. papasaurus849 September 2015 at 03:26

      You're right Zach. I forgot that the output will be mono. then i should modify them...thanks for that info...

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    5. Zach9 September 2015 at 04:46

      anytime buddy. hope it all turns out as you expect man.

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  20. Kinski22 September 2015 at 18:35

    So, I've got a few questions about this mixer, if someone here would not mind answering.

    1. Can I add a master volume by putting a pot on the output?
    2. Can this mixer out run direct to a speaker or will it need an amp?
    3. I only need three channels. Can I just not wire up the 4th channel?

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    1. Ciaran Haslett22 September 2015 at 20:00

      1. Yes.
      2. The opamp wouldn't be able to ramp up the necessary current to drive a speaker. So a separate power amp would be required.
      3. Yes. Remove Channel 4 Level 2 wire and its immediate 100K and 100nF components

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  21. Unknown3 October 2015 at 08:18

    hello somebody can teach me can they cause stereo thx a lot

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  22. Unknown3 October 2015 at 09:46

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  23. MAO15 December 2016 at 07:04

    Looks like another updated schematic 04/29/2016. C6 is now 2u2, C7 is now 22u. R10 now 82k.

    http://www.generalguitargadgets.com/pdf/ggg_mixer_sc.pdf

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  24. Unknown15 March 2017 at 20:05

    Hi, how would I reduce hiss? I experience it to be quite noisy... Any ways to help out that problem? Thanks!

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  25. Unknown15 March 2017 at 20:06

    Hi, how would I reduce hiss? I experience it to be quite noisy... Any ways to help out that problem? Thanks!

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