depth seems pretty weak

[Pat Styles]

Hello.

I have two other tremolo pedals besides the Quaverato – an EHX Super Pulsar and an Empress Tremolo. On both of these pedals, I am able to set the depth of the effect so that the tremolo travels from a loud sound to absolutely no sound. I do this by going to the more extreme depth settings. And this works on any shaped waveform.

However, with the Quaverato, I cannot get to a point like that. In general, the whole effect seems pretty subtle, even with depth set fully clockwise. I have tried adjusting the “low trim pot” to get the sound to zero at the low part of the waveform. But I don’t see any joy here. Furthermore, now that the jumpers are soldered, I know no way to adjust back to the initial spec’d resistance of 5K ohms.

Any idea what might be going on?

thanks!
.pat

[brach]

Pat,
I’m sorry for the late response. I just got back in town from the holiday weekend.
You are on the right track with adjusting the tone trim pots in order to get the depth “deeper”. You’ll need to put the pedal in calibration mode to adjust the individual sides (high and low) separately in order to adjust their depth to the maximum setting. Keep the depth pot at max and set the phase switch to “in” while you do this. You may want to start by turning up the high trim pot all the way and then turn up the low trim pot to (tonally) match it….or vice versa.
Remember the suggested 5K trim pot value was only a starting point to ensure the pedal works. The final adjustment (and tonal balance between sides) is done with your ears…so there is no need to use your meter to re-measure the test points.
-Brach

[Pat Styles]

Might I ask if I want to increase the depth, do I turn the pots clockwise or counterclockwise?

thanks,
.p

[brach]

Off the top of my head, I can’t remember the direction you’ll need to turn the trim pots. But it should be pretty obvious if it’s getting louder or softer once you turn it about 10 full turns in one direction. You’ll want to turn it in the direction that makes it louder.
-Brach

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