PT2399 audio processing chip for electric guitar pedal

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Willen

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Hi all, I am trying to make a reverb pedal for someone to get reverb/delay/echo effect for an electric guitar (Chinese copy of Fender guitar). But I don't know about input and output impedances. So can I add the the circuit (device) between Guitar and Amp? I hope output and guitar and input of Amp have nice match to the PT2399 circuit. Some circuits has extra OpAmp too. But for the guitar pedal, if I don't need, I won't go through the OpAmp.
 

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bertus

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Hello,

Perhaps you can get some ideas from the attached PDF.
And here is a page with a lot of info:
https://diyaudiocircuits.com/pt2399-digital-delay-analog-echo/
Some more:
There seems to be a throughhole version of the PT2399 available.
On this site it is used in a board they show:
https://www.synthrotek.com/kit-asse...-kits/pt2399-dev-delay-assembly-instructions/
On ESP also aproject is given:
https://sound-au.com/project26a.htm
Peter Vis also has some pages:
https://www.petervis.com/guitar-circuits/pt2399/overall-configuration.html

Bertus
 

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Ian0

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There's something a bit weird about your circuit - the output seems to be connected to the VCO.
Here's the real datasheet.
http://www.princeton.com.tw/Portals/0/Product/PT2399-s.pdf
The input circuit is a MFB filter (anti-aliasing filter), which is also a mixer which mixes the input signal with the delayed signal.
As it's an MFB filter the input is a virtual earth, so the input impedance is 15k (on their application circuits)
You need about 500mV rms input signal.
With about 30mV from a guitar pickup you need some amplification, and you need a much higher input impedance; though if you want to keep extra components to a minimum, you could reduce the value of the input resistor (thus increasing the gain) and just buffer the guitar signal with a JFET.
Princeton claims a S/N ratio of 90dB, but I think they may be pushing their luck with that one! Even so, I don't remember it being noisy.
The output comes from an op-amp, so the output impedance would be quite small, but the signal level would be rather to high to drive the input of a guitar amp, so you would need some attenuation.
 

Ian0

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I use a J113 as a source-follower. For a guitar pedal with a single-ended 9V supply, it conveniently level-shifts to somewhere near half-supply.
 

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Willen

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I use a J113 as a source-follower. For a guitar pedal with a single-ended 9V supply, it conveniently level-shifts to somewhere near half-supply.
That's needed for guitar signal buffer? Do you have exact schematic?
 

Ian0

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Screenshot at 2021-04-14 07-54-37.pngR5 and L1 are the pickup resistance and inductance
C2 is the cable capacitance
The op-amp is part of the PT2399 so the rest of the biassing is not shown.
I find a load resistance of 220k works better than the usual 1M because it tends to damp the pickup-inductance/cable-capacitance resonance which intrudes at a few kHz, and depends on the cable.
I'm not sure this will have a big enough signal for the PT2399, but I think it's worth a try. Otherwise, you could perhaps use the JFET as a simple amplifier to give it a bit of gain, but I've not tried that.
Originally, I used a TL074 with one section as the input buffer. Then I found I needed four op-amps for the rest of the circuit, and didn't want to buy a TL071 just for the input, hence the JFET circuit.
 

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Willen

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View attachment 235311R5 and L1 are the pickup resistance and inductance
C2 is the cable capacitance
The op-amp is part of the PT2399 so the rest of the biassing is not shown.
I find a load resistance of 220k works better than the usual 1M because it tends to damp the pickup-inductance/cable-capacitance resonance which intrudes at a few kHz, and depends on the cable.
I'm not sure this will have a big enough signal for the PT2399, but I think it's worth a try. Otherwise, you could perhaps use the JFET as a simple amplifier to give it a bit of gain, but I've not tried that.
Originally, I used a TL074 with one section as the input buffer. Then I found I needed four op-amps for the rest of the circuit, and didn't want to buy a TL071 just for the input, hence the JFET circuit.
Feeling wow! I will omit before R2 and after R3 and wilk use the JFET circuit to feed the PT2399 circuit posted in first post. But being in a remote place, I cannot get desired parts when I need them. Years ago, someone from west part of the world had gave me 11 pieces of J201 JFETs. Thinking that the JFETs are really amazing thing, I have kept all of them safe till now. I checked the datasheet and your JFET has 2mA Idss at 15V and mine has 1mA Idss at 20V. Can I replace the J201 there?
 

Ian0

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There's a very good chance it will work.
The circuit in the first post is wrong - use the one from the Princeston datasheet.
 

bertus

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Hello,

With an echo, the origenal singal is mixed with the delayed, as output.
With delay, only the delayed signal is on the output.

Bertus
 

Ian0

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And with reverb, it is a mix of original and several different delays. The PT2399 achieves this by sending a proportion of the output signal back through the delay again.
 

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Willen

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Ok then the echo (1st circuit in the #11 post) sounds better for the reverb effect pedal. The 2nd has a term "sorround" which also looks like a reverb? Anyway, the chip needs 5V and the JFET booster needs 9V. I am planning to use 9V SMPS adapter to feed JFET booster and regulated 5V for the processing chip (or regulated 5V works for JFET too?) . But in critical circuit, SMPS creates huge noise. Do I need to worry about it?
 

Ian0

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Definitely a job for a linear regulator. The PT2399 needs quite a bit of current (30mA), so a PP3 will barely get you through one gig.
 
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