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Re: Vortex



Todd Quincy wrote:
> 
> howdy folks
> 
> I use patch 10 (multi echo and some flange or something)  on my vortex 
>for
> vocals and guitars and that's about it. The conveince of Tap echo is 
>great
> to match the echo to the tune. I often think of selling it but I bet I'd
> miss patch 10. The other patches are cool for final mixing but not worth 
>the
> trouble of re-routing cables for the ear candy.
> 
> 
> Todd Quincy
> BC Rich, Kustom, PowerWerks, Davitt & Hanser

and you can get the vortex delay time to be "tapped" by the beat sync
out of an Echoplex
here is the mod by Matthias Grob
It works great

Claude

-------------------
>Matthias Grob wrote:
>
>>  Make a cable with any diode in series and a 2 MF cap to
ground:
>>
>>                   |   |
>>                   |  /|
>  >              -   | / |  +
>  > EDP   ----------|/  |---------------------  VORTEX
>>                   |\  |        |
>>                   | \ |        |
>>                   |  \|        |    +
>>                   |   |     -------
>>                           -----------
>>                                |
>  >                               |          -
>  >                               |
>>                                | /
>>                                |/
>>                                /
>>                               /
>>
>>  The parts fit into an ordinary 1/4" connector.
>
>sorry Mathias
>
>I can solder but thats all...
>
>can you comment on the parts (cap type ; microF or miliF and
where are
>the + & -  on the diagram

no problem:
MiliFarad is not used, and would be m, so MF is microFarad.
To fit into the connector, it take its an electrolytic. Thats why
(by 
some standard) one line is longer than the other - the negative
pole, 
going to ground.
Its voltage can be as low as 6,3V, but higher is ok, just makes
the 
part bigger.
There are also Tantal caps of this size. I dont use them because
I 
made the experience that they die sooner, but I may be wrong, its
an 
interesting option since you may not use that cable more than 5
years 
:-).

The diode is a standard like 1N4148 and on one side of its glass 
housing there is a line which corresponds to the negative side,
the 
line in its symbol, on the left in the drawing.