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    This document describes a passive tone control circuit that uses an inductor and capacitors to create a notch filter, selectively reducing certain frequencies without requiring any power. It can be easily built and installed in a guitar or other instrument to add tonal flexibility without noise or risk of failure. The circuit works by creating a resonant circuit with the inductor and capacitor that allows some frequencies to pass through while shunting others to ground.

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    This document describes a passive tone control circuit that uses an inductor and capacitors to create a notch filter, selectively reducing certain frequencies without requiring any power. It can be easily built and installed in a guitar or other instrument to add tonal flexibility without noise or risk of failure. The circuit works by creating a resonant circuit with the inductor and capacitor that allows some frequencies to pass through while shunting others to ground.

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    This document describes a passive tone control circuit that uses an inductor and capacitors to create a notch filter, selectively reducing certain frequencies without requiring any power. It can be easily built and installed in a guitar or other instrument to add tonal flexibility without noise or risk of failure. The circuit works by creating a resonant circuit with the inductor and capacitor that allows some frequencies to pass through while shunting others to ground.

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    A passive tone control circuit uses an inductor and capacitors to filter frequencies and alter the tone of an instrument without requiring any power. It works by creating a resonant circuit that allows certain frequencies to pass through while shunting others to ground.

    A passive tone control uses an inductor and capacitors in a resonant circuit configuration to filter frequencies. Changing the inductor or capacitors alters the resonant frequency, filtering different parts of the audio spectrum to produce different tonal effects.

    A passive tone control circuit uses an inductor, typically in the form of a transformer, along with a series of capacitors to create the resonant circuits for filtering. It also includes switches and potentiometers to control the resonant frequency and depth of the filtering.

    PASSIVE TON E CONTROL

    Defln'tlon: The passive tone control changes the tonal


    quality ot an instrument by putting a ~ or dip in
    response, at various places in the midrange area ot the
    audio spectrum. It is cal led "passive" because it re-
    quires no source ot power tor operation.
    (b)
    Figure 5-20
    (a) Passive tone control mounted in a small box.
    (b) The insides o[ this project.
    Background:
    This profect uses an electronic component called an in-
    ductor. In most modem circuits, inductors have been
    eliminated in favor of op amp circuits that simulate the
    properties of an inductor. Nonetheless, for many years
    inductor/capacitor combinations were the backbone of
    audio ji'ltering circuits; and the same combination forms
    the basis of this project, too.
    Features
    . No power required
    . No semiconductor noise
    . Choice of 10 different notch frequencies
    . Adjustable notch depth
    . Very low cost
    . Easy to mount inside guitar or keyboard instrument
    Construction Tips
    I used a smalI, transistor radio transformer to implement
    TI (available from Mouser Electronics; see parts list for
    specs). Any other transformer with the same specs will
    do. With this type oftransformer, one side will be called
    the primary (usually indicated with a printed designation
    like the letter "P"), and the other side the secondary. We
    use the primary wires only and leave the secondary wires
    unconnected.
    If you can't find a suitable transformer, obtain twa
    standard 2.5- to 3-henry (a henry, abbreviated H, is the
    unit of inductance). Connect one of these inductors be-
    tween pads F and H on the circuit board (inductors have
    only twa connections, so you can't go wrong), and con-
    nect the other one between pads H and J.
    Keep Tl out of the war of strong AC field s, like those
    generated by power transformers, as inductors can pick
    up hum.
    Shield the wires going from pad I and O to the twa
    jacks.
    Level oC DiCficuty: Beginner.
    ~.
    Using the Passive Tone Control
    Plug your instrument into Jl, and patch J2 to an amp.
    Tum the depth control fun clockwise, S2 to [uli coil,
    play your instrument, and rotate the [requency switch
    throughout its lange. Each position should give a dif-
    ferent sound. Experiment with the depth control as you
    listen. Now, repeat the same serie s of experiments willi
    SI in the half coil position.
    This circuit gives a lot mOle flexibiity than the stan-
    dard treble-cut tone fIlter found on most guitars, ret it
    does not add noise or require batteries that could fai at
    embarrassing moments.
    Modifications
    . Bass players may "tune" this circuit one octave
    laweT by doubling the values of C l - C5.
    . One of SI 's positions is unconnected, which cuts
    the inductor/capacitor combination out of the audio
    palli and eliminates the need for a bypass switch. If de-
    sired, this unconnected switch position could also con-
    nect to another tuning capacitor (say, O.OO5.uF) instead.
    . You may elminate the depth control by shorting
    pad J to ground.
    In Case of Difficulty
    . Volume lass through the circuit: There is nothing
    you can do about this, since a little bit of lass is the
    tradeoff for not including any active circuits or rower
    supply. Feeding the passive tone control output to a
    device willi a high-impedance input minimizes this lass.
    . Changing SI has little effect: Make SUTe Tl is
    hooked up correctly. Check all ground connections.
    . Hum: Change the orientation of the transformer
    or inductor away from AC fields. Check all ground con-
    nections.
    How it Works
    Inductor Tl and the capacitor selected by SI make up what is known as a
    resonant circuit, which will pass same frequencies but not pthers. For ex-
    ample. if the inductor/capacitor combination bas a re sonant frequency of
    1000Hz, then it will pass 1000Hz signals; however, signals that ale laweT
    or higher in frequency will not pass through the inductor/capacitor combi-
    nation.
    Looking at the schematic, we can simplify it and see that basically what
    we have is the inductor/capacitor: combination draped across the signalline
    to ground. If, for example, this combination bas a 1000Hz re sonant fre-
    quency, then a 1000Hz signal passed through the tone control will go
    directly to ground (since the inductor/capacitor combination can easily
    pass this signal), so it will not make its war to the output and we won't
    beaT it. 'Other signals above and below 1000Hz will be rejected by the
    tuned circuit and not go to ground, so they are free to continue on to the
    output.
    Changing the resonant frequency (by changing either SI or S2) alters
    the ton al effect by shunting other frequency bands to ground. In practice,
    a filter like ibis is not ideally selective; gO, willi a resonant frequency of
    1000Hz, although it willlet through 1000Hz signals the most easily, it will
    also let through signals close to that frequency by lesser amounts. This is
    considered a broad notch in frequency response, as opposed to a steep
    notch in the response. Steep notches are difficult to create, but luckily for
    us, broad notches ale mOle musically useful when modifying instruments
    than steep notches in virtually all applications.
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    Specifications
    Current consumption: OmA
    Resonant frequency chart (alI frequencies in Hz):
    Switch position (SI) S2 half coil S2 fulI coil
    I 1015 540
    2 755 380
    3 560 240
    4 430 170
    5 260 107
    Headroom tl5V
    Figure 5-21
    Artwark for the fa il side of the board, shown 1 to 1.
    o o
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    8m
    o o
    Figure 5-22
    ComjJonent layout for the passive tone control.
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    ..J H F E D C B A o
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    NC = no connection
    Project No. 3 PARTS LIST
    Resistors
    Rl
    R2
    47k, 1/4W, lO%tolerance
    SOk linear taper pot-controls depth
    Capacitors (rated IOV or more; mylar preferred, disc acceptable)
    CI O.OIIJF
    C2 O.O21JF-
    C3 O.OSIJF
    C4 O.11JF
    CS O.221JF
    Inductor
    Tl 5- to 6-H center-tapped inductor (see text).
    Mechanical Parts
    Jl,J2
    SI
    S2
    Misc.
    Open circuit 1/4" phone jack
    SP6T rotary switch
    SPDT toggle switch
    Knobs, case, circuit board, wire, solder, etc
    *Tl is available flam Mouser Electronics (see Chapter 2), stock number 42TM.
    019. Its specs ale: primary impedance, lOk at 1Hz; seccondary impedance,
    600n at 1kHz. Prim ary OC resistance, 600n; secondary OC resistance, lODU
    Calectro also makes an equivalent audio driver transformer; the part number is
    Dl-?ll.
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