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Mini Mixer

This simple four-channel/mono output circuit will fit in a stompbox size enclosure and is perfect for your pedal board to mix parallel effects.

Schematic

Schematic

Mini Mixer Schematic
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Parts layout

Parts Layout / Wiring Diagram

Mini Mixer Parts Layout and Wiring Diagram
Mini Mixer Parts Layout and Wiring DiagramOpen full sizeDownload PDF

What you will need

Bill of Materials

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Resistors

Resistor IDValue3-band Marking4-band Marking
R1(10k A Potentiometer)
R2(10k A Potentiometer)
R3(10k A Potentiometer)
R4(10k A Potentiometer)
R5100kbrown-black-yellowbrown-black-black-orange
R6100kbrown-black-yellowbrown-black-black-orange
R7100kbrown-black-yellowbrown-black-black-orange
R8100kbrown-black-yellowbrown-black-black-orange
R9100kbrown-black-yellowbrown-black-black-orange
R1082kgrey-red-orangeGrey-red-black-red
R11100kbrown-black-yellowbrown-black-black-orange
R12100kbrown-black-yellowbrown-black-black-orange
R13100kbrown-black-yellowbrown-black-black-orange
R141Mbrown-black-greenbrown-black-black-yellow
R151kbrown-black-redbrown-black-black-brown

Capacitors

Capacitor IDValueTypePossible Marking
C10.1µFFilm or ceramic104 or 1k
C20.1µFFilm or ceramic104 or 1k
C30.1µFFilm or ceramic104 or 1k
C40.1µFFilm or ceramic104 or 1k
C52.2µFAluminum Electrolytic2.2µF
C62.2µFAluminum Electrolytic2.2µF
C722µFAluminum Electrolytic22µF

Potentiometers

Part IDValueType
R1 - Volume Control Channel 110kAudio (log) Taper
R2 - Volume Control Channel 210kAudio (log) Taper
R3 - Volume Control Channel 310kAudio (log) Taper
R4 - Volume Control Channel 410kAudio (log) Taper

Other

Part IDPart Name
D1LED
IC1TL072 or other dual opamp
J1Mono quarter-inch jack
J2Mono quarter-inch jack
J3Mono quarter-inch jack
J4Mono quarter-inch jack
J5Stereo quarter-inch jack
J6DC Jack
B19 volt battery (not included in the Kit) 9v battery snap, Printed Circuit Board, 24 gauge stranded wire, IC Socket Enclosure, Knobs

How to build it

Instructions

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This is a Four Channel, Mono Output Mini Mixer. A great tool to have in your home studio or on your pedal board for parallel effect chains. This is a fairly simple kit to build. Follow the Bill of Materials, the Layout Diagram and General Build Instructions. 1 – Mount the potentiometers, knobs, LED and jacks onto the enclosure as shown above. 2 – Populate the resistors onto the PCB. Special note about resistor R10: R10 value controls how much gain the mixer will give. The lower the resistor value the higher the gain/volume you can get from the mixer. We have found that higher gains produce more white noise from the output. We settled on an 82k resistor for the kits since this give about unity gain and keeps the background noise down.

3 – Populate the capacitors and the IC socket onto the PCB. It's good to bend the tall electrolytic capacitors down flat as in the photo below so that the PCB has a low profile.

4 – Solder the wires into the pads on the PCB. Insert the IC into the socket.

5 – Wire the circuit together as shown in wiring diagram (and the photo below). Here's an inside view of the unit we built to give you some general ideas if needed.

Here is a chart of voltages taken at the IC pins. Use these voltages as a guideline. You may not get the exact readings listed, but should be somewhere in the area.

Component

Location

9 volt power supply

Voltage

9v

IC1

Pin 1

4.5v

IC1

Pin 2

4.5v

IC1

Pin 3

4.5v

IC1

Pin 4

0v

IC1

Pin 5

4.5v

IC1

Pin 6

4.5v

IC1

Pin 7

4.5v

IC1

Pin 8

9v

Comments and questions are welcome and can be sent to [email protected]

More about this project

Notes, sounds and related links

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