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1 Project Overview

2 Introduction & Usage

INTRODUCTION

The Torus Lo-Fi Fuzz is based on the Demo Tape Fuzz by Mid-Fi Electronics. The Demo Tape Fuzz is a

throwback to the days of running a guitar into a cassette recorder and cranking the gain to overload it

and create distortion.

The circuit consists of two simple building blocks. It starts out with an op-amp gain stage. This is similar

to a Distortion+, so the low-pass frequency changes with the gain. (This is in contrast to most drive

circuits after the 1970s where the potentiometer instead controls the feedback resistor, so the low-pass

frequency remains constant.) Next, a basic Baxandall tone section allows adjustment of treble & bass.

The interesting thing about this circuit is that, like a cassette recorder, there are no clipping diodes, so

all of the distortion/fuzz sound is generated "unintentionally" by op-amp clipping. It can get pretty thick,

but retains its rough-around-the-edges character at all settings.

USAGE

The Torus has the following controls:

• Gain (called "Trim" in the original) controls the amount of gain in the op-amp stage, as well as

varying the low-pass filter.

• Treble forms half of the Baxandall tone control and allows adjustment of the treble frequencies.

• Bass forms the other half and allows adjustment of the bass frequencies.

• Volume controls the overall output of the effect.

TORUS LO-FI FUZZ

9 Licensing

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