byoc wrote:
Unity gain is rarely at noon with a pedal that uses a log taper volume pot. It's usually around 3 o'clock. Some pedals will use a linear taper for the volume, and that makes unity gain around noon or a little before it, but the last third of the pot's rotation is either very touchy or doesn't really do much of anything. So while the log taper pot may not have unity gain at noon, it does provide a smooth taper across the whole rotation.
This is great to know and confirms my theory that I might be going crazy. In all seriousness this does help quite a bit!
duhvoodooman wrote:
Ah, sorry, it wasn't clear to me that the pedal had recently lost output volume. The TL074 IC would be the most likely culprit, but it's a pain to desolder 14 pins and clean up the eyelets for a new IC, especially when you don't know for sure that it's the problem. However, other things can also affect the output of compressor circuits. Have you changed the position of the Mimosa Jr. in your pedal chain, or put a new pedal in front of it? Any other changes in your signal chain recently?
This was kinda the answer I think I was looking for! Is there a way to test the IC so that I can rule that out before drastic measures? I had been using this bad boy in the front of my chain, so I don't think anything else would have effected it in that regard.
paulman5 wrote:
Is it possible the knob was bumped or impacted and moved position relative to the pot? That's kind of what Morgan was suggesting but in reverse.
I wish this were the case! Unfortunately everything is where it should be but thanks for the suggestion.