Weird Sound Generator Problem Solved.
Sorry to say, but I think the diagram on the MFOS site is wrong for the kit parts they are sending out (either that or I can’t read diagrams).
The diagram in question is this one:
That to me looks like ground to the top, middle left alone, bottom gets the out. In that wiring however I got nothing.
Once I switched the bottom “out” wire to the middle everything sprang to life and everything works peachy now.
Interestingly enough I was actually able to find someone else who had the same issue and had blogged about it. Sean over at Bearly Sounds had the same issue with his WSG construction.
When I first powered on the unit nothing happened. I decided to test for voltage first. First I checked the battery. I know it sounds stupid but how many times have you had something not work only to find out the batteries were dead? Then I basically traced the voltage. Everything looked good. As it turned out, I soldered a wire to the wrong post on the 1/4″ jack. Once I corrected that problem the WSG immediately started making weird sounds! Woo hoo!
As always, I am concerned that my aggressive debugging of the last 3 hours might have screwed something up, but everything seems in shape.
The WSG is now sat in a whole cut in a cardboard box, ready for oak case construction after the Christmas break
Thanks for posting this.
I just finished putting together a WSG this afternoon for the second time, and of course was getting no sound. Found this page by accident while looking for stuff about the bliptronic, and lo my WSG is now making weird sounds.
Many thanks
Awesome, very happy I was able to help (comments like your’s alan, really make blogging stuff like this worth it).
I am not sure his wife would agree.
Did you leave a message to the WSG homepage about this as well? I am getting no sound out of my WSG either, which I built three days ago. Unfortunately, your tip did not help. I suspect a damaged component. Any tip on how to check this out?