<p>Ok, finally i soldered C5 using the directions on the pcb instead of what is shown in the manual and i managed to solder the LM7809 correctly so all good there. </p>
<p>i've even finished building the first dronelab, all went quite smoothly, and almost everything seem to be working fine except one thing.<br />
I have the dronelab plugged in my 15watt amp and i'm not getting as much output as i could ,even if i crank the amp up to max. When i choose to raise to volume from the DLab i have to use the input instead of the master volume knob to raise the volume but still its not high enough..</p>
<p>i seem to only get some reaction from bpf1, bpf2 and bypass balance when i play with oscillator 1.. can't seem to notice the effect using the other oscillators, is this normal or should it react to all oscillators.. again on oscillator 1 the master volume seems to react by raising or lowering frequencies of bpf 1 and 2 on oscilaltor 1 only, but still doesn't raise overall volume..  </p>
<p>-also, when i use the dronelab with earphones only, i can only hear a very faint sound. almost silent, but i can hear the drones if i listen carefully. again master volume doesn't raise sound.. </p>
<p>I already checked and rechecked parts emplacement, my soldering and continuity about 3 times.. all looks A+ i'm afraid ! i'm ready to check until problem solved but if anyone would have an idea on this i would appreciate.</p>
<p>So basically, it doesn't drone loud enough.. besides that every other functions on the board seem to be working fine. In fact this kit is really amasing and after just a little while i had it going in drone heaven !! it's so fun to play with.. but i'm looking to soon play this at a gig and i would love to be able to jack up to volume as i wish. </p>
<p>preparing to build the second Dlab tomorrow. can't wait to sync these two together.</p>
<p>thanks in advance for the help guys!</p>
<p>Jon
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