Chapter 6. How the Noise Toaster Works

In this chapter, we’ll go into the details of the unit’s circuitry and explain the purpose of each and every component in order for you to really understand what’s going on underneath the hood.

The Noise Toaster Schematics

Now let’s go over each section of the Noise Toaster circuitry in detail. We’ll begin our in-depth review of the Noise Toaster’s circuitry with the unit’s power supply.

Power supply schematic
Figure 6-1. Power supply schematic

The Power Supply

In Figure 6-1, we see the unit’s power supply, which is basically a 9V battery. The unit can also be powered by a clean, line-powered 9V battery eliminator. Throughout the schematics ...

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