Sea Device

Based on: Amount of parts: Enclosure type:

EQD Sea Machine High, total 74 components 1590BB
Effect type: Technology: Get your board at:
Ultimate Chorus PT2399 based Sea Device
Build difficult: Power consumption: Get your kit at:
Advanced 50mA (9v) Das Musikding (Europe)

Project overview:
PCB Guitar Mania Sea Device is a chorus pedal that gives you an unprecedented measure of control over
its parameters. This digital-analog hybrid circuit gives you standout chorusing effects topped off with
dramatic shimmer. Based around a PT2399 short digital delay line, with controls for Animation,
Dimension, and Depth. From there, knobs for Shape, Rate, and Intensity let you craft and fine-tune your
chorus effect to perfection.

DIMENSION 1 9V GND. SHAPE 1 RATE 1

C21
C6

C7

C3
C18

D2 R4
R5
R8
R6
IC2

REG1
R7
C4 R36
C14

C17
R9 C9
C15 C5 R19
C16 C8 R29
R10
C10

DEPTH 1 ANIMATION 1 D1 INTENSITY 1

R31
R3 R24
C23

C11 C2 R33 R20 R27

R2 R34 R22 R28
R1 R23 C20
IC1

IC3

C1 R32 C19 R26

R11 R18 C22 R25
R13 R15
C13

C24

R12 C12
R14 R16 R21
R35 R17 R30
RATE-LED GND D3 OUT
IN

Real measures are:

86.30mm width x 68.54mm height

3.40” width x 2.70” height

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Index
1. Project overview 6. Build Notes
2. Index, Introduction & Controls 7. Schematic
3. Bills of Materials, BOM 8. Wiring Diagram
4. Shopping Lists 9. Drill Template
5. Components Recommendations 10. Licensing and Usage

Introduction
This circuit has been cooked up by the people from Akron, Ohio in order to achieve the ultimate versatile
chorus. From subtle, shimmery chorus sounds, to wobbly, seasick, warbly pitch-bent detuning that rocks
the boat.

It's Sea Device palette of controls, both standard and proprietary, that makes it unique - and eminently
useful for everything from understated warble and classic Leslie effects to roller-coaster pitch bends,
condensed arpeggiations, outrageous alien soundscapes, and more!

EarthQuaker Devices designed the original circuit of the Sea Machine to play nicely with the other pedals
in your signal chain without distorting, attenuating volume, or inducing mud. At Sweetwater, we tend to
prefer it placed after distortion pedals and before signal boosters.

When engaged, Sea device’s transparent buffer leaves your dry, all-analog signal crystal clear and
untouched!

Controls
The controls of the Sea Device might look a bit complicated at the first contact, but actually is much
more intuitive than what it looks like.

The delay line (PT2399 LFO) controls Dimension, Animate, and Depth.

 Rate: Sets the speed of the LFO. The miniature LED will show the tempo even in bypass mode.
 Shape: From soft triangle through hard square wave.
 Dimension: Adds a slight slap-back at low levels, reverb-like ambiance at mid levels and an echo-
resonance at max.
 Depth: How much the LFO modulates the delay time.
 Animate: How far the pitch shifted signal swings, lower levels equals a tighter and more focused
shift à la traditional chorus. As you increase the control a more wild and animated pitch shift
begins to emerge.
 Intensity: How much modulated signal is blended in with the dry signal.

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Bill of materials
Resistors R32 10k Potentiometers
R1 1m R33 100k ANIMATION 2K B
R2 1m R34 100k DEPTH 25k B
R3 10k R35 4k7 DIMENSION 5k B
R4 33k R36 33k INTENSITY 50K B
R5 10k RATE 1M C
R6 33k SHAPE 100k A
R7 1k Capacitors
R8 8K2 C1 100n
R9 33k C2 1uf electro Semiconductors
R10 1k C3 470pf IC1 TL074
R11 10k C4 470pf IC2 PT2399
R12 10k C5 100n IC3 LM324
R13 10k C6 1uf electro REG1 L78L05
R14 10k C7 10uf Electro
R15 10k C8 100n
C9 3n3 Diodes
R16 100k
R17 470r C10 1uf electro D1 3mm Blue Led
R18 2k2 C11 1uf electro D2 1n5817
R19 22k C12 100p D3 3mm Blue Led
R20 47k C13 1uf electro
R21 100k C14 10uf
R22 100k C15 100n
R23 100k C16 100n
R24 10k C17 100n
R25 10k C18 10uf Electro
R26 10k C19 47n
R27 10k C20 470n
R28 10k C21 100uf
R29 33k C22 100n
R30 1k C23 10uf Electro
R31 10k C24 10uf Electro

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Shopping list
Resistor Semi Conductors
QTY Value Position Qty Value Position
1 22k R19 Semi Conductors
1 470r R17 1 LM324 IC3
1 47k R20 1 PT2399 IC2
1 4k7 R35 1 TL074 IC1
1 8K2 R8 1 L78L05 REG1
3 1k R7, R10, R30
2 1m R1, R2
1 2k2 R18 Diodes
5 33k R4, R6, R9, R29, R36 Qty Value Position
6 100k R16, R21, R22, R23, R33, R34 2 3mm Blue D1, D3
14 10k R3, R5, R11, R12, R13, R14, Led
R15, R24, R25, R26, R27, R28, 1 1N5817 D2
R31, R32

Potentiometers
Capacitors
Qty Value Position
Qty Value Position
1 50K B INTENSITY
1 47n C19
1 5k B DIMENSION
1 3n3 C9
1 25k B DEPTH
1 470n C20
1 2K B ANIMATION
2 470pf C3, C4
1 1M C RATE
7 100n C1, C5, C8, C15, C16, C17, C22
1 100k A SHAPE
1 100p C12

Electrolytics
Qty Value Position
1 100uf C21
5 1uf C2, C6, C10, C11, C13
5 10uf C14, C18, C23, C24, C7

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Components Recommendations
For this project is a must to use PT2399* from a trusted source such as Das Musikding, Small bear, and
many other pedal related suppliers. DO NOT trust non verified vendors, as are many counterfeits out
there, and they won’t work properly on your build.

This board has been tested using Film box capacitors for most of the values over 1nf, and ceramics discs
for the ones under 1nf. However, high quality components such as Wima’s Capacitors and Panasonic’s
electrolytics can deliver a better performance.

All the resistors used for testing this project are 1/4W Metal Film.

All the pots are Alpha 16mm. Rate*** C 1M, is anti-logarithmic potentiometer, if you have any issue
sourcing it, you could try with a B 1M lineal potentiometer for a similar functionality.

The BOM and Shopping list are exclusively regarding this project. It doesn’t include all the hardware like
the 3PDT bypass switch, audio/dc jacks, enclosure, etc.

Build Notes
If this is one of your first projects I recommend you to take a look on our Pedal Building Guide

For a successful and tidy build it’s recommended the following order:

1. SMD Transistors
2. Resistors & diodes
3. Capacitors, starting with the smaller ones and the ceramic ones.
4. Electrolytic capacitors (always check the polarity)
5. Transistors
6. Wires
7. Potentiometers and switches
8. Off board wiring
9. Transistor bias

To bias correctly the transistors you must plug your finished build into the power supply first. With your
tester on voltage mode (V20) plug the negative tip into the ground of the project, some alligators could
be really helpful. With the positive tip touch the Drain leg of your transistor and it should appear the
voltage on your tester screen. Tweak the trim pot till you read 4.5v if you are using a 9v power supply. Do
the fine adjustment by ear, in order to bias at your own personal taste.

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 VR VR
R8
TL074
Schematic

8K2
TL074 10 IC1_C C13
C6 5 IC1_B 8 470r
7 R14 9

C7
VR R17 OUT

10u
6 10k 1u
1u 3
R15

10k
R13
R16
100k
2

R7
1k
5k B
C12
10k
1

R2
DIMENSION
10k

1m
TL074 100p GND
IN C1 R12
3 IC1_A C2 GND C9 C10
1 R3 R6 R10

GND
100n

R11
10k
2 10k 33k 1k
1u 3n3 1u 3
1u

R1
1m
2

R4
R5
R9

33k
10k
R36
33k
33k
25k B
DEPTH
C3 C4 C8 1 C11

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GND

C5
470pf 470pf 100n

100n
GND

16
15
14
13
11
9
R35 D3

OP2-IN
+9V

LPF 1-IN
LPF 2-IN

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OP2-OUT 12
4k7 LED

LPF2-OUT
+9V

VCC
REF LPF1-OUT
VCO
CC1
CC0
AGND OP1-IN 10
DGND OP1-OUT

IC2
PT2399
REG1

1
2
6
7
8
3
4
VB
I O R33

C14
G

10uf
100k

C18
C17
C15
C16

10uf
100n
100n
100n
C24

10uf

R34
100k

GND GND GND GND GND

GND GN D GND
GND GND
3 3 +9V
2 R19 2
VR
TL074

2K B
50K B
22k 9V D2 R31
1 1 12 IC1_D

INTENSITY

ANIMATION
14
4
4

10k
13

2k2
10k

R18
C21
C22
IC3 _ PWR +
IC1 _ PWR +
R32
10uf
C23

100n

100uf
11 -
11 -

GN D
GND GND
+9V VB GN D.
GND
VB VB

LM324

R23
R21
LM324 I C3_C LM324

100k
100k
10
12 IC3_D 8 R29 5 IC3_B
2 14 R27 9 7 R30
33k
1 13 10k 6 1k
3
3
IC3_A C20
D1

10k

R28
10k
LM324 2
100k A

1M C
RATE
RATE-

R20 R26 470n SHAPE

R22
100k
1
3

1
C19
47k 2

GND 47n

R25
10k

10k
R24
VB

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Wiring Diagram
All our projects include a free 3PDT Board to make the wiring easier and tidier. Also all of our PCBs
feature the status LED on board.

The pad named “Ctrl” or “LED” is the one that controls the status of the led, wire it to the “LED”pad on
the 3PDT board, or in control slug of your 3PDT.

You can take a look on the following diagram to understand the general connections. For further
information check our Pedal Wiring guide.

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Drill Template
This Project has been planned to fit into a 1590BB enclosure type (120mm x 94mm x 33mm.)

Check the Attached “Drilling templates” to drill the box properly. The files are on Scale 1:1, ready to print
in a A4 page.

Licensing and Usage

We really appreciate your trust and support buying this PCB, as well as your will to dive into the DIY
electronics world. That’s why for us is really important that you can make this project work properly and
to enjoy not only the building process, but also to experiment and play with it on your rig.

We try to reply to every question we receive on our email or in our social media, but we try to encourage
all our customers to join our PCB Guitar Mania – Builders Grup on Facebook, in order to post all your
doubts, issues, suggestions or request, as well to share your builds and have some feedback from us
and other fellow builders!

All of our projects have been tested following this same guide on their standard configurations. Although,
not all of the variations and mods have necessarily been tested. These are suggestions based on the
schematic analysis, and on the experiences and opinions of others. Feel free to share with us your
opinions and suggestions regarding the mods our your own personal experimentation.

These boards may be used for commercial endeavors in any quantity unless specifically noted. No
attribution is necessary, though accreditation or a link back is always greatly appreciated.

If you are a builder planning to make your own run of pedals we also offer the service of custom made
boards with your brand and logo, design according your specifications.

The only usage restrictions are that, first, you cannot resell the PCB as part of a kit without prior
arrangement with us, and second, you cannot scratch off the silk screen, or other way of trying to hide
our logos and the source of the PCBs. Like its written above, if you want to have your own designs, with
your brand and logo we could certainly reach an agreement.

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