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This is just another circuit designed by Mr. Seetharaman Subramanian
and time it is a high quality passive tone control circuit that has an overall
gain of around 25 with 20dB boost and cut. This circuit needs minimum
number of components, is very cost eective and most of the
components required can be found from you junk box. Even though an
opamp which is an active element is used in the circuit, the tone control
section is entirely passive and thats why the circuit is named so.
Description.
The circuit consists of two parts. Firstly an op-amp based preampli er
stage and secondly a passive Baxandall tone control circuitry. The
preampli er stage is a non inverting ampli er based on TL072. R2 is the
feedback resistor which together with resistor R1 sets the gain of this
stage and with the stated values it is 23. Voltage gain in the non-inverting
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taken as approximately equal to the output impedance of TL072. C2 is the
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limit. R4 is the oset minimizing resistor which reduces the eect of
output oset voltage on the output of the ampli er and its value is taken
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as approximately equal to R1||R2. The preampli er stage is powered

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using +15/-15 dual supply. Capacitor C3 couples the preampli er stage

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KA4558 is a Bipolar device but TL072 is MOS FET device with

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Seetharaman May 27, 2014 at 8:01 am
Hi Abubakar you have to use single supply ampli er and
preamp together. You cannot mix single supply and dual
supply circuits. Use the two transistor tone control appeared
earlier for Motional Feed Back ampli er.
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abubakar May 5, 2014 at 12:19 pm

can dis circuit run on 12volts ????
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No you can use TDA1524 tone control chip which is meant for
12 volts http://www.circuitstoday.com/stereo-preampli er-
with-tone-control
or you can use the following simple 2 transistor circuit both
appeared earlier in our project.
http://www.circuitstoday.com/two-transistor-tone-controller
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yasir isnan March 30, 2014 at 7:09 am

Sorry for my correction for this. The circuit of power supply is wrong.
Diode Bridge recti er is backwards.
The junction point of two cathode is positive, and to be connected to +C1
and +C3 and the junction point of two anode is negative (to be connected
to -C2 and -C4.
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Seetharaman March 31, 2014 at 5:45 am

Thanks. Yes you are correct all diodes in the bridge recti er,

anode and cathode to be inter changed.
Mr Rex you can use higher current transformer not higher

voltage. current capability of transformer has nothing to do
with the performance. higher voltage will kill the circuit.
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Rex March 8, 2014 at 12:15 am

Seetharaman, instead of 500MA Current, can i use 1.5 ampere of
transformer for the passive tone control or wil 1.5 ampere damage the
tone control
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Rex March 7, 2014 at 1:45 pm

Setharaman, i have three question (1) 680uf capacitor for the power
supply is hard to nd in my place.. Can i use 1000uf (2) what is the current
rating of the transformer how many ampere (3) the 0.01uf capacitor in the
power supply is it polyester or ceramic disc
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Christian January 24, 2014 at 5:24 am

Hi Friend
I have to use this circuit in the car audio system, i have in home the OP
AMP TL074, my question is, i can supply the OP amp with +12V in the Pin 4
and ground in the Pin 11 ??
Thanks
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kevin December 21, 2013 at 8:31 am

There are errors in the power supply circuit. The bridge recti er is
backwards.
Also the junction point is not indicated at the d1,c2,c4 node.
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PRINCE IGBO December 16, 2013 at 11:22 pm

Please sir i need on my last comment
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ineed a circuit analysis
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PRINCE IGBO December 9, 2013 at 8:09 am

Good day sir, Im really confused about the Vc channel. Can i connect the

balance which you wrote to other vc channel. Can i connect it with the
passive tone control output. Thank you sir for reading. Im waiting for your
reply before i go crazy.
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Seetharaman December 23, 2013 at 10:53 pm

Hi Prince Yes it is to other channel volume control. Only one
channel is shown the other channel is identical. You can use
stereo ganged control, so you can operate the control of both
channels together. TL072 is a dual opamp, hence you require
only one IC for both the channels.
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Germn October 31, 2013 at 7:09 pm

Hi, I have a few questions about the circuit itself. (Im sorry if they are
stupid questions its just that I have never done any audio preamp).
In the balance control when you refer the other potentiometer pin To
other channel VC you refer to the other channel Volume Control or
something else?
Is it a stereo preamp or do I have to make another preamp for the other
channel? In the last case how can I adapt this circuit in such a way that
with the same potentiometers I adjust things for both channels?
Thank you very much, and sorry for the questions and my english.
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Seetharaman November 1, 2013 at 8:43 am

Yes it is to other channel volume control. Only one channel is
shown the other channel is identical. You can use stereo
ganged control, so you can operate the control of both
channels together. TL072 is a dual opamp, hence you require
only one IC for both the channels.
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Rex October 18, 2013 at 12:36 pm

Seetharaman, how can i wire this circuit to work with single power supply
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Hi Rex instead of modifying this circuit you can use TDA1524A
http://www.circuitstoday.com/stereo-preampli er-with-tone-
control or discrete transistor circuit
http://www.circuitstoday.com/baxendall-tone-control-circuit
Most suited ones for single supply power ampli ers.
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Hi Rex use TDA1524A a good tone control for single supply

operation.
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Hi Rex use a simple transistorised baxendall-tone-control-
circuit appeared earlier which will also be ideal.
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Rex July 4, 2013 at 3:57 am

Seetharaman, the power supply for this Tone control has no regulator,
Please give us the circuit for regulated power supply,
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Seetharaman July 4, 2013 at 9:31 am

Hi Rex no need for regulation for this tone control. A well
smoothed supply with least ripple is the requirement. the
supply shown above is just sucient. If you still feel regulated
is better use 15-0-15 volt transformer with 15 volt positive
(7815) and 15 volt negative regulator (7915)for the power
supply. use our earlier circuit for reference
http://www.circuitstoday.com/regulated-dual-power-supply-
circuit
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Seetharaman, the power supply for this Tone control has no regulator,
Please give the circuit for regulated power supply,
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Please give the circuit for regulated power supply
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prudencio g. peritos jr. December 24, 2012 at 2:32 am

hi rohin ihad been nished assembled this passive tone control,using C2
1uf/25v and C3 2.2uf/25v and its working driving my 150 watt ampli er,but
there was a little bit humming,,,is there any other components used to
modify this to eliminate humming?
longing your reply soon. thanx
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prudencio g. peritos jr. December 21, 2012 at 10:44 pm
what is C2 and C3 electrolytic capacitor or ceramic?
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rohin December 23, 2012 at 3:13 am

polyster cap. or np electrolite cap..if you could not get them
you can make a np cap. with two p cap. for make a 1 uf (105)
take two 2uf cap. (which are electrolite polarity) weld their
positive legs and rest of both legs which are negative , use
them .now it become 1uf non polarity capacitor.and for 2uf
(205) use two 4uf cap. rest procedure is same.
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Prudencio G. Peritos Jr. November 23, 2012 at 2:54 am

what capacitor can replace 2uf and 2.2 nf, is not avbailable in our
market,,,i need this tone control.
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sunil September 8, 2012 at 4:35 am

hello sir my ampli er(dual power)18 volts 5A
this circuit IC TLo72 what is max.volts
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JP July 29, 2012 at 1:16 pm

Hi, what kind of capacitors are required for this pre-amp, and what is the
ideal voltage rating?
Thank you
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Pankaj July 14, 2012 at 7:27 pm

Sir Iam not able to nd TL072IC please provide me any alternative
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Pankaj July 9, 2012 at 6:15 am

sir can I use 6A4 diodes in the power supply circuit instead of IN4007????
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seetharaman July 28, 2011 at 9:18 am

Hi Cooldon you can try M62446AFP chip most eective one it is available
in stores as kit form.
http://pdf1.alldatasheet.com/datasheet-

pdf/view/247572/RENESAS/M62446AFP.html
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cooldon July 28, 2011 at 7:51 am

hello SEETHARAMAN pls i dont know if any have a DIGITAL VOLUME AND
TONE CONTROL.Pls i need it tanks,i will be waiting
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hello every body i just nish this circuit and it is working very ne,pls i dont
know if any body has a DIGITAL VOLUME AND TONE CONTROL.Pls i need it
tanks,i will be waiting
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hello every body i just nish this circuit and it is working very ne
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seetharaman July 14, 2011 at 9:34 am

Hi Tanker go through the following circuits Fig.2 shows the technique
used.
http://www.eng.yale.edu/ee-labs/morse/compo/sloa058.pdf
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Tanker July 13, 2011 at 1:43 pm

how can I modify this circuit to single supply?
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Seetharaman March 11, 2011 at 2:29 am

Hi Rol you are correct. Thanks for your observation, it is an ideal
requirement. logarithmic control have to be used for linear indication of
knob position.
Getting these potentiometer are a bit dicult and their tracking error
between pots also give a dierence in frequency response of both the
channels in the ganged potentiometer. It is the reason just linear pots are
sucient as they track between both the tracks of ganged potentiometer.
If you use independent potentiometers (for bass, treble and volume)for
each channel then log pots can be used comfortably, which is also correct.
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Rol March 10, 2011 at 12:39 pm

Yes, this one of the real veterans among tone control circuits. But I do
believe that all of the potmeters need to exhibit a logaritmic curve. With
linear potmeters, you will still have boost and cut, but proper adjustment
will be very dicult. And the REAL veteran circuit even used a (double) log-
antilog potmeter for channel balance!
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sule May 17, 2014 at 10:46 pm

I assembled all the components but my circuit is not run,what
can be a problem?
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Have you used both + and supply. check the
wiring thoroughly. This is a proven circuit it should
work. all indicated as ground should be connected
to zero volt reference (common to + and Minus
supply. Please check.
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