Tube Amps for Multisim ?

[ElectroNewby]

Any ? We want to build a tube amp this semester.

 

[Nigel Goodwin]

Why would you need a simulator?, valve amps are crude and simple - just checkout the many examples on the Internet.

I would suggest you start off with an output transformer, that's probably the most crucial (and expensive) part.

Why build a valve amp anyway?, or do you mean a valve guitar amp?.

 

[Sceadwian]

Simulating something like that is an insult to a tube! You gotta try! Every tube has it's own personality, and you might tick one off. Then it gets really nasty.

 

[KeepItSimpleStupid]

Here's a guy experimenting on a tube amp that a bit out of the ordinary. It needs software to work.

Cathode Followe rAmp

 

[ElectroNewby]

lol

Yeah a "lamp amp" for guitar. Well I was thinking of having a reference in multisim instead of only PDF schematics..

I currently have a transistor guitar amp.. the signal is like linear and a real tube amp the Sin is beautifully real... I'm really looking foward to trying that 'feel' . My friend and I are gonna try to build one this semester as a side project during a practice course.

We won't replicate a 65' Twin Reverb but we might come up with something cool even if it sounds dirty (i'll make a video playing a little tune on it when it's done but it might take a couple of months).

You guys ever build one?

 

[Reloadron]

Simulating something like that is an insult to a tube! You gotta try! Every tube has it's own personality, and you might tick one off. Then it gets really nasty.

I knew it! Tubes have feelings too. I once saw a 6L6 cry and many times I saw tube plates turn red with what I think was embarrasment.

Ron

 

[Nigel Goodwin]

I knew it! Tubes have feelings too. I once saw a 6L6 cry and many times I saw tube plates turn red with what I think was embarrasment.

And little red tear drops dripping down inside the valve, shortly before the glass melts and air is sucked in

 

[Sceadwian]

It's hot enough you might even get some flames when the air rushes in you might even get some anger as the air rushes in and the plate combusts =)

 

[KeepItSimpleStupid]

Don't forget the bashful 6L6's that hide behind the metal can.

 

[MikeMl]

Also, don't forget when we ran a pair of metal 6L6s inverted in a pan of water for cooling...

 

[Reloadron]

Also, don't forget when we ran a pair of metal 6L6s inverted in a pan of water for cooling...

Man, those suckers did get hot didn't they.

Ron