# Atari Atari Atari Punk Punk Punk Console Console Console **URL:** \ **Category:** KOSMO MODULES\ **Created:** [August 8, 2020, 12:34pm UTC](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/t/atari-atari-atari-punk-punk-punk-console-console-console/1573 "2020-08-08T12:34:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![fredrik](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/fredrik/32/682_2.png) [@fredrik](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/u/fredrik)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2020, 12:34pm UTC](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/t/atari-atari-atari-punk-punk-punk-console-console-console/1573/1 "2020-08-08T12:34:34Z")
Available for pre-order, bundled with a nice pink vinyl edition of the upcoming release: > **[BUNDLE: Vinyl + PCB](https://store.lookmumnocomputer.com/collections/bundles/products/bundle-vinyl-pcb)** > > Please note that this is a pre order and will be released on 18th September. Any other items ordered alongside this bundle will be shipped together once released. If you would like to receive other items before this please place a separate... (not the classic KOSMO form factor, obviously, but I think it can fit here. “circular kosmo”, maybe?) (also the second vinyl but no CD release I’ve seen lately.) ---
**Author:** ![analogoutput](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/analogoutput/32/29663_2.png) [@analogoutput](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/u/analogoutput)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2020, 1:46pm UTC](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/t/atari-atari-atari-punk-punk-punk-console-console-console/1573/2 "2020-08-08T13:46:10Z")
> [@fredrik](#): > > (also the second vinyl but no CD release I’ve seen lately.) Not into vinyl collecting, or CD collecting really. I don’t understand not selling downloads or CDs. I finally gave in and bought an optical drive to rip a CD where no download was offered, but I’m just not gonna go buy a turntable for similar purposes. ---
**Author:** ![Caustic](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/caustic/32/15588_2.png) [@Caustic](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/u/Caustic)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2020, 6:39pm UTC](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/t/atari-atari-atari-punk-punk-punk-console-console-console/1573/3 "2020-08-08T18:39:38Z")
This is flat out cool ---
**Author:** ![d42kn355](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/d42kn355/32/273_2.png) [@d42kn355](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/u/d42kn355)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2020, 4:21pm UTC](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/t/atari-atari-atari-punk-punk-punk-console-console-console/1573/4 "2020-08-16T16:21:42Z")
heh - so Im super into George Clanton and his 100% Electronica Label - they barely ever make CD’s ☹ Always Vinyl and Cassette (Vinyl I obviously do not mind - but i can’t listen to either of those in my car -\_- lol ) Drives me nuts cuz I like around 5 or 6 Artists on his label and all have the same release structure. ---
**Author:** ![Bitnik](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/bitnik/32/274_2.png) [@Bitnik](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/u/Bitnik)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2020, 4:27pm UTC](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/t/atari-atari-atari-punk-punk-punk-console-console-console/1573/5 "2020-08-16T16:27:34Z")
> [@d42kn355](#): > > Always Vinyl and Cassette (Vinyl I obviously do not mind - but i can’t listen to either of those in my car -\_- lol ) I remember there were some attempts to market a dashboard-mounted car player for vinyl 7" singles in the seventies. A lot of work went into making the mechanism skip-proof. Sadly the 12" album format was simply too large to be practical. Automotive cassette players were once so common that it was rare to find a car that didn’t have one. Though 8 track cartridges were quite popular in the United States they never took off in the UK. ---
**Author:** ![d42kn355](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/d42kn355/32/273_2.png) [@d42kn355](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/u/d42kn355)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2020, 9:29pm UTC](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/t/atari-atari-atari-punk-punk-punk-console-console-console/1573/6 "2020-09-16T21:29:55Z")
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**Author:** ![twigathy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3be4f8/32.png) [@twigathy](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/u/twigathy)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2020, 11:16pm UTC](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/t/atari-atari-atari-punk-punk-punk-console-console-console/1573/7 "2020-09-24T23:16:41Z")
Hello folks, has anyone tried to build one of these from scratch yet? I’m plotting things out in Kicad, and noticed that one of the 556 halves has an unused “Q” output. Is that right? Is just the DIS output being used by later stages in the cascade of chaos? (Schematic: [https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5912db7ee6f2e1435dbab4fd/t/5f660a04179c39639dee8bbf/1600522761044/Untitled.jpg](https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5912db7ee6f2e1435dbab4fd/t/5f660a04179c39639dee8bbf/1600522761044/Untitled.jpg)) ![APC-cubed-q.PNG](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/lookmumnocomputer/original/2X/6/6bda0de8d77e3fc51a41d074973e3762c5f97ef2.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![fredrik](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/fredrik/32/682_2.png) [@fredrik](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/u/fredrik)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2020, 11:39am UTC](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/t/atari-atari-atari-punk-punk-punk-console-console-console/1573/8 "2020-09-26T11:39:41Z")
Q is what’s usually called OUT in 555/556 pinouts; it’s the buffered output of the internal flip-flop. It looks like this circuit is taking the output signal from the charge circuitry instead (i.e. the voltage over the capacitor), I assume to get a nicer waveform. ---
**Author:** ![twigathy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3be4f8/32.png) [@twigathy](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/u/twigathy)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2020, 11:46am UTC](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/t/atari-atari-atari-punk-punk-punk-console-console-console/1573/9 "2020-09-26T11:46:57Z")
ahh, that’d make some sense! It looks like you do get a smoothed out waveform rather than hard square waves: > **[555 and 556 Timer Circuits](https://dlb.sa.edu.au/rehsmoodle/file.php/466/kpsec.freeuk.com/555timer.htm)** Here’s where I’m at with the Kicad design (Unrouted, no panel design yet either). It’s going to be in Eurorack format rather than Kosmo I’m afraid 🙂 . I’m also planning on using 6x 555 timers because I bought a tube of the damn things a while ago and this seems like the perfect project to use some of them up… ![apc-cubed-pcb](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/lookmumnocomputer/original/2X/c/c07adbf170ee4184ff2bd2e5fd345e960ed2500e.png) ---
**Author:** ![analogoutput](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/analogoutput/32/29663_2.png) [@analogoutput](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/u/analogoutput)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2020, 12:20pm UTC](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/t/atari-atari-atari-punk-punk-punk-console-console-console/1573/10 "2020-09-26T12:20:59Z")
Are you doing a front panel too, and having it fabbed at JLCPCB? If so be sure to put JLCJLCJLCJLC on your APCAPCAPC! 😆 ---
**Author:** ![twigathy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3be4f8/32.png) [@twigathy](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/u/twigathy)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2020, 12:42pm UTC](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/t/atari-atari-atari-punk-punk-punk-console-console-console/1573/11 "2020-09-26T12:42:38Z")
hah! Naa, I like oshpark for my PCBs & panels. They’re quite a bit more expensive than JLC and such, but the finish is great. Also, who doesn’t love purple PCBs?! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![analogoutput](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/analogoutput/32/29663_2.png) [@analogoutput](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/u/analogoutput)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2020, 1:50pm UTC](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/t/atari-atari-atari-punk-punk-punk-console-console-console/1573/12 "2020-09-26T13:50:37Z")
Purple panels? I have some purple knobs on the Eurorack side, but no purple panels… ---
**Author:** ![twigathy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3be4f8/32.png) [@twigathy](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/u/twigathy)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2020, 1:57pm UTC](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/t/atari-atari-atari-punk-punk-punk-console-console-console/1573/13 "2020-09-26T13:57:21Z")
Amusingly, I’m completely out of purple knobs at the moment. There’s some purple module examples here: > **[Big Rack](https://www.modulargrid.net/e/racks/view/1306996)** > > Big Rack - Eurorack Modular System from twigathy and here: > **[Starting Out](https://www.modulargrid.net/e/racks/view/1146663)** > > Starting Out - Eurorack Modular System from twigathy ---
**Author:** ![antoine.pasde2](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/antoine.pasde2/32/326_2.png) [@antoine.pasde2](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/u/antoine.pasde2)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2020, 8:39pm UTC](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/t/atari-atari-atari-punk-punk-punk-console-console-console/1573/14 "2020-09-26T20:39:12Z")
> [@fredrik](#): > > It looks like this circuit is taking the output signal from the charge circuitry instead (i.e. the voltage over the capacitor), I assume to get a nicer waveform. > [@twigathy](#): > > It looks like you do get a smoothed out waveform rather than hard square waves You can blame me for that: [![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/lookmumnocomputer/original/2X/c/cc39a9876e76f4f1c4538030ee6d6ec67a12a3fb.jpeg "THE CIRCLE SYNTH OF DOOM, The Atari Atari Atari Punk Punk Punk Console Console Console") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Icf3cNClc6w&t=170) ---
**Author:** ![twigathy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3be4f8/32.png) [@twigathy](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/u/twigathy)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2020, 10:18pm UTC](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/t/atari-atari-atari-punk-punk-punk-console-console-console/1573/15 "2020-10-30T22:18:43Z")
Thanks to shipping being a little slow it took a while, but my take on the APC^3 got soldered together today. It’s one heck of a noisemaker but can be tamed in pretty interesting ways with voltage control and some knob-twiddling. Anyway, I fed CV5 the output of a Wavetable LFO and ended up with something that might even be considered music-adjacent 🙂 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4jD5lfAr4o&feature=butt](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4jD5lfAr4o&feature=butt) ---
**Author:** ![lookmumnocomputer](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/lookmumnocomputer/32/23_2.png) [@lookmumnocomputer](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/u/lookmumnocomputer)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2020, 11:05am UTC](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/t/atari-atari-atari-punk-punk-punk-console-console-console/1573/16 "2020-10-31T11:05:35Z")
nice! sounds great 😃 ---
**Author:** ![lookmumnocomputer](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/lookmumnocomputer/32/23_2.png) [@lookmumnocomputer](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/u/lookmumnocomputer)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2020, 11:06am UTC](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/t/atari-atari-atari-punk-punk-punk-console-console-console/1573/17 "2020-10-31T11:06:59Z")
yep! in one of the livestreams I did building this Antoine mentioned to have a listen to the charge output, and yeah a less square output! mentioned it in the vid im pretty sure! ---
**Author:** ![antoine.pasde2](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/antoine.pasde2/32/326_2.png) [@antoine.pasde2](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/u/antoine.pasde2)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2020, 5:51pm UTC](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/t/atari-atari-atari-punk-punk-punk-console-console-console/1573/18 "2020-10-31T17:51:59Z")
You did indeed mention it in the video (thanks!). The video in [the post you replied to](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/t/atari-atari-atari-punk-punk-punk-console-console-console/1573/14) is cued to that instant. ---
**Author:** ![CC-TOP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@CC-TOP](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/u/CC-TOP)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2020, 8:01am UTC](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/t/atari-atari-atari-punk-punk-punk-console-console-console/1573/19 "2020-12-03T08:01:35Z")
Finished building it finally, love the nasty sounds of it 🙂 Has anyone already found a way to incorporate it into a nice enclosure? I find it quite hard to realize since the PCB has the same diameter as the front panel 😅 ---
**Author:** ![Dud](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/dud/32/610_2.png) [@Dud](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/u/Dud)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2020, 9:34am UTC](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/t/atari-atari-atari-punk-punk-punk-console-console-console/1573/20 "2020-12-03T09:34:13Z")
maybe with some small piece of thin aluminium or other to put it in a box, like i do behind my dial phone gate ![dial phone gate - fixation - sound bender](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/lookmumnocomputer/original/2X/1/10494e75c0d8da2de6ae7339ab7684ec101bad51.jpeg)