With a happy ending.
I like where this is going so far.
With a happy ending.
I like where this is going so far.
Fairly horrible looking setup in anticipation of breadboarding some mods to the 4051 Plexquencer to reduce the gate thresholds… but it seems to work with small gate voltages even without the mods. Huh. Did you all already know that?
There’s one bit of flaky behavior but that should be fixable with just a couple bodges.
I updated this post to add this information.
It’s good to remind ourselves we all start somewhere, including Tom Whitwell. Jeez what a horrible piece of spaghetti code
a month or so i said…till everything’s done…while my modules are mostly finished, what’s missing are parts that i forgot, or ordered the wrong ones or things i naturally overlooked, like this (sorry blurry)
Trimmer that goes SIDEways, is on it’s way. I ordered the correct one, i’m sure…
So, i finished these two on December 29th, plus the main unit which has the wrong switch in it as i told you about. (i’m using this thing at least once before i do anyhing else, i’m done with “correct this, correct that” xD).
Two days ago i build this microbus - and - after correcting a mistake i made with the closing mechanism of my case - put it where it belongs, there, done!
Don’t ask about the blurryness, no…
Now…this morning i spent five hours (and it’s cold, ugh), making this from start to finish:
And nearly completed this module which was “only” missing the panel parts, namely:
3 Switches, 3 Buttons, 15 Jacks, 18 LEDs and 22…twenty…two potentiometers.
I’m not weeping, what are you talking about? No…i’m totally fine…i…
Meanwhile, TimMJN, famously responsible for this fast and easy to construct piece of musical gear, made this beautiful case with interesting fillings as shown above. I have to look this up
…* chefskiss *
Heres a very good sounding VCF I just build synthlurker shared a while back (thanks for sharing) I’m bumping it here y’all , so good I took the time write this here!
Slim design
Common components
Not howly
Rock on
I built one of those as well but haven’t tested it yet. Good to see that there have been some independent builts that were successful!
Fyi the resonance pot’s backwards on the layout , easy flip tho also found the sweet spot on the cutoff trimmer to be about 1 o’clock to repel oscillation. Extra fat LP pulverizes and when mixed with HP
I’m getting some killer squawking outta it akin to Luke Vilbert juicing a 303 , I will certainly build another.
Finally filled the 104 HP rack with entirely DIY builds. There’s only two modules here that are pre-made PCBs from other manufacturers. From here on out there will be a whole lot more cuz breadboarding or making PCBs from scratch is time consuming!
There’s a lot of cosmetic work to be done, like finally labeling the front panels and actually adding some knobs, but it makes all of the sound it’s supposed to.
Along with this I’ve begun putting my Github together which will have totally open source repositories for some of the modules that I designed, and more to come. It’s not quite ready to be shared yet, but soon!
Now that is proper
It started as a MFOS Sound Lab Mini Synth, turned into a modular, turned into a bigger modular with steel panels from the hardware store that I hated, and then turned into an even bigger modular with plexiglass panels I quite like. Its probably going to turn into an even bigger modular sooner or later.
My current build project: a 10 step sequencer in its own enclosure.
I still have to decide what color for the LEDs and have to wait for the PCB to arrive (my own design).
Next step will be wiring it all up, it’ll use JST connectors to the PCB.
very 70s inspired case. I advise brown LEDs
Amber is my recommendation
Oh and welcome! Looking forward to seeing it in action.