Wednesday 24 February 2010

Tuesday 23 February 2010

LPG


One LPG, with the Fonitronik Electronic Mode Control board, couldn't be without it. Runs on 12V, I changed R18 on the LPG board to 100K to reduce clipping/distortion/whatever it was... Also changed R1 and R4 to 12K and R2 and R3 to 20K on expansion to board to increase supply voltage to 4053 at 12V operation (thanks slacker)...

Sunday 21 February 2010

Saturday 20 February 2010

bananaroony


Serge VCS progress


Just needs a few bits and bobs... I went with just the basic dual unit in the end - I'd never finish it... This module has the gross misfortune to be besmirched with minijacks - it's not for me see! These minijacks are a little odd, a bit tight in fact, not sure if that's cool or not...

Fonitronik PS3100 Resonators


I've just been finishing up a few things recently, I finally got round to these Korg PS3100 resonators made from Fonitronik boards, really great modules... I''m also making a minijack version for someone else, just needs some LED's - both are eurorack size.

Friday 19 February 2010

Dual Polymoog Resonator


Just finished this JH Polymoog Resonator clone, a dual unit in eurorack with bananas. I added vactrol VC to all frequency pots - 12 vactrols...£££ouch! Worth it though...

Friday 12 February 2010

Dual Polymoog Resonator panel


Sketch for JH's Polymoog Resonator clone...

Wednesday 10 February 2010

Dual VCS Euro panel


This is the preliminary design for a dual VCS, but having seen Macumbista's design, I think I might have to change it!

Saturday 6 February 2010

Euro 281

So, this is a completed Eurorack (Bananarack?) version of the Buchla 281 module, this is a dual unit. I've added an external input to the PEAK circuit, attenuators on both A and B inputs to the PEAK circuit, a BOTH input (with a bi-polar attenuator for positive and negative control voltage processing) and each section (A&B) has an independent polarizer, allowing the output to be patched into either RISE or FALL of either section, for adjustable exponential or logarithmic envelopes (I haven't examined this yet on a scope, so I hope it works!)...

I'll also be making a couple of these with the dreaded MINIJACK (aaaargh!) for someone who has not yet seen the light ;-)

I think the panel looks okay, the Lazertran worked out better than expected, even on the .01" lines. I'd also like to try lenses on the LED's as it would look a bit better I think, the next one should have these...

Thursday 4 February 2010

Studio

Here is a pic of the studio... access is a bit tricky... actually any movement is....

Live setup


Just played first live gig using this setup with a chap on drums (Tower) I guess we started a band - Solina Hi-Fi check http://www.myspace.com/solinasound.

Think it went well, hopefully got more stuff upcoming... Which I might post here... Wasn't too bad lumping the synth to the venue, but maybe a portable option would not be a bad idea...

News!


My memory card got fried, so none...
Got a new one...

Just tried Lazertran for the first time, as the letraset was a pain, and have found that it is pretty good and easy to use - so far... The legend seems thin in places, and missing in others (it's a Buchla 231 clone, rather than a 281) but this could be more to do with the printer settings maybe...

I also found that I need to get shares in a company that makes IPA, as I used about a litre making this...