Burning Modular and some Reverb

Hi again and welcome on this blog.
Today I did some tests with panel lettering. A guy on the very friendly chat of electro-music.com had the idea of burning the text on the wooden panels. Thanks for the tip! :-)
I used an old soldering iron to do this panel for the Fonitronik Sequential Switch.

 

It came out very well! To conclude a little track made while playing with the modular. Used a ladspa static delay effect, the MFOS soundlab minisynth, some LFOs and an ADSR.

Link to the MP3

Cheers,

Woody

Finished the SN Voice!

Dear visitors,
I just want to let you know I finally finished the SN Voice today. Will calibrate the module tomorrow, and will post pictures then! :-)
Have a nice weekend,
Woody

Friday Evening Soldering Fun

Hi!
Got a nice bag with parts from MusikDing today. So it was finally time to finish some unfinished PCBs. As always I forget to order the right capacitor types. So for the Buchla LPG Clone (see NaturalRythm Music) I have to wait some more time, until I order more parts.
The good thing was: the other parts were in the package! So I finished the PCBs of the second Attenuverting Mixer by Fonitronik, the Sequential Switch, also a Fonitronik design, and last but not least the Thomas Henry SN-Voice! :-D
It's time to visit Zwolle once again, to get some more 0.156" headers for the power to finish the boards.

 

Top: SN-Voice PCB by sMs Audio Electronics. Right: Buchla 292c clone by Thomas White. Left, top: Attenuverting Mixer, bottom: Sequential Switch, both by Fonitronik.

Have a very nice weekend,
Woody

Fast Track Pro

Look what I got today! :-D

Works out of the box in Linux!

Studio? No, just some problems buying gear.

Hi all,
It's time again for the weekly update. I did some work on the modular last weekend, finishing panels for the SN Voice and some work on an Attenuverting Mixer. I still miss some components for both but that'll be ok next week.
On to the title. I don't have what we call a 'studio' yet, as in: I can't record my tunes, and don't have a MIDI keyboard to play tunes on the modular and softsynths (I use sequencers now). So I thought it was time to get an audio interface and a MIDI keyboard. I bought a nice Xboard 49, but it didn't arrive. Instead I got a mail that the keyboard was broken. I hope I'll get my money back.
I use linux as my Operating System for quite a few years now, but finding a supported Audio Interface isn't that easy. So if you know a good one, please drop a comment. :-)
Cheers,
Woody

Weekend work: Test Case

Hi again!
I wanted to post this some days ago, but left the laptop adapter at another place, so had to do without for a few days. Anyway, I worked on a little 9U 'test case' for the modular last weekend. So I can test the new modules on the bench. Inside I will put some utility modules depending on what module to test. For now I'll add one CGS Utility LFO, the second Baby 10 sequencer and the SN Voice. Huh what? Time for a picture.

The test case is the bottom black case. Inside you see a finished CGS utility LFO, the second and almost finished Baby 10 sequencer, and a panel for a Fonitronik Attenuverting Mixer. On top the MFOS Soundlab.

That's it for today. Have a nice day!

Working on the DIY modular: SN Voice

Dear All,
received a package from sMs Audio Electronics today with some parts to finish the Thomas Henry SN Voice. The SN Voice is a monophonic synthesizer voice with one VCO, VCA, noise source and simple Envelope Generator build around the SN76477, a chip used in the 80s in video games for sound effects. More information on the website of Scott Stites.
Inside the package were some special components to finish the project. So I added the components to the board and started on the panel components. Almost finished now, until I realized four capacitors missed. (See picture).

 I have to buy these capacitors to finish this project, and I hope I get this done before February.

Cheers,

Woody