Repairing a Ringmodulator

Hi all,
Got some DIY gear build by Sam Zen. One of the things is a device with 6 ringmodulators.

And a picture of the insides:

It's based on TBA120s, ZM-FM amplifier with demodulator. It doesn't work yet, think I have to replace some components, especially the tantalum capacitors. Any suggestions?

Cheers,
Woody

Just a little update: Buchla Lopass Gate clone

Hi all,

thanks for stopping by. Have a lot of modules on the bench now, most are 'almost finished.' They need a switch, some jacks, potentiometers or a panel, and some testing of course. First of this batch that is finished: the Buchla Lopass Gate clone. I got the PCB many months ago from Thomas White. More information on this project on his website: http://www.naturalrhythmmusic.com/lopass.html



Will do a demo soon!

Cheers,
Woody

Birch Transmogrifier

Hi there!
Last Friday (3/12/2010) I performed with Les Hall (www.freedomodds.com) as Birch Transmogrifier on radio.electro-music.com. Please check out the video below with a ten minute piece of it. If you like it, you can get the whole performance at electro-music.com.


We'll do another performance next month. Leave a message, and I'll contact you when that will happen!

Cheers,
Woody

Streaming and Beaming

Hi again, and hi visitors from MatrixSynth!
This week I finished wiring a Attenuverting Mixer. But, more interesting for you, I did a jam with Les Hall as Birch Transmogrifier. I'll post a video of that soon, you can listen to the whole jam of 90 minutes on electro-music.com
The Fonitronik Sequential Switch is awesome. Check out this video I made using the Sequential Switch, the SN Voice and some utility modules.



Thanks for watching!
Cheers,
Woody

Fonitronik Sequential Switch completed!

Hi all!
completed the Fonitronik Sequential Switch yesterday. A dense board but easy to build and lots of fun to play with. It's the first module with a 'burned' panel, so you can get an idea of how the modules will look.

Recorded a little video of the use with my phone, so it has a bad audio quality. Couldn't do a real song in the late evening, so more will follow next weekend. You can hear the SN Voice and the Soundlab, playing a little tune.



Thanks for watching and visiting my blog, and thanks to all of you who advised me, and especially Fonik who designed this great module!

Cheers,
Woody

Karplus Strong and a video

Hi all! Today I finished the SN Voice, repaired the PSU and built a great module designed by Les Hall: the Karplus Strong module. This is a first-run, or 'prototype', but I think you'll all be interested in the final version. I can't wait :-)

 

This is the module, I will design a MOTM format panel for the 2nd version. Anyway, I did a little jam for Les and the guys at electro-music.com. Here is me testing the module: http://qik.com/video/5325669 . And the jam after this first test:

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