Friday, November 14, 2008

mini-modular 2


another mini-modular design for a friend who wants to process drum machines and his old russian synth

features the
CGS tube VCA
Utility Module w/ Ringmod
CGS steiner state variable vcf
Haible/Yusynth Wave folder w/ shape vc mod

Wednesday, November 12, 2008

been busy

update !!





i made a quick colour chart to show where i'm up to
i just order parts for some more projects so it is all rocking

currently working on
compact clone / krautrock phaser (building for a friend)

starting plotting to build my 808 also
for every shipment i make im going to order a couple of modules of the construction
i ordered the core and psu parts this round
exciting :)



krautrock phaser:


wogglebug

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

ready, set ,,.. go!

woo freedom
so now its time to start building

got my QFG pcbs almost finished
just need some TL064s or LF444s
i might try TL074s


just transferred the VCA-1 pcbs
going to try etch this this arvo with some 2nd hand ferric chloride
hopefully this week i can get a new batch of this grimey crap so make the etching process go a bit faster. would love to find out some methods to filter out the copper gunk so it works a bit better
hopefully someone can tell me some good way to do that soon


AND banana plugs are IN
400, 200 white, 200 blue
i might try find some purple ones too





so next step is to order some 3mm alu and get all my face plates cut to size
then get some alu etching mordont ingredients and off we go

Copper sulfate

1 Kilogram

NaCl (sodium chloride -- table salt)

1 Kilogram

NaHSO4 (sodium bisulfate as SaniFlush)

25 grams

H2O (water -- depending on strength of bath)

10-20 Liter

Sunday, November 9, 2008

subSID




just me jamming on the tb303 with my modular VCO chained as a sub osc.
707 for drums
added a pad to fill it out when i recorded it into the computer

quad low pass gate Final design (again :) )



i havent been happy with my low pass gate design until now
i think ill stick with this one :)


hope thomas has some extra boards so i dont have to etch my own

Mini-modulars




Just finishing the cases on these and thought i would post. They came up pretty good, a few caveats but the overall look of them is nice (just dont put them up next to a proper MOTM modular !! hehe)

I made two mini-modulars, both have Yusynth 4072 Arp Vcfs and a multi-wave shape lfo + pre amp and multipe and one also has a CGS tube VCA. I still have to put in some power connections, iron some bugs in the lfo and stain the boxes but they are 80% complete.

Thursday, November 6, 2008

freedom!

Finished thesis!, 1 exam to go. Partying hard-making music-working on synth stuff

completed xoxbox - just waiting for IO kit to arrive
finishing boxes for Richard and Ehsans filter boxes (they look mad too)
building my quad function generator boards

also planning what im going to get done this summer
all the modules in RED are what i'm aiming to get done
ontop of that i would like to build my mb808





so there are some updates on designs
klee just got a work over as i realised some components would not fit inside my rack

the th-vca1 is in and also my cgs digital noise and quad lfo module

cameras ready prepare to flash!