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mig27
Joined: Mar 09, 2011 Posts: 21 Location: Berlin
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Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2011 7:00 am Post subject:
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I was actually talking knob lever length, not taper length (or did I miss your irony?)
Anyhow, in the mean time I figured that 19mm should be the way to go. |
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State Machine
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Joined: Apr 17, 2006 Posts: 2809 Location: New York
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Posted: Sat Jul 02, 2011 5:40 pm Post subject:
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Quote: | was actually talking knob lever length, not taper length (or did I miss your irony?)
Anyhow, in the mean time I figured that 19mm should be the way to go. |
It was just me being a goofball. lol ..... Seriously, sounds like a good choice.
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citric acid
Joined: Jun 11, 2011 Posts: 45 Location: germany
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Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2011 5:32 am Post subject:
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fonik wrote: | i still have a 2nd set of klee2 PCBs in the drawer and i toy with the idea of building myself a eurorack module from it despite my backlog)! currently i shrunk it to 60HP using pushbuttons with built in LEDs (as seen on my LPG with gate controlled mode). i would replace the manual range selection switch by a voltage controlled switch.
what do you think? ideas?
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cool idea... nice and small not so big . im still looking for a smal one.
do you share this files ? if not i understand ...but if you like it will be fine .
br _________________ http://soundcloud.com/citric-acid-303 |
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brother303
Joined: Nov 02, 2010 Posts: 139 Location: ruhr-area/germany
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Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2011 2:35 am Post subject:
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Hi Cit,
citric acid wrote: |
cool idea... nice and small not so big . im still looking for a smal one.
do you share this files ? if not i understand ...but if you like it will be fine .
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Yes,nice panel,isn`t it?
But you have to build a midi-interface and the voltage controlled range-switch by yourself since there are no out-of-the-box solutions available...
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el-bee
Joined: Oct 21, 2011 Posts: 2 Location: Finland
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Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2011 4:54 am Post subject:
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Here's what I'm planning..:
At the moment, my plan is to make a rack unit with detachable rack ears to allow desktop use too.
If you feel like reading more about my Klee build as it happens, check what this has to offer |
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Captain Biscuits
Joined: Jun 11, 2010 Posts: 116 Location: Northampton, UK
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EdisonRex
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Joined: Mar 07, 2007 Posts: 4579 Location: London, UK
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Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2011 3:31 pm Post subject:
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From a human factors point of view, the two buttons manual load and manual step need to be somewhere you can get at them, as they are by FAR the most used panel controls. Locate them together and out of the way of other switches, connectors and indicators. This is probably the most important piece of the panel layout.
I got my connectors away from my switches and knobs by locating them off to one side. It helps keep cable congestion away from those all important pushbuttons. While well compartmentalised for function, you may find that there are other ways to group that help keep track of steps. You probably will not use all of the merge, invert, etc switches as much as the pattern switches and the gate bus switches, and you'll hate them being in the way, so watch for that.
Oh and also the clock enable gets used a lot when you're programming. I don't think it has to be right next to your pushbuttons but it'll want to be somewhere you can feel for it. _________________ Garret: It's so retro.
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Captain Biscuits
Joined: Jun 11, 2010 Posts: 116 Location: Northampton, UK
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Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2011 3:58 pm Post subject:
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Many thanks for the speedy response!
I'll bear all of that in mind. I've kept the whole pattern, gate bus set up on the top half so it's separate and hopefully clear, but I might re-arrange the bottom half a bit.
I've tried to avoid some obvious labeling so the switch above the clock input is clock enable and the push switch above that is the clock step momentary switch. The same with the Load section so the load enable switch is directly above the Load in jack and the manual load is above that. I like my logical set up (all nicked from other people's designs it must be said ) but I can see what you mean about the advantages of not having a dirty great jack plug in the way right under my momentary switches.
It gives me something to ponder and, at the end of the day function may have to rule over form so I'll look at re-jigging it here & there.
Your input is much appreciated, I'm really keen to make some progress and have this up and running, it looks like such fun to play with!
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EdisonRex
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Joined: Mar 07, 2007 Posts: 4579 Location: London, UK
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Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2011 6:03 pm Post subject:
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A pleasure. I'm not saying my panel was perfect, but there were some major design decisions that worked and some I would do much differently after using the thing fairly constantly over a 2 year period. Grouping the connectors out of the way on a big panel like that is practical. Getting the glide. random and range select out of the way (although range select is another one you're likely to use a lot in practice) has worked for me. _________________ Garret: It's so retro.
EGM: What does retro mean to you?
Parker: Like, old and outdated.
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Paradigm X
Joined: Feb 15, 2011 Posts: 363 Location: Null and void
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Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2012 8:59 am Post subject:
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fonik wrote: | grĂ¼ner klee (germ.) = green clover
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Holy Moly !
Two things.
That looks amazing !!! I have been scanning some for inspiration but jeez that looks amazing, loving the green.
MIDI
How is this implemented, is it the Kendall thing you did? : edit found your thread, its the papareil one. That said, the Dave Kendall/Fonitronik one would be an amazing compiment to this beast!
Thats very impressive.
Off to your site to look for .fpd files |
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fonik
Joined: Jun 07, 2006 Posts: 3950 Location: Germany
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Posted: Mon May 21, 2012 12:07 am Post subject:
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this is how it looks in real (chnged the knob, though). the MIDI is a small pic based converter from marc bareille (papareil).
the whole sequencer is sold(!), however, i am working on a small eurorack module version for this awesome squencer...
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Paradigm X
Joined: Feb 15, 2011 Posts: 363 Location: Null and void
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Posted: Mon May 21, 2012 3:07 am Post subject:
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Amazing. That does look really nice, and that green is a really nice colour. Everything I've seen of yours is really nice.
Im still deciding between sliders and a circular layout. Both have their pros and cons.
How did you find those 45(?)/60mm sliders? Are they long enough in practise? I had a novation controller and found the 45mm sliders a bit fiddly, although they were terrible cheap plastic ones anyway. Id love 100mm sliders...
Ive got one of your VC Clock PCBs now thanks to a kind person on here with the PWM so im going to incorporate that. Midi in i think ill leave external, for the DK/Fonik M2C, but it would be nice live. MIDI out would be an awesome addition but probably a bit complex for me.
Thanks for showing off the pictures, Ben
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octavecat
Joined: Nov 02, 2005 Posts: 49 Location: sf, usa
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Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2013 10:06 am Post subject:
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Did anyone successfully make eurorack panels? I see some line art here, but no confirmation of successful builds... |
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lucid
Joined: Dec 03, 2012 Posts: 19 Location: Slovakia, EU
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roglok
Joined: Aug 28, 2010 Posts: 202 Location: uptown
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Posted: Wed Apr 10, 2013 3:16 pm Post subject:
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lucid wrote: | Hi, finally dreams come true my new MU baby is alive
decision made 11/2012
PCBs arrived 01/2013
panels arrived 03/2013
first switch on 3 days ago
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looks great! i like the square layout. congratulations. |
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jksuperstar
Joined: Aug 20, 2004 Posts: 2503 Location: Denver
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Posted: Wed Apr 10, 2013 3:41 pm Post subject:
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lucid wrote: | Hi, finally dreams come true my new MU baby is alive
decision made 11/2012
PCBs arrived 01/2013
panels arrived 03/2013
first switch on 3 days ago
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Do you mind if I ask if the panel files are available? I like how compact your panel is for frac! Do you have any photos of the back? I'm curious how you mated the panel and pcbs. Thanks for any info, you've done a great job in my eyes. |
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lucid
Joined: Dec 03, 2012 Posts: 19 Location: Slovakia, EU
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Posted: Thu Apr 11, 2013 9:42 am Post subject:
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jksuperstar wrote: |
Do you mind if I ask if the panel files are available? I like how compact your panel is for frac! Do you have any photos of the back? I'm curious how you mated the panel and pcbs. Thanks for any info, you've done a great job in my eyes. |
pmed with some more files
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jksuperstar
Joined: Aug 20, 2004 Posts: 2503 Location: Denver
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Posted: Thu Apr 11, 2013 8:37 pm Post subject:
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Ah, I see...not frac Those are 1/4" jacks (I thought they were 1/8", so the size in my head was 1/4 actual)
Thanks a lot for posting, lucid. This looks great! |
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eXisteNz
Joined: Jun 08, 2010 Posts: 48 Location: Italy
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HansRL
Joined: Nov 17, 2012 Posts: 15 Location: Norway
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Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2014 1:41 pm Post subject:
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This is what I ended up sending to photo print on aluminium. Received my "picture" today. It is not pure 3mm alu as I had hoped for. But a plastic laminate between two thin layer of aluminium. Very light but still quite stiff. The grey back color is very even and the hair line for the drill marks are all there so this looks like a quality print job. Sadly they only would take JPG so no guaranty the scale would hold up. Luckily that's not a problem on this build.
Panel size is a full 84HP 3U. Should be easy to drill, but not sure if I can use a circle saw to cut the sheet. I have some concern the heat might be a problem for the plastic.
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Benjamin AM
Joined: Nov 04, 2010 Posts: 83 Location: Boise
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sduck
Joined: Dec 16, 2007 Posts: 459 Location: Nashville
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Posted: Sun Nov 02, 2014 3:40 pm Post subject:
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Very nice! |
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PHOBoS
Joined: Jan 14, 2010 Posts: 5581 Location: Moon Base
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State Machine
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Posted: Sun Dec 21, 2014 2:23 pm Post subject:
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Anything that looks like lab equipment is great in my book !!! LOL, nice work.
Bill |
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