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PostPosted: Fri Jan 06, 2017 4:56 am    Post subject: 2017 Build Photos!
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I was hoping to finish this during the holidaze, but didn't end up having time due to visiting relatives.

CLK-OSC: clock oscillator module for a collective synth at the Eastern Bloc soundLab​ in Montreal... Some basic square wave oscillators: 2 with inverted outs as well, 1 normal, and one with mark & space control (i.e. adjustable duty cycle), all with 2 frequency ranges.

The LEDs are sanded flush with the wooden panel. It's a bit of a mess on the back... it was my first panel rather than a box, and probably it would have been better to mount the panel perpendicular. Oh, well.

.:James:.

Edit: replaced verso photo with updated circuit.


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PostPosted: Fri Jan 06, 2017 8:06 am    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

You are off to a great start james Very Happy
Does the dute cycle control work by using diodes to create seperate controls for rise/fall times ?

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PostPosted: Fri Jan 06, 2017 8:22 am    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

PHOBoS wrote:
Does the duty cycle control work by using diodes to create separate controls for rise/fall times ?

Yes, exactly. And in this case I used LEDs for the diodes, which will blink in some cases. When I tried using LEDs with a higher forward voltage, it didn't work. Probably using 1N4148's is best, and driving separate indicator LEDs somehow, but I went with a basic circuit I've used before.

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PostPosted: Fri Jan 06, 2017 8:54 am    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

ah so that's why I wasn't able to spot any diodes on the PCB. Makes sense about the forward voltage, it will probably depend a bit on the supply
voltage but if it is too large the voltage over the capacitor will never get high enough to go beyond the treshold level of the schmitt trigger inverters.

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PostPosted: Fri Jan 06, 2017 11:15 am    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

http://electro-music.com/forum/topic-65656.html

^^ 2016 Smile
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PostPosted: Fri Jan 06, 2017 11:55 am    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

More of a 2016 project really, but I finished in 2017. Very Happy


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PostPosted: Fri Jan 06, 2017 2:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

Wow... Looks really nice and lovely... cheers thumleft

Feel a bit reminded of old Serge modules... Can i ask what modules it contain?

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PostPosted: Fri Jan 06, 2017 3:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

Lunetta style synth

Schemactics by Castle Rocktronics
http://castlerocktronics.com/modular.html


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PostPosted: Fri Jan 06, 2017 4:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

nice synth and a nice photo J3RK, would love to see a bit more of it. Love the arcade buttons Razz
I still have a couple of those laying around here which I should use someday, hmm actually I might
have an idea. Thanks for reminding me.

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PostPosted: Sat Jan 07, 2017 12:33 am    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

I've finally finished it - Sparta Synthesizer, based on the ARP Odyssey with an extra VCO (Mono/3 VCO Paraphonic), Patch Points and Aftertouch/Modulation routing. I cheated a bit by using a CME Xkey 37 - I couldn't face all those J-Wires again. Wink

I think I'm done with DIY now - I have no more room left and I need to reclaim my sanity.

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PostPosted: Sun Jan 08, 2017 8:20 am    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

PHOBoS wrote:
ah so that's why I wasn't able to spot any diodes on the PCB. Makes sense about the forward voltage, it will probably depend a bit on the supply
voltage but if it is too large the voltage over the capacitor will never get high enough to go beyond the treshold level of the schmitt trigger inverters.

Re mark & space / duty cycle control: Since I still had it on the breadboard, I tried using 1N4148's for the diodes and simple transistor drivers for the LEDs, and it works much better. The output wave is cleaner (before, using LEDs, it wouldn't go all the way back down to 0V). With the drivers, the LEDs are good and bright. I had a little bit of space left on the perfboard, so I made the changes... I updated the photo above, so you might spot the diodes now Smile.

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PostPosted: Mon Jan 09, 2017 10:58 am    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

wackelpeter wrote:
Wow... Looks really nice and lovely... cheers thumleft

Feel a bit reminded of old Serge modules... Can i ask what modules it contain?


Here's a list.

Panel 1
FlexWave Complex Dual VCO
Dual VCA (my version of the Mike Sims style pre-distortion VCA)
Dynamix (this contains two resonant LPGs, two linear slope generators, stereo output mixer, analog OR mixer to mix slopes)

Panel 2
DXOR (Schottky diode XOR circuit with logic and audio outputs plus a voltage controlled integrator)
DivisiClock (VC clock with /2 /3 and /4 divisions)
Bit Station (shift register based pseudo random CV, digital noise, white noise module)
MicroState Filter (state variable filter with two variable FM inputs, "Ping" input, etc.)
CV Processor/Offset Generator
Audio Mixer

Panel 3
UltraFlop 08 (sequencer with up, down, and pingpong counting, individual gate outputs, a combined gate output (post switches)
Two manual gate and manual DC voltage sections.

Thanks for the kind words!
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PHOBoS wrote:
nice synth and a nice photo J3RK, would love to see a bit more of it. Love the arcade buttons Razz
I still have a couple of those laying around here which I should use someday, hmm actually I might
have an idea. Thanks for reminding me.


I love arcade buttons. I actually occasionally build arcade controllers for MAME use, so I have these around sometimes.

I'll post a couple more pics as soon as I get a chance.


Thanks!!

Also, there are audio demos up here: http://soundcloud.com/drj3rk/sets/stroh-modular-silver-synth
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 09, 2017 3:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

Hay Broadwave. That turned out great. Watched it throughout your progress.awesome project.
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 09, 2017 3:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

Broadwave wrote:
I think I'm done with DIY now - I have no more room left and I need to reclaim my sanity

Thats the pitfall of building a modular synth: it is never finished!

Very nice build! thumb up
But as the British say: The proof of the pudding is the eating, so... we want sounds too much coffee
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 11, 2017 5:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

haebbmaster: nice looking case Very Happy are you going to fill it up completely or leave the bottom part for patch cables ?

Broadwave: stellar job on that synth Razz I am amazed at how fast it came together. And I agree with Grumble; we want sounds!

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PostPosted: Sat Jan 14, 2017 3:20 am    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

PHOBoS wrote:
haebbmaster: nice looking case Very Happy are you going to fill it up completely or leave the bottom part for patch cables ?

Thank you. This will be for cables. But I got two cases of the same type. So maybe only one of them will have space for cables.
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Yusynth VCA and Env Gen, Thomas Henry XR2206 VCO, not prettied up the panel is still being finalized.


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PostPosted: Mon Jan 16, 2017 7:32 am    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

Very nice sky surfer.

They look to be 5u, however pictures sometimes deceive.

I like how you mounted your boards.
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Cfish wrote:
Very nice sky surfer.

They look to be 5u, however pictures sometimes deceive.

I like how you mounted your boards.


The older I get the more I appreciate 5U, big knobs and everything out in the open. Ideally there will be normaling of signals coming and going on D connectors with a basic patch hardwired.
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My first finished build for 2017: an ARP 4072 VCF module for my euro-rack synth.
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 01, 2017 1:34 am    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

okay, made from a PCB/panel kit, nonetheless, i designed the additional circuitry and the PCB.

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PHOBoS wrote:
My first finished build for 2017: an ARP 4072 VCF module for my euro-rack synth.

I have not been around for quite a while. Nice to see you are still so productive!

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PostPosted: Wed Feb 01, 2017 3:49 am    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

Thanks matthias, you are one of my electronic heroes !

Nice looking filter although it could use a couple of yellow knobs Bug squash

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PHOBoS wrote:
Thanks matthias, you are one of my electronic heroes !

Ridiculous. Laughing

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Nice looking filter although it could use a couple of yellow knobs Bug squash

well, even though it was built in 11/2016 i will post this, since it meets your requirements:

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