Simple Quantizer Boards + Chips rev4 avaialable now.

johans121 · Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2010 9:52 pm Post subject:

I got my boards and I all can say is "HOLY CRAP ARE THEY TINY!"

Thanks for the quick shipping!

TomHarding · Joined: Sep 15, 2010 Posts: 16 Location: Southampton, UK

Board arrived today, half built already!

Really stupid question i know but, i take it if your using the on board power regulator you need to connect both GND and AGND to the ground on my 12v power supply.

Thanks

emdot_ambient · Joined: Nov 22, 2009 Posts: 667 Location: Frederick, MD

90% finished my first one.

Is it me, or are some of the soldering pads really, really tiny? Maybe I need to use a smaller soldering tip.

Boogdish · Joined: Sep 21, 2009 Posts: 122 Location: Bloomington, IN

Yes, both ground pads should be connected to a ground rail whether using an on board regulator or not. I provided two for people that have "Dirty" and "Clean" power supplies.

Emdot, I used the standard sizes that Eagle provided for the pads.

brother303 · Joined: Nov 02, 2010 Posts: 139 Location: ruhr-area/germany

Hello,

quantizer-pcbs arrived here in Germany. Thanks for fast shipping!

Best regards
Greg

emdot_ambient · Joined: Nov 22, 2009 Posts: 667 Location: Frederick, MD

Funky40 · Posted: Thu Nov 25, 2010 4:29 pm Post subject:

shit, i missed this one.
hope you have some Boards and pics left.
must think about quantity and pic version, or extra wishes.
will pm the next days

diablojoy · Posted: Thu Nov 25, 2010 11:13 pm Post subject:

boards and chips received in Oz
cheers and thanks again Smile

LektroiD · Posted: Fri Nov 26, 2010 1:09 am Post subject:

I'm just in the process of moving house.. Hopefully there will be a couple of these boards left for when I get there.. (I don't want to order to my current address, as I may miss them, since they are being shipped from abroad).

If there is any left, would it be possible to hold for another week or so until I am in the new address?

Peake · Posted: Fri Nov 26, 2010 7:49 pm Post subject:

I'd like to bring up the interesting fact that the scale selection control sends a 0->5V signal into the PIC. One might set up a simple attenuating mixer to combine external CV and the Scale Select pot...

I'm really itching for the harmonic series, even five octaves of it. Might eventually send in an order for a couple of custom PICs... Cheers!

rosch · Joined: Oct 03, 2009 Posts: 165 Location: germany

hey, mine arrived today!
thanks!

Terrafractyl · Joined: Sep 21, 2010 Posts: 13 Location: Melbourne

I got mine yesterday Thanks!

tommi · Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2010 8:49 am Post subject:

Today I took a couple of shoots of what I think could be the smallest dual quantizer in eurorack format!
It works very well, and I like what it does when turning the knob with nothing is inserted in the input jack. Thanks!

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a100user · Joined: Oct 28, 2003 Posts: 158 Location: UK

Hey Tommi,

that is real cute. Nice work.

You don't happen to have a spare front panel Laughing

David

tommi · Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2010 10:46 am Post subject:

emdot_ambient · Joined: Nov 22, 2009 Posts: 667 Location: Frederick, MD

tommi · Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2010 1:34 pm Post subject:

a100user · Joined: Oct 28, 2003 Posts: 158 Location: UK

Thanks Tommi,

Yep does look good from here Laughing

emdot_ambient · Joined: Nov 22, 2009 Posts: 667 Location: Frederick, MD

tommi · Posted: Thu Dec 02, 2010 8:37 am Post subject:

I am using the latest (the one with octave, tone+5th, etc etc). The smoothed descending tone is when the knob is on bypass. Do you have tried with yours?
cheers.

glitched · Joined: Mar 25, 2006 Posts: 80 Location: phila., pa USA

Two things:

@Tommi: Those knobs are great! Where did you get them or what are they called? I'd love to find purple to match my Suit and Tie Guy .BAM and .MIX.

Oh, and will I blow anything up if, in a dual-board setup, I simply attach +12V (and GND) to one board and wire the other board to those connections on the first board, or do I have to have a separate connection to the bus board?

It looks like Tommi just used one cable.

Thanks.

Can't wait to get started.
(I sent a request, today. Hope there are still boards/chips!)

tommi · Posted: Fri Dec 03, 2010 10:18 am Post subject:

Hi glitched,
I bought them from banzaieffects. They are called 'mini fluted knobs'. This is the link http://www.banzaimusic.com/Mini-Fluted-knob-cream.html
Of course you can link toghether the power pins of both and solder the power cable to just one of them.
I 've done this way because flat cables were really easy to split and that was the easiest and cleanest way to do it !

emdot_ambient · Joined: Nov 22, 2009 Posts: 667 Location: Frederick, MD

glitched · Joined: Mar 25, 2006 Posts: 80 Location: phila., pa USA

FYI, you can get these Davies clones in the USA, here: http://www.mammothelectronics.com/category-s/45.htm

$0.68 each!

Note: the purple version is not the same color as the ones that Suit and Tie Guy uses on his euro modules, .BAM and .MIX; it's much darker.

stewpye · Posted: Tue Dec 07, 2010 7:24 pm Post subject:

I'm wondering how accurate the 1V/octave scaling of this would be? It would be dependant upon the 5V supply.

Cheers,
Stew.