Rockit 8 Bit Synth Kit
I just stumbled upon this cute little monster, the 8 Bit Rockit Synth… and, as I know how much work it is to just solder an existing kit or project, I pledge deep respect for someone who is willing to invent a new synth without having a company or sth. similar behind him. Matt Heinze [...]
DIY Project: the NXT-606 LEGO Drummachine
Just found this on de:bug: a fun little DIY project from Peter Cocteau, built with LEGO, the great colored plastic toy for children… as I loved LEGO when I was a kid (especially technic-LEGO) I really digg this great invention… maybe I will build this in the near future?!? Have a look:
Roland Trigger out for the MB-808
As an add-on to my MB-808 I have built this small circuit to trigger the internal sequencer of a SH-101 as well as the the arpeggiator of a Juno-60. The original trigger signal of the Roland TR-808/606 and some other Roland instruments has a square waveform with a duration of 1ms, and a minimum of [...]
Finally complete: MB-808 the Bassqueen!
Yes, thats right: 10 months after starting to build this baby, she´s finally ready and sounds great! The MB-808 is a clone of the famous Roland TR-808 with a Midibox step sequencer; The bassdrum has this loooong boom, the snare comes snappy and sharp, the toms go pretty deep while the congas almost self oscillate, [...]
DIY-Project: The G-SSL Stereo Mix Compressor, part 2
It´s been quite a while since I posted the first part of the howto on the GSSL Compressor. That is, because I took a break after having it almost finished, then finished it, used it quite a few times, modified some stuff again, but didn´t have the time to write down the second part of [...]
Dual 1176 Limiting Amplifier finished
Just a brief comment about this as I am still in the testing and debugging phase, but by today I finally completed this one, and, it sounds just great!!! There are still some open questions I have in mind for which I would like to have answers for, but at least it´s working and compressing [...]
DIY-Project: The G-SSL Stereo Mix Compressor, part 1
Hi Folks, I just finished this great Compressor the other night, and as I am quite happy with the result (there are still some tweaks to do, and the Turbo-Board is still missing) here are some pictures of the new born star! And as requested I will give some instructions on the DIY-stuff I am [...]
Just an Impression…
… of what I did the other night until 3 am more information will follow soon! EDIT: now some more impressions
Find of the week
I found this yesterday at a friends house, and he gave it to me, cause he had no need for it; Looks like a 40 year old DIY-Synth, he described it as a “Moog-clone”, but with only some basic features to tweek the sound; It still works ok, some keys don´t but the circuits seem [...]
DIY LoFi-Synth with 8-Step Sequencer
Finally I have made some fotos and also a short video demonstration of the LoFi-synth I recently built with a group of very cool people, initiated by the Swiss Mechatronic Art Society www.mechatronicart.ch, and hosted by the Basel based group iPlugin Basically the course was divided into three nights, the first in which we built [...]
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