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Original Message                 Date: 30-Apr-10  @  03:04 AM   -   The numbskull electronic tinkerer show ! x0xb0x

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Welcome...

(no really, i always wanted to say that in a low slightly distorted voice...sigh...)

to The numbskull electronic tinkerer show

Here, I will attempt before your very eyes to put together a monophonic, computer controlled synthesizer: a clone of the Roland TB-303.

Now that everyone and his brother has gone through this build, I feel confident enough that every one and his brother has run in every conceivable problem there is, so I plunge !

Actually it's more complicated than that. i wanted to build one for a long time, but waiting list for kits were almost a decade long (ok, slight overemphasis here, but still...)

Fortunately, ada fruit industries , the people responsible for the birth of thid magnificent clone, have found a deserving heir in the body of

Willzyx who is now supplying express kit through his shop, and soon complete kits. Hurray!!! (note that as i write this , he is out of kits, but he should have some in the coming weeks.)

Now, the x0xb0x being an open source project , anyone can build one for themselve following the provided instructions on the ada fruit site: everything is given out, code, pcb design files, cnc files, everything. But unless your proficient with all this stuff, your best bet is to go with a kit so you don't have to source every component for yourself, which can be daunting, believe me.

so, here I will be documenting my build of a x0xb0x, both for your enjoyment and mine, of course.

see you on the bench : )




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Message 21/66             14-May-10  @  01:20 PM   -   RE: The numbskull electronic tinkerer show !!!

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awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Love that clamping device btw

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Message 22/66             16-May-10  @  12:40 PM   -   RE: The numbskull electronic tinkerer show !!!

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fitting the leds

Maaaaaaarten!!! Hope you're well too and that you're still cranking it on your side too !

K, that's a Panavise, it makes things much easier, I mean MUCH easier.



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Message 23/66             16-May-10  @  12:41 PM   -   RE: The numbskull electronic tinkerer show !!!

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the innards completed



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Message 24/66             16-May-10  @  12:42 PM   -   RE: The numbskull electronic tinkerer show !!!

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Acid inside



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Message 25/66             16-May-10  @  12:50 PM   -   RE: The numbskull electronic tinkerer show !!!

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I call it Blacky

Demo to follow pretty soon...



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Message 26/66             17-May-10  @  04:53 PM   -   RE: The numbskull electronic tinkerer show !!!

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My x0xb0x demo

ok, nothing fancy, just going through the controls on a simple line.

Do you think it sounds like a 303 ? Let me know if you have one or have used one (Maarten, I'm counting on your feedback for this one)

All in all, it was a fun build, pretty easy actually as most everything is board mount which makes for minimal wiring, and frankly, a factory made , with solder mask and parts overlay pcb is pretty hard to goof up.

Please, let me know what you think.

thanks,
jf

ps: next baby I have in sight is the MFOS Ultimate: Here



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Message 27/66             18-May-10  @  05:07 PM   -   RE: The numbskull electronic tinkerer show !!!

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This comes really close, not exact to my ear though- accent and sequencer seems to respond slightly differently. Could you make another clip and keep envelope low, cut-off west of noon and accent high, would like to hear how it sounds then. (I recognize those barks best see)   Sounds great though- doesn't need to be a like-for-like to sound cool and get yer acid-freak on!

Ew, MFOS equals drool- fuck yeah!

Started building a eurorack system myself a year ago, unfortunately I'm not handy with the soldering iron and wiring so I revert to throwing bags of cash at it and eat dry bread. Anyway, good job on the build- sounding like you're sure to have lots of fun with it.



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Message 28/66             19-May-10  @  02:24 AM   -   RE: The numbskull electronic tinkerer show !!!

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test2.mp3

Maarten, here's a small clip with the settings you mention.

Yeah, it doesn't have to be exact, I feel it's already a LOT closer than my MAM MB-33 mkII (which actually sounds more like a SH trying to sound like a TB )

The x0x has some of those nasally, phoneme like sounds I was looking for, it really talks imo.

The MFOS Ultimate is just plain sick, a real monster in this small package, here is what mine will look like



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Message 29/66             19-May-10  @  02:28 AM     Edit: 16-Sep-10  |  04:04 AM   -   RE: The numbskull electronic tinkerer show !!!

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The case was made by my friend, who since rehoused his ultimate in another case along the expander

this:
 



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Message 30/66             19-May-10  @  02:30 AM   -   RE: The numbskull electronic tinkerer show !!!

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I think he did an awesome job with it, love the white.



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