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Subject: The numbskull electronic tinkerer show !!!
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 : )
Message 51/66 24-May-10 @ 05:52 PM - RE: The numbskull electronic tinkerer show !!!
Nice job on that xoxbox bulid!
Message 52/66 30-May-10 @ 02:50 PM - RE: The numbskull electronic tinkerer show !!!
nutoniom wrote:
Wheres Influx when you need him !
Quality tracks for sure Maarten, youve really upped your game to an another level alltogether. How much are you actually giving us, encoding wise ? Will there be a possibility to acquire the whole lot as Flac somehow ?
A self enclosed package (with cd linings and everything) is not very practical I reckon, but Id really like to have the whole wave to myself mod.
Im listening again right now, and this really kicks, luverly
ACID FREAK TR-CORE MAYHEM
Sent you a PM
Message 53/66 04-Jun-10 @ 02:23 AM - RE: The numbskull electronic tinkerer show !!!
btw - any chance of some video of the beast?
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Message 54/66 04-Jun-10 @ 03:17 AM - RE: The numbskull electronic tinkerer show !!!
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Hey, Rags ! Thanks for the comments : )
So, this week kids, we're gonna have some wee bit 'o fun working on a JX-3P, yeah !
Ok, maybe not fun, more like crazy insane work
Message 55/66 04-Jun-10 @ 03:22 AM - RE: The numbskull electronic tinkerer show !!!
k wrote:
yeah, where is influx?
btw - any chance of some video of the beast?
Unfortunately, i don't have a video camera, I'll see if I can do something with my digi cam, i'll have to rtfm : )
Yeah, where is this boy, he seems to have completely vanished !
Message 56/66 04-Jun-10 @ 03:33 AM - RE: The numbskull electronic tinkerer show !!!
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So, here is a view of the DIN board (over the power supply, with the big black caps) that I will modify with the Midi expansion kit that should be available soon, right here: around 35 EU, not bad really for what it does:
t adds a lot more MIDI functionality to the Roland JX-3P synthesizer like:
* simultaneous use of the MIDI Input and PG-200
* control the JX-3P realtime with standard MIDI CC messages. (i.e. with a MIDI-Knob controller).
* all knobs and switches on the PG-200 send out standard MIDI CC messages.
* select the MIDI channel on the JX-3P as 1, 2, 3 or OMNI
* velocity sensitivity (MIDI input only, not the keyboard)
Message 57/66 04-Jun-10 @ 03:36 AM - RE: The numbskull electronic tinkerer show !!!
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EEEWWWW, dirty dirty dirty main board
Message 58/66 04-Jun-10 @ 03:39 AM - RE: The numbskull electronic tinkerer show !!!
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more dirtyness for all you crusty electro-punks out there
Message 59/66 04-Jun-10 @ 03:45 AM - RE: The numbskull electronic tinkerer show !!!
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main board cleaned and molex connectors labelled (it might seem overshoot, but I really don't want to spend anytime shagging the dog when i put it all back together, i also label screws on tape and wrap them in it)
For cleaning, I tape a toilet paper core roll to the nozzle of my vacuum cleaner, this way I'm not affraid to go in there and fuck something up. I also use natural pig hair brush to disludge the dirt. i have a micro vacuum attachment kit, but I'm not comfortable brushing esd sensible IC's with a synthetic brush, maybe i'm just over paranoid with esd, maybe not.
Message 60/66 04-Jun-10 @ 03:53 AM - RE: The numbskull electronic tinkerer show !!!
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panel board is out and molex conn id'ed
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