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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 61/66 04-Jun-10 @ 03:55 AM - RE: The numbskull electronic tinkerer show !!!
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The panel board with the offending switches (most are not operational)
Message 62/66 04-Jun-10 @ 03:56 AM - RE: The numbskull electronic tinkerer show !!!
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Bloddy switches
Message 63/66 04-Jun-10 @ 03:56 AM - RE: The numbskull electronic tinkerer show !!!
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an even closer look to one of the offenders
The funny part is I don't really know how I am going to revive them
Message 64/66 04-Jun-10 @ 06:27 AM - RE: The numbskull electronic tinkerer show !!!
OMG, last time I've seen those trim pots with that tall aluminium housing I was a kid. Can't you soak those switches with alcohol somehow? I guess there is even more dirt inside (don't listen to me, I have a natural talent to fuck up electronics, I had to build some circuits in school, literally none of them worked.... )
Message 65/66 08-Jun-10 @ 10:56 PM - RE: The numbskull electronic tinkerer show !!!
Message 66/66 09-Jun-10 @ 02:54 AM Edit: 09-Jun-10 | 02:55 PM - RE: The numbskull electronic tinkerer show !!!
Just waiting for my kit for the midi expansion, should be here this week hopefully.
laterz
add-on: Retro-nostalgic thread about the JX-3P and DIY synth repair according to xoxos
notable quote from xoxos:
''it is the shit.. dude. the future is building your own shit.''
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