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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 21/66 14-May-10 @ 01:20 PM - RE: The numbskull electronic tinkerer show !!!
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.
Message 23/66 16-May-10 @ 12:41 PM - RE: The numbskull electronic tinkerer show !!!
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the innards completed
Message 24/66 16-May-10 @ 12:42 PM - RE: The numbskull electronic tinkerer show !!!
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Acid inside
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...
Message 26/66 17-May-10 @ 04:53 PM - RE: The numbskull electronic tinkerer show !!!
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
Message 27/66 18-May-10 @ 05:07 PM - RE: The numbskull electronic tinkerer show !!!
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.
Message 28/66 19-May-10 @ 02:24 AM - RE: The numbskull electronic tinkerer show !!!
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
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:
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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