Steiner-Parker : Synthacon Synthacon images courtesy of Audities Foundation Calgary AB, Canada. The Synthacon is a 3 VCO monosynth with a 4 octave 49-note (C-C) keyboard, 26 knobs, 3 trimmers and 43 switches (including 28 color-coded toggle switches). It has thick wooden end pieces and a steep sloped silver (on earlier models) or black control panel above and quite close to the keys. The Synthacon is said to be quite rare. We made a few with a keyboard that could play arpeggios of whatever notes were held down. The Synthacon's architecture is divided into ten sections: Keyboard, Sample and Hold, Trigger Generator, Dual Envelope Generator, VCA, Three Mode Filter, Noise Generator, VCO1, VCO2, VCO3. The Keyboard section has controls for Tune, Scale, Portamento (Glissando), Range Select (enables the keyboard to play over an 8 octave range), and pitch bend (a knob, not a wheel). The Sample and Hold section has controls for output level and trigger source, selecting between the keyboard or the trigger generator.
ATTiny based Electronic Candle Our friend Pete Mills developed this great ATTiny based Electronic Candle, we have seen electronic candles before but what makes this one shine is how the flickering was done. Pete actually sampled the actual flicker patterns of a real candle flame so that this reproduced flame would look as close to the real thing as possible. You can see some other electronic candle designs here for inspiration. “The ATTiny Candle is an LED candle. I figured the hardest part of this project would be making the flicker look realistic, so I decided to let nature do that part for me.
Corporation - Analog Synths, Theremins, Preamps, and More Schematics Jesse aka Tablebeast has done a wonderful thing by posting a link on the Benders list to a collection of Vintage Casio keyboard manuals. They include the owner’s guides for SK-1, SK-5, SK-8, and DM-100. The SK-1 service manual aka the Bible is also there. Very neat to look at, although I am a little puzzled about the addition of the Tablebeast Modification pages in the PDFs. At this point they seem to contain nothing. Cappy has notified me of an update to his site SailorMouth.org. From what I can tell, circuit bending Casio PT-10 may not be the most rewarding thing to do. Peter B of Ciat-Lonbarde is offering a new kit with design schematics in order to help buy food for the clean up crew working on the fire ravaged Tarantula Hill. This Gameboy case was inspired by the previous GameBoy mods, however it is based around the 40106 Hex Schmitt Trigger not the 4093 Quad trigger, because I ran out.
EngBlaze | Arduino, AVR, and hardware hacks, oh my. Shop Small Hobby Tools & Miniature Tools from Micro Mark Schematics Here is a link that Roger sent me a while ago. Its a website by Frans Samshuijzen with detailed descriptions of some mods that he did to a set of Casio SK-1 keyboards appropriately titled: “Casio Twins“. The mods include a full pitch mod with the use of a TI 74LS624 voltage controlled oscillator. It is also worth noting that a 555 timer circuit would theoretically do the same thing, except that the max frequency of a 555 is about 2Mhz and with the LS624 chip the schematics indicate a range of between 1.5 and 10Mhz with a max of 20Mhz. The downside however is the fact that the LS624 is far more expensive, $2.55 a pop. Still worth every penny considering that the Casio will provide for a full 3 Octave mind melting sound experience, along with longer and grainier recording times. This link I’ve been hanging onto for over a year now, Laurier’s Handy Dandy Little Circuits. Sound sample is located here.
Electronics DIY - Electronic Schematics FM Transmitters TV Transmitters Stereo Transmitters Main Menu undefined Guitar Amp and Effect Projects This page is a directory of projects available on this site. All projects have been constructed and tested. Most of the schematics on this site are Adobe Acrobat pdf format. Guitar Amp Circuits and Mods Alternate BF Fender Preamp This is a alternate design for a BF preamp that eliminates some of the noise created in the reverb section. An Ultralinear Guitar Amp This is a guitar amp design that utilizes an ultralinear output stage with no negative feedback. Guitar Effects The Tube-O-Vibe, Auxiliary Information This page is additional information pertaining to the article I wrote that was published in Vacuum Tube Valley, Issue 17. The Super Tron This is a design for an envelope filter that starts with the classic mutron circuit, removes some of the compromises in the original, adds some useful new features, and utilizes easy to find Vactrol VTL5C3 LDRs instead of the mystery "0805" component. The Octave Screamer The RangeMOSter Copyright Notice to this page.
555 Timer Business Cards | Cody Shaw Hello! So I thought up this cool little project during my last few weeks during my co-op term at Echologics Engineering. I saw everyone had nice, professional looking business cards, and I needed something to springboard myself into PCB design and manufacture. One and one came together, and this idea came about. There were quite a few idea revisions in my mind before I actually got around to spinning the PCB. First idea: a photoresistor of course! Current in parallel with a normal resistor, of course! Then came the digitization! The idea behind the circuit is that you lay a 9 volt battery on the terminals, and the circuit then operates as expected (see video). The card features my personal info, as well as one of my favourite Tesla quotes on the backside. And there it is! Here’s the card in action! Best, Cody Like this: Like Loading...
\\\ Original Analog Bass/Guitar Effects and DIY /// Custom/Original Designs JC Maillet (c) 1996-2010 High Precision Rectifying Octaver JCM(c)2010 Stereo Guitar/Bass Fuzz with Presence and Blend Updated Sampler with Effective Clock Nulling my original Aliaser circuit centered around the typical "switched-gate jFET pass-transistor into a cap" idea, where a sharp pulse drives the gate voltage well above and well below the mean Drain-Source channel voltage ... this typically introduces a "pulse noise" on the channel voltage whenever the sampler takes a snapshot ... the interesting thing about the Nyquist Aliaser is that this switchign noise could be minimized by varying the channel DC voltage - but unfortunately not cancel it out by a long shot ... a recent conceptual discovery has lead me to a circuit which gives near-total clock nulling ... ok, perfect clock fundamental nulling with very slight feedthgrough of clock harmonics ... good enough ! Super Wide-Range Univibe re-Design JCM(c)2009 OptoVibe JCM(c)2008 JCM(c)2008 "StereoVibe" mp3 JCM(c)2007
Hoektronics.com | Automate ALL the things! Guitar Circuits and Schematics: Fuzzi, Amps and other Effects Note: I designed the unique-sounding KOVIAK tube effect for a friend, but here's lots more schematics! The date of this collection is 1995. The schematics seem very readable, but some of the text in the GIfs is not so hot. Who needs text anyway? 3btone.gif (3 Band Tone Circuit) Simple tone control from Graff`s Encyclopedia of Electronic Circuits. angrybd3.gif (Angry Beard 3) I won't claim this is the best fuzz out there. bassman.gif (Fender Bassman - Tweed) Great old tube amp that uses 12AX7s and 5881s. bclipper.gif (Blue Clipper) The circuit of the plug-in-the-guitar distorter from Dan Armstrong. bigmufpi.gif (Big Muff Pi) For that smooth Hendrix sound. bosssg1.gif (Slow Gear Atack Delay) As the name implies it is an attack modifier to simulate backwards playing. brighten.gif (Signal Brighteners) One circuit brightens the signal across the entire audio spectrum, has two controls for treble and bass brightening. cln9powr.gif (Ultra Clean +9v DC Power Supply) The name says it all. controfz.gif
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