Showing posts with label Eurorack. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Eurorack. Show all posts

Friday, 28 July 2017

Modular in the CarPark - inagurial event - Wollongong

Sunday, 16th July, 2017. 
Many thanks to Claude Spinelli & Andrew G for helping put this event together.

The location was Prosound and Lighting, Wollongong.
Address: 16 Flinders St, Wollongong NSW 2500


Anyone with a synth, drum machine, etc was welcome to come,watch and perform. The synth didn't have to be modular.

 Keyboards were welcome too. 

The event was free, with sausage sizzles and barista coffee.
A good place to network with electronic musicians in the Sydney/Illawarra area.
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Lots of great tunes too.

If you would like to perform at the next gig please leave a message here or contact Claude at Pro Sound and Lighting. (02) 4226 1177









Wednesday, 12 July 2017

NLC Plague of Demons

Plague of Diamonds Eurorack module build notes.

Checkout electronotes EN #75.

It's a thru zero VCO that uses analogue switches (DG202) rather than FW rectifiers.
Should be easy to use; LEDs indicate when it crosses zero. 


My understanding of the through-zero concept is that with a regular VCO, if the frequency modulation reaches or goes below 0, you won't hear anything. With a thru zero VCO, you'll hear "negative" frequencies.  

"The negative-frequency version of a waveform is simply a time-reversed replica of the original waveform". (Ian Fritz. 2009)
Check out Dave Brown's scope shots on his site (Modularsynthesis.com)
of the Ian Fritz "teezer" Thru-Zero VCO
They explain the concept so well.
The BOM requires:
a S1JL rectifier
Mouser No: 821-S1JL

and a JFET
Mouser No: 512-MMBFJ108

Both have a long backorder wait at mouser.
So possible replacements are:
mouser no: 771-PMBFJ108-T/R for the JFET
and
Mouser Part No: 583-FM4005-T for the recitfier.
The rectifier is polarized. The cathode end is marked with a band. 

This replacement is slightly too big for the PCB. so i had to solder it on its side.
 
On the PCB, I think Andrew has marked the cathode with a dot.

NLC words of wisdom


I like to get the ICs on first.

I'm using PCB version 2, so some mods are needed.
Had to cut one trace and add two resistors (10k & 2.2M).
Be careful not to short anything ... its a bit tricky

Q1. Its a PNP/PNP matched double trannie.
I used a microscope to find the dot that helps orientate it. But if your eyes are better than mine you could do without the scope.

The 1K tempco resistor.


INSTAL headers. theyconnect the two PCBs.









Links
* NLC Blog
* Build notes
* Electro-music (Ian Fritz)
* Modularsynthesis.com
* mUFFwiggler


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Tuesday, 11 July 2017

NLC 32:1 - build notes

This is a Driscoll/Warren Burt inspired Eurorack module.

I am lucky to have the original Driscoll module on which this is based
so am keen to compare the two.

 The 32:1 can split 1 input into 32 outputs or vice versa.

This uses two CMOS analog multiplexers.
Mouser Part No:
A multiplexer is a device that can select from several different input signals
and transmit either one or more output signals
The DG506B is a 16-channel single-ended analog multiplexer designed to
connect one of sixteen inputs to a common output as
determined by a 4-bit binary address (A0, A1, A2, A3).



It also uses two CMOS up/down counters.
Mouser Part No:

 The CD4029 is a presettable up/down counter which counts in either binary or decade mode depending on the voltage level applied at binary/decade input.
When binary/decade is at logical ``1'', the counter counts in binary, otherwise it counts in decade. Similarly, the counter counts up when the up/down input is at logical ``1'' and vice versa.

The inputs consist of a clock (15), Carry In (5), Binary Decade (9), UpDown(10), Preset Enable(1)
and 4 individual jam signals.
The outputs : Q1,Q2,Q3,Q4 and a Carry Out (7).

 Some NLC words of wisdom.
PCB 1.
I accidently removed a trace from thr PCB connecting to one of the multiplexers. Thus the addition of that green wire.

The second mistake I made was adding the jacks before putting on the headers.


I used 1K LED resistors

"The LEDs count in binary, so just 5 of them...rather than 32".
I'm guessing they count from Zero to 31 ??
Decimal "32" is Binary "100000".................to display this would require 6 LEDs
 To convert decimal 32 to binary is easy as 32 is already in the table.


I just confirmed with Andrew F that the module does indeed count from 0-31.
"As the old joke goes : There are 10 kinds of people. Those who read binary, and those who don't"


Links
* Build notes & BOM
* NLC Blog
* MUFFs
* Youtube
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Thursday, 6 July 2017

NLC PSU build 2

This is a smaller version of a Nonlinearcircuit PSU I built earlier.
http://djjondent.blogspot.com.au/2017/02/power-supply-nlc-build-notes.html

It uses a 12VAC Wall Wart power adapter.
The AC output of the wall wart is rectified with diodes so that positive voltage gets stored on the caps that serve the positive voltage regulator (LM7812) and negative voltage gets stored on the caps that serve the negative voltage regulator (LM7912).

I'm putting together this PSU for an old Serge modular but its actually for Eurorack.
The serge uses +12, -12, +6 and ground so I will have to add a 6V regulator to this later.

Some pics:


The PCB receives 12VAC from a plugpack/ wallwart
. The 1N4004 diodes split this into positive and negative waveforms.

The 4700uF capacitors then smooth out these waves
. The 7812 and 7912 regulators then convert the rectified & smoothed
signals to +12V DC and -12V DC and these are fed to the connectors to be distributed to your lovely modules.
I'm using 250v TDK film caps for the four small 100nf caps

 Poor Grandma.
Let's Eat Grandma is a British musical group formed in 2013 by childhood friends Rosa Walton and Jenny Hollingworth. 

I decided to use 1K resistors for the LEDs

 Some pics of the additional 6V regulator circuit.
 Using a LM7806
 330nf on the left. 100nf on the right.


Red +12V, Black 0V, White -12V, Green +6V

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A second build.
I have a very confined case.
 tRYING TO keep everything as flat as possible.