Showing posts with label Hexinverter. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hexinverter. Show all posts

Thursday, 27 March 2025

My 5U sequencer setup

 Currently I have five sequencers in my large format 5U setup

1. Moog 960
2. Two q960 synthesizer dot com  sequencers
3. Klee
4. MFOS sequencer.

The MFOS is difficult to clock without a mod.
These modifications often involve using a simple op-amp circuit (like a TL072) and a CD40106 inverter to boost and shape the incoming clock signal.
In some cases two CD40106 hex inverters connected in series may be necessary in order to give the gates and triggers being fed to the MFOS gear CMOS characteristics.
The op-amp acts as a buffer and gain stage to amplify the incoming clock signal. The CD40106 then inverts the signal and shapes it into a clean square wave that the sequencer can understand.


Till I get around to doing this I've found that the output of the MFOS sequencer drives the others quite well. Here is the basic patch.



Saturday, 16 April 2022

Mutant Hot Glue - part 2 - build notes

 Finally getting the parts together which I need to finish this project.
Covid, the war in Ukraine, etc are really slowing down my builds.
 

Part 1 of the build is here:

Finally have a 576k resistor.
 


The THAT 4301p is super rare.
 
So is the THAT 2180. This is a VCA


cAREFUL with the orientation

Finally there.
 


Part 1 of the build is here:

links

+ Modular Compressor -using eurorack modules 

Wednesday, 2 March 2022

Mutant Hot Glue - buildnotes - part 1

 

Mutant Hot Glue

Some pics of the virgin PCBs. These are not official build notes. Just my personal doodlings to help trouble shoot if I encounter any probs.



The upper PCB has the jacks, pots etc that fit into the front panel

 
The Hexinverter  Hot Glue was once available as a DIY product, in PCB+panel format, as well as full eurorack kits. 
It might still be available. Anyway, here's the DIY project information for building it.

 

 DIY RESOURCES 

Resistors & IC sockets 


The THAT4301 Dynamics Engine & THAT 2180 VCA are rare.
Almost impossible to find.
Purchased The 4301on ebay - about $70AUD 

THAT2180 Blackmer VCA
THAT 2180-series pre-trimmed Blackmer voltage controlled amplifiers (VCAs) ICs are high-performance current-in/current-out devices with two opposing-polarity, voltage-sensitive control ports. They offer wide-range exponential control of gain and attenuation with low signal distortion. The parts are trimmed during wafer processing to minimize THD and control-voltage feedthrough. After packaging, the parts are tested and graded based on the degree to which the trim survived packaging. No further adjustment is required to achieve the guaranteed distortion and feedthrough performance
 
Out of stock on synthcube.
Ordered on Mouser. 887-2180CL08-U
38 weeks lead time??
 
THAT CORPORATION THAT2180BL08-U
 

 


Some words of warning about DIY builders :-)

I needed to drill some holes into the panel as some of the pots had thick shafts.
 
I decided to try soldering some pots and a few jacks just to test the height.
The electro caps esp the 10UF need to fit under the panel.
The build notes suggest they be less than 12mm height.


These are the headers that join the two PCBs

100nf caps monolithic ceramic x18

22pf ceramic caps
47nf polyester



PCB-mount 10kB (linear) pot
PCB-mount 50kA [or 100kA] (audio) pot
PCB-mount 100kB (linear) pot



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The electro caps are quite tall so I soldered them thus to fit under the panel. Watch for shorts.


Finally arrived from Mouser.
Took 38 weeks :-) I'm sure it will be worth it.


purple LED - ordered from ebay
finally arrived

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TL072 op amps
IC3, IC5, IC10, IC11, IC12, IC15, IC4, IC16, IC17, IC19
 

 

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The rest are 071 opamps
 

We are almost there.

To be continued...

Mutant Hot Glue - part 2 - build notes

 

Thursday, 16 July 2020

Midi2CV - Hexinverter - build pics

This is an old set of PCBs i had in storage.


It's a midi to CV converter module from Hexinverter.
This looks ideal ... sadly discontinued.

It's called the ACX synth
 Designed by Alan Coupel
8HP - size
There is no panel, so I'll need to make my own.


4 channel CV/Gate


There  are 3 PCBs... two logic boards & one controller board.

I'm not affiliated with Hexinverter. These are my personal build notes to help with troubleshooting






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Board 2






Alternatives for midi 2 cv modules are plenty .
Yarns from Mutable Instruments is a logical choice.
I think 4 CV/Gates are ideal.



tHE PIC microcontroller










Width:8HP| Depth:55mmApproximate current draw@ 12V:+80mA, -15mACV output range:0 to 10VGate/Trig outputs:0 to 5V


Links
+ Hexinverter Midi2CV
+ Hexinverter BOM
+ Microcontroller Index Page
+ Midimplant
+ Midisizer

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