Thursday, 19 July 2018

Uxmal - Mexico

The zone was first settled in 500AD and Uxmal was founded c. A.D. 700.

It's 62 kilometers south of Merida, in the Santa Elena valley, forming the centre of the Puuc ("hill" or "chain of low mountains") region.

 This is the house or "Pyramid of the Magician" ...aka "Pyramid of the Soothsayer"

In the 9th and 12th centuries AD it became the seat of Mayan political and economic power.


, Uxmal is not laid out geometrically. Its space is organized in relation to astronomical phenomena, such as the rising and setting of Venus.

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The house of the magician rises 90.5 feet (27.6 metres) in three concentric sections.  The temple at the top section has a doorway in the form of a Chac mask. It is also known as the House of the Dwarf (“Casa del Enano”) because of an ancient legend stating that it was built overnight by an enchanted dwarf who then became the city’s ruler.
 

Uxmal is a dry grass savanna area. Water was provided by cenotes (wells formed by sinkholes in 
limestone understrata).






















 tHE Ballcourt - Pelota
 Constructed during the 9th and early 10th century.
Notice the "rings"
Pelota was a prestigious ceremonial activity and was associated with rulers and at the same time the humiliation of captives. The game was played with a solid rubber ball, whose diameter varied between 20cm and 35cm. The ball could only be touched with the hips, elbows and knees. Players wore leather protective clothing.




 The Cemetry Complex
 iTS not a real cemetery. The name comes from the relief's of skulls and crossed bones.












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New Sound Waves - Eurorack case build

Some pics of the new DIY eurorack case being designed by New Sound Waves.
This will be built only in limited numbers.
 tHE final design is still being discussed.

 The power supply will be designed my MetroModular of Sydney, Australia.


The case will be offered in stained and unstained versions.

 It's possible that one version will have a extra "separator" between the base and lid to allow it to be closed fully patched.

More details coming.....

Mutable Instruments Links

Some pics of a new build ... a DIY version of the Mutable links module.
 There is no microcontroller in this module so I though its would be a good one to start experimenting on. Before soldering the jacks I pondered which side of the PCB do they go on. ???
A friend assured me this was the correct side, however once the jacks are on, any trouble shooting would be extremely difficult as the components are on the same side.
 Anyway, I pressed ahead.
All the SMDs are 0603

 There, really is no reason why you can't solder the jacks on the other side....except the panel would be reversed.

+ Mutable instruments - flashing firmware

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Monday, 9 July 2018

L-1 Compressor

Some pics of my build of a L-1 Compressor Eurorack module.
I thought I'd give building this a go. Pretty straight forward.

Check out the official site and build notes here:
http://l-1.su/Microcompressor_stereo.html
 tHE kit I purchased came with the SMD components already soldered.
All I needed to do was order the through hole parts from mouser



 THAT4301 dynamics processor

Apart from the THAT processor, the parts are cheap and easy to find.




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