Tuesday, 14 June 2022
Monday, 13 June 2022
Monday, 6 June 2022
NLC Tracky Dacks - build notes
For those of you who aren't Australian, Tracky Dacks are Aussie Slang for tracksuit underpants/trousers.
To dak someone is to pull their pants down.
The module is a nice easy build. Easygoing, just like these clothes.
It's a voltage controlled envelope generator.
Its a bit like the Triad module, but the attack & decay use vactrols.
it is a simple circuit and the results are fun; lots of wobbly, evolving envelopes and it makes an interesting burst generator.
It has an End-of-Cycle trigger output which restarts the
envelope if no gate is applied to the ‘Do It’ input
The official NLC Build guide is here
The wiki page is here:
"there are quite a few options to
choose when building this circuit or you can build it as per the PCB if
you prefer. The short version is build it as per the PCB except install
two 10M instead of the 2M2* " (NLC Build notes)..
Andrew recommends just installing 10M Ohms for both up & down vactrols
Some pics of the virgin PCB/panel
a 555 timer and two 072 op amps
Caps next
and some signal diodes ...LL4148
to be continued....
Part 2:
https://djjondent.blogspot.com/2022/06/trackydacks-build-notes-part-2-nlc.html
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NLC Motherload for 2022
Andrew of Nonlinear Circuits has been really busy this last year and I'm just catching up with a backlog of modules.
These are in the latest bunch of eurorack :
Frolic*
Intimacy*
The Sup of all wisdom*
Ming Rod
FM OP - six
4HP Mix - 3
Valmorification*
Encephalo Adjuster*
Poultry in Motion*
Flipflop chaos*
Tracky Dacks*
VC ADSR*
Sauce of Uncle*
I love building NLC modules. Andrew's build notes are educational in addition to making the builds easy.
Links to Past motherloads:
Links of past builds:
Links:
Steve's NLC demos on Soundcloud
Steve is the NLC beta tester and makes excellent demos of the modules he builds.Pinky Synth DIY
This site documents the various DIY synths I have built over the past 20+ yearsNLC Builders Guild (Facebook group)
Best place to ask questions
Jono's NLC build guides
Jono has built many NLC modules and posts step by step photos of his builds.
Saturday, 4 June 2022
NINA - 12 Voice Polysynth with Motorized Recall & Automation
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Can't wait to see this.
They will be launching on kickstarter in about a month or so.
Finally, motorized rotary encoders which show your updated settings when you recall different patches.
It's interesting that drone technology is behind this development.
Its a twelve voice analog desktop polysynth with motorized knobs, from Australia.
https://www.melbourneinstruments.com/
Thursday, 2 June 2022
Rome Panaromas
Some pics of the Eternal City.
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The Camera was a Russian Zenit Horizon 35mm.
I attempted to scan the negatives -- a bit washed out. One day I'll get these printed properly.
The Mausoleum of Hadrian, usually known as Castel Sant'Angelo
St Peters, Rome - roof
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