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Frequency Central Continuum Phaser

January 23, 2021January 23, 2021 by Keith Gentry

Phasers, what’s not to like. I remember hearing synth strings through a phaser as a kid, probably on something like Oxygene, and thinking “what the fuck is that”. They’re probably one of the sounds that…

Circuit bending Schematics Synth DIY Through hole

Casio HT3000 – NJM 2090 VCF modifications

January 18, 2021January 18, 2021 by Keith Gentry

First keyboard I ever had was a Casio MT-68, and the first actual synth I ever owned was a Casio CZ-101, so I have a love of old ’80s casios (I’ve got a load of…

Eurorack Schematics Synth DIY Through hole

Eurorack cassette tape head interface: Magnetophon

January 13, 2021January 13, 2021 by Keith Gentry

With the intention of mucking about with cassette tape and crappy tape delays, I built Tom Whitwell’s Magnetophon, which brings the signal from a cassette tape playback head into Eurorack. Nothing to say about the…

Circuit bending Effects Eurorack Schematics Synth DIY

Picoverb Euro conversion with LTC1799

December 30, 2020December 30, 2020 by keith

I bought a couple of Alesis Picoverbs on Ebay for peanuts with the intention of using them in my modular. Of course, anything you can think of has been done already, and surely enough, there’s…

Effects Eurorack SMD Synth DIY

Jak Plugg Typhoon (Clouds variant)

November 25, 2020November 30, 2020 by keith

Waiting to trim the LEDS to the panel… This is the Jak Plugg expanded Clouds, with all the alternative firmwares at once (Superparasites), and extra controls & functionality like Greyscale’s Supercell. PCB/panel from Pusherman again.…

Drum machine Eurorack Synth DIY Through hole

Prok drums

November 20, 2020November 30, 2020 by keith

These are great. They’re four modules – bass drum, snare, hi-hat and clap – based around an adaptation of Tom Whitwell’s (Music Thing Modular) Radio Music. It’s synthesis rather than samples, and each module can…

Eurorack SMD Synth DIY

Antumbra Cara (Mutable instruments Marbles 8 hp clone)

November 17, 2020November 30, 2020 by keith

I’ve been putting this build off for a while, because it can’t just be flashed with a pre-built .hex file like Clouds, Rings, etc – the Mutable development environment has to be installed, the firmware…

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Desoldering tip – FLUX.

November 10, 2020January 13, 2021 by keith

At some point, we’re all going to have to remove a soldered component. For processors with fine pitch and lots of pins, hot air and Kapton tape is the best plan. For through hole passives,…

Eurorack SMD Synth DIY

MI Frames

November 10, 2020November 30, 2020 by keith

Mutated Frames clone and panel, again from Pusherman. Worked first time.

Eurorack SMD Synth DIY

Jakplugg UGrids

November 10, 2020November 30, 2020 by keith

Built this 8hp version of Mutable Instruments’s Grids drum/trigger sequencer, ordered from Pusherman, where there’s an excellent guide on flashing it (like Branches, it’s not STM based) from Casey Holmes. No build issues. Here it…

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