Meet my modular.
I call it [c]Rackwhore.
Rack is wood, handmade by Jen's dad.
Modules mounted to Vector rails I cut to size.
I hope to move it all to a server-style open frame milled aluminum strut rack.
Got a Vector cage waiting for that glorious day.
I wonder if Sandy's Electronics has a wedding registry...
Anyway. Modular.
Two formats.
Frac is bottom.
Euro is top.
Patch bay between.
Frac takes 15 +/- voltage power supply.
Euro takes 12 +/-.
Everything talks via 1/8 inch headphone jacks.
Some I ordered from Mouser, some I made.
All of them are color coded now using heatshrink tubing.
Except the sequencer and patch bay and Firepod. Those are 1/4.
Lots of converty deals on top of the rack. =P
The Blacets are from kits, which I used to teach myself basic building skills.
http://blacet.com/
That oscillator.
It is made of pure fat.
FAT I TELL YOU.
Blacet is highly recommended.
The headroom on 15v modules is magnificent.
You can definitely hear the difference.
I only use 12v for utility modules and for those things that you can only get in Euro.
Such as the two modules in the top left.
Harvestman makes them. Pure fewking genius.
http://www.analoguehaven.com/theharvest
Also highly recommended.
Poke around that site. If your gearlust is somehow not awakened, you are synth-impotent.
Malgorithm is a voltage controlled bit crusher. The thing labeled in russian is a direct clone of the filter from the very aggro sounding Soviet era Polivoks analogue synth, made in collaboration with the original designer and using the correct Russian IC's, not western equivalents.
I get all mopey when I think about the Tyme Sefari I cannot afford. =[
The clear-plexi modules are DIY, built from circuitboards and instructions;
- Small on left is tube vca/distortion from CGS/ken stone.
http://www.cgs.synth.net/modules/cgs65_
- Larger on right is an ADSR envelope generator by Music from OuterSpace.
http://musicfromouterspace.com/analogsy
Many many more in the pipe;
Seriously. I have 17 boards waiting to be built out.
I just have to grow my building skills, which are definitely beginner level. =P Unless the instructions for wiring the controls and jacks are really detailed or easy, I seem to fail often. For now. Classes soon. Sick of not knowing for sure what to do.
Which brings us to my latest addition, the Voice of Saturn Sequencer.
They come prebuilt, as two levels of kit, or just as a board.
I had everything else already, so I just got the board. =]
http://www.curiousinventor.com/kits/voi
I used sliders instead of knobs.
Observe:
Can never have too many sequencers, no?
Anyway, I'm at the point of mounting the PCB and battery holder into the very roomy case, then wiring it all up to the panel. Note the very detailed panel wiring diagram at the link above! I have a chance of success! =]
EDIT: Success!
So, I showed you mine, you show me yours!
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