No major Sound Lab progress this week – I’ll have to make a Kinko’s run to get a front panel laminated. Decent Arduino Sequencer progress- Front panel for what I’ll call “Arduino Sequencer V1.5” is basically done. 1.5 will be a better version of the original that I attempted to… Continue reading
In the post from this weeks playshop, bbob was looking for supplier suggestions. Here are a few of the lesser-known ones I’ve bought from: Electronic Goldmine – They’ve got all sorts of odd things, like the giant photocells I had this week. Shipping takes about a week usually, though if… Continue reading
I was poking around at some of N5ESE’s DIY ham radio projects, looking for potential things for my bizarre Recycled Rainbow theme camp, when I stumbled upon The Club Sandwich Project – a methodology for team construction of a piece of gear (such as a transceiver) out of smaller modular… Continue reading
Actual progress! I finished soldering the last few components onto the Sound Lab PCBs (the two 100 ohm trimmers, and the 33k resistor on the S&H PCB). I then decided to tackle the front panel. EPIC FAIL. A reminder of why front panels of almost any type are a PITA…. Continue reading
Not a lot of progress on the Synth-DIY front, but there was a little motion. Went to Electronoize Playshop on Saturday, where we breadboarded Smokey/Little Gem style amplifiers. On Sunday, I picked up some more cigar boxes from the cigar store ($1 each – bargain!), and mounted my amp in… Continue reading