Gear Log

Friday, July 24, 2009

Just saw this on Matrixsynth... F'ing awesome.

Saturday, July 11, 2009

MOTM-440 filter

The MOTM-440 is a discreet version of the famed SSM2040 filter chip. I am very enamored with the way that this guy sounds. Its just so smooth and well.... nice.

MOTM is making PCB's avalabe to the DIY comunity again.

Check out the sound demos here:
http://www.synthtech.com/motm440.html

Milton Sequencer

I found a set of PCB's for a Milton Sequencer on eBay for only $40 bucks.

The Milton is a killer design, although it's a controversial project. The original designer is none other than Peter from Plan B. If you don't know why that is a big deal for some people well lucky you. If you relay have the time then check out 36 pages of weirdness at muffwiggler.com

Not to sure when I am going to get around to building this guy, but I think it would go nicely with a Lunetta.

Update: check out this build over at matrixsynth

New x0xb0x's up on the bay

Here is the latest batch of x0xb0x's I have made.

Monday, May 11, 2009

NE566N

I just scored another amazing deal off of Ruten last week. Twenty-nine NE566 for only 10 bucks. The 566 is a cool IC to have, you get a saw and a square wave right on it.

The book that made the 566 famous is Making Music with the 566 by Thomas Henry. You can get a PDF of it for $12 over at www.magsmoke.com.

Cheap Vectrols

I have been killing my self trying to find some cheap VTL5C3/2. This is a common part used in some very uncommon synths. There are so many interesting projects over at electro-music that use this part, but it cost's around 6-7 bucks a pop.

I have found a cheap source of VTL5c4/2 which is not relay a good substitution for the C3's but at $1.50 a pop definitely worth getting a few. I did a quick group buy over at electro-music because I am sure that people would want them, and now I have 30 left over.

I think I might make myself a lo pass gates, or in this case a slow-pass-gate. Check out the video to see what happens when you put a C4 into a LPG.