As a rebuttle to this thread about DIY pedal decline: http://www.madbeanpedals.com/forum/index.php?topic=28094.0
Let's talk about what projects you guys have going on or are about to start. Do you have any new circuits or tweaks in the works? Got some fun builds you're about to start? Have you done any interesting work for clients? Got a PCB design in the words?
I'll start (since I started this)
Couple "new" circuit ideas for the old PT2399:
• First one isn't a new circuit, but a new way to dial in the delay time and maximum delay time available. I've found that with a moderately to heavily filtered delay line, the optimum value for the Delay/Time pot is something like 60K - 70K (which of course doesn't readily exist for our purposes). So I've replaced the single pot with an optical element consisting of the classic LED / LDR combo + a trimmer in parallel with the LDR to dial in the max resistance value to 60K (or whatever actually sounds best with that particular PT2399). Added to that is an R/C filter that causes the LED to "lag" a bit when changing brightness (a la my old Neptune and Triton circuits), so it behaves a bit more like a real tape delay when the delay time is changed. Nothing revolutionary here, just what I feel is a better way to match the circuit parameters to the highly variable PT2399.
• Second idea is probably far less practical, but I think it's cool. It's been bothering me for years that pin 5 (Clock Output) seems like something that can't be used. I think I've figured out a way to use it for something musical. Basically pin 5 is outputing a frequency showing you what the internal oscillator is doing. If you look on the datasheet, you'll see what that frequency should be when pin 6 has X resistance to ground on it. I've checked with a scope, and it's actually pretty accurate (unlike a lot of other parts of the datasheet). So I got the idea to use pin 5 as an oscillator to modulate delay time. But the frequency is significantly beyond would would be audible or useful, and analog logic chips to divide it down enough would require a massive sub-circuit (not at all worth it). But this is exactly what micro-controllers are good at, so I found some existing code that divides by millions, and that gets pin 5's output into LFO range. I have not tested this, but it's something I want to tackle in the next several weeks. The result *should* be modulation that changes speed as delay time is changed. Or it could be adapted to do a tremolo-like thing along with the repeats or maybe it could drive some kind of filter. Or, with a buffer on the output of the micro-controller, it could drive an LED that would indicate delay time (shorter times = faster blinking). We'll see, I guess.
I have more things cooking, but that's enough babbling from me for now. :)
I have 2 multi pedals and a Supro Amp in the works!
I've been busy this month putting together a strat kit from solo guitars. Finally made the leap after watching Brad Angrove's youtubes.
Bought some decent tools for fretwork ( straight-edge, fret rocker, fret leveler, crowning tool ) and did the frets. That was satisfying.
Very interested to see how the neck plays. Finished the neck with a couple coats of tru-oil. Finished the body with lacquer from duplicolor.
( primer, color coats, clear coats .... so many coats! )
It's got to dry now for a few weeks before I can buff it out and assemble the guitar.
So since I've got some time on my hands, I think I'm going to clone a couple of way huge pedals. I've got plenty of other projects that require
a fair amount of $$ for parts and cases. Those can wait until later.
Also did a bunch of synth modules from MFOS. If I had a decent camera, I'd take pics. Probably will get to that later this year.
I'm sort of half-heartedly attempting to reverse-engineer a strange Boss pedal. A friend "seems to recall" that he liked the Distortion side of the MZ-2 "Digital Metalizer" circuit, so I am trying to separate that part of the circuit out of the rest of the monstrosity. (The pedal is basically a distortion circuit tied to a digital chorus/slap-back echo for that late 80s/early 90s ice pick tone).
So far its mostly me staring at the schematics slightly crosseyed. ;D
Here is what I have going on:
I am pretty proud of this one, it is a Binson type echo in a 1590A enclosure, delay's cascading into one another. It sounds pretty cool. I am just waiting on a 1590A box to finish this guy up and put the boards up for sale. I am thinking of redoing it to use the smaller SMD PT2399, instead of the wide-body version.
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I have these boards all populated up, more 1590A circuits. "The great 9mm pot shortage of 2018" is kinda hindering me finishing them, but I do have some pots on the way to get a few of these buttoned up at least.
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I also have a dozen or more 1590A boards all designed and ready to go, just wanting to finish up the aforementioned boards and getting a little more funds. Some that I am really excited for are another FV-1 board that will allow for program selection, a version of EQD The Depths, and a few different compressors.
But lately, this beast has been taking up most of my time. Its almost done, just doing some troubleshooting around the relays, but hopefully it will be done really soon. I have the box all ready to go for it, ready to rock out!
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my wife keeps asking what I want for my birthday so I'll probably get a reverb pan and old school red metal toolbox (for an enclosure) to finish up a v1 surfy bear reverb kit I found while unpacking ... I forgot I had two of those kits. I did the first one in a traditional 6g15 fashion which is an expensive route to take for something that isn't a tube reverb.
I also need to finish a shoe gazer ... been putting that one off since I got the enclosure from mammoth and the dual footswitch holes are located so close to the corners that you can't put the footswitches in there straight.
outward from there ... eyeballing that dmm on madbean, the pll on deadendfx, and that vibrophase on pedalpcb
I'm trying to decide what I'm going to build into this cool old Sound Level Meter box. Probably an amp.
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Im building a mic preamp that is based on the $5 mix preamp for some friends. They want a built in reverb (rubadub) plus overdrive circuit (prince of tone) and an effects loop. Which then goes into a unbalanced to balanced driver to come back out on xlr to go to a mixing booth. I modified a vero layout that freppo posted here They want 3 of them when I get all the kinks worked out. So I'm just trying to finish the first one that I put in an old bose equaliser that I found at the city dump.
I haven't been building much for myself except the bi phase and some fv1 pedals from fv1. But a bunch of younger kids in the shoegazey type scene here always come up with some interesting ideas to try and mostly fail doing.
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Still need to add the stomp switch for the reverb circuit
Is this a preview of 2018 BOTY contest? After I've done with VFE Mega Pedal, I'm thinking what's going to be my next project. I've seen a lot of inspiring posts so far.
3 builds currently in progress, though technically two of them have been in progress for over a year and one of them is just a re-boxing. AlanP's NNF is one. Yes really. The board's been populated forever. Just decaled up the box today and Cleggy is putting some e-tex on it tonight hopefully. Also the Gilmourizer Mk3, all in barring the last two fx... That one has been a LONG time coming. Finally is just a Electric Mistress re-box as the previous one was holey as hell.
Also I'm planning on making a (Atari style) pong machine. It relies on me winning an auction for buttons to get the GI pong on a chip IC. But if I do, that's definitely on. Even though I've just restored a 1977 Binatone pong machine anyhow. Because I wanna!
Quote from: dan.schumaker on June 23, 2018, 08:07:13 AM
But lately, this beast has been taking up most of my time. Its almost done, just doing some troubleshooting around the relays, but hopefully it will be done really soon. I have the box all ready to go for it, ready to rock out!
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Nice! ( very jealous! )
I'm working on an idea which is probably not so original, that involves a Condor with a completely different frequency response, a wah V847 and maybe a Fuzz directly copied from the Vox Double Sound. Well, actually two wahs ::) .
I bought a V847 on ebay as "DEFEKT" for 30€. Someone tried to replace the pot with a standard 100k linear that didn't fit in the enclosure. Pot replaced, wah is as new, so now I can use it to experiment then keep it as is, keep it modded or sell it 8).
@ dan.schumaker: I'm very interested in your Binson in a 1590A, keep us updated!
I've got a stutter/crossfade effect on the drawing board that is inspired by a creaky floor board. I hope to provide more details soon.
I finally got a revision of the Palisades OD on the way. It has additional optical bypass on board + lets you choose if the boost is independent or a slave to the OD
Also, an EQD The depths vibe is also on the same order.
Lastly, I designed a board for the DBA Echo dream 2 and will order that after the first two arrive.
I've got boards left for all three so there will be some available (I already have a list of people for the OD from the first batch that get dibbs).
:o can I call dibs on a palisades (or two) if there are any extra!
Im going to take my PedalPCB Octagon and add a tft display and a rotary knob for a program selector. I'll be using an adafruit feather and a 1.8" screen. Hopefully I will be able to scroll through the programs (individually displayed on the screen) and have the digital pots 1-3 list what they do in that particular patch. I also hope to add a splash screen during boot-up of my logo. Ive been sitting on this project since late March, but I just got all the components yesterday.
I'm also trying my hand at multi effects pedals on vero. Currently I am building, what is essientially, a JHS Red Ruby (Superbolt and boost) in a 1590bb with top mounted jacks, switchable buffered bypass, and effects order switching. Ill be using film-free laser gold metallic decals for the artwork (I've never tried anything like this before).
I also need to finish painting my telecaster I started making over 2 years ago.
Very cool stuff there, yes that's a great antidote to the decline notion...! 8)
Looking forward to seeing more of those projects as they come together!
Myself I'm working on two amps at the moment, a Matchless Nighthawk/AC15 type and a Dr.Z Route 66 mashup. Both chassis are up and running, but I want to incorporate active buffered effectsloop in it and then needs a cabinet each. I don't have really suitable timber at the moment, so hunting around for that. In other words: good things take time...
Had the first buffered loop tested and put into this amp here which is now all running the way I like, just waiting for some timber for the cabinet as well...
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Also planning on a bigger multi effects box as I have a bunch of pcbs ready populated and it just seems to be crying out for a bigger multi.
Just finished a Roger Mayer Voodoo Vibe (Brenja's board), build report to come soonish.
Quote from: cooder on June 23, 2018, 03:20:05 PM
Had the first buffered loop tested and put into this amp here which is now all running the way I like, just waiting for some timber for the cabinet as well...
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This is SWEET!!!
What kind of reverb did you incorporate? (Spring, solid state?) Also, how did the buffered loop work? Which did you go with?
Quote from: Govmnt_Lacky on June 23, 2018, 04:13:17 PM
Quote from: cooder on June 23, 2018, 03:20:05 PM
This is SWEET!!!
What kind of reverb did you incorporate? (Spring, solid state?) Also, how did the buffered loop work? Which did you go with?
Cheers Greg, I don't want to morph this thread into a build report.
I'll post a seperate build report with those details in amp section soon , see ya there!
I have approximately 30 pcbs and veros lying around waiting to be tested or boxed up. I have a few that need populating too. I would have taken a photo of everything lying on the floor and couch but I just packed it up a couple of days ago.
The main things in the pipeline are:
Tiger Drive - Crunchbox and delay in a BB as a gift for a friend's son who's only 11 or so, but making massive gains in his playing. I've built 3 delays (Cavedweller pcb and vero, Rebote) that haven't worked properly for this, so it's dragging out. I'm waiting on a Mimik pcb to arrive (it departed Sydney on the 12th.... Australia's big, but Tayda can get it here in 4 days).
Naughtyfish - I rolled a couple of vactrols to try in this as the vtls are getting rare and expensive. Not sure I want to invest in drilling an enclosure for it for soldering the switches and pots yet. It's a non essential build that I will get to eventually. I've found a couple of vactrols on eBay too, so I've socketed them on the pcb in case the rolled ones don't work well enough.
Superjudge Plus - I love the Superjudge, but it just needs a bit more gain for my tastes (and sounds much better with a buffer in front), so this will be a two footswitch Superjudge with buffer and LPB1 in a 125b.
Brotherhood of Steel - A Brown Betty with dual gain pots, and possibly a switch for switching between BE-OD and Dirty Shirley values.
Megatron? Syncnotron? 2304? - 3x FV1 in a DD, set to effect, delay, and reverb. Two of these will be switchable between the default programs and the ones burnt onto the eprom. That would be 2304 possible combinations in a single box. I don't have a proper name for this, or decent enclosure artwork as there's no space left for much other than pots and labels.
Things that need to be boxed up include: 2x BE-OD (one a Bean implementation), 2x Dr Boogie (one a Peper's implementation with tonemender), TS, @drive, Danger Zone, Sunking,
Awesome! All great, that Megatron looks amazeballs! Did you get BuGG to custom burn the eeproms for that or did you do that yourself? Very clever!
Castledine's The Wizzard, just waiting on the paint to dry on the enclosure. It's still finger nail poke able and it's been 48 hours...
I'm currently working on a 5F1 based amp and a JTM45. Other than that I have a ton of parts to put together another Les Paul so I'd like to pick up a studio neck/body from Stratosphere. I don't need another guitar but it would sure be nice to have one that's lighter than the two I have at 9-10 lbs. Unfortunately funds are tight until after our October trip to Disneyland so I'll mostly be concentrating on playing and recording with my band.
Here's where I'm currently at with the amp builds:
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I think my synthly soldering predilections are known by maybe one or two people around here by now.
Good thing about synth modules is that even after you've done thirty or forty, you can still use them all at once without it becoming a bad joke on a forum.
Quote from: alanp on June 23, 2018, 09:53:59 PM
Good thing about synth modules is that even after you've done thirty or forty, you can still use them all at once without it becoming a bad joke on a forum.
i'm just getting into synth DIY and this is exactly my thinking. there's no end to it..
also love the FV-1 with screen idea, been thinking about something along these lines in a stereo box as a multi effect to replace the onboard effects of the SY-77 synth. would be a tonne of work but cool fun.
i'm keen to make an FV-1 multi effect with the korg SDD-3000 preamp (like the aion eclipse), firstly trying to work out how to power it and where to put the effect in the signal path. hoping to make it in 1590B with only 4 knobs and a switch or two, mostly SMD and an onboard jumper for eeprom programming. some pipe dream of adding a little fuzz in front too.
Quote from: Matmosphere on June 23, 2018, 02:10:48 PM
:o can I call dibs on a palisades (or two) if there are any extra!
you're already on the list ;)
Quote from: Stomptown on June 23, 2018, 09:30:55 PM
I'm currently working on a 5F1 based amp
I'm actually currently working on one of those too! My very first amp build, in fact.
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QuoteDid you get BuGG to custom burn the eeproms for that or did you do that yourself? Very clever!
BuGG very kindly put up with all my inquiries and burnt them for me.
Quote from: m-Kresol on June 23, 2018, 11:56:47 PM
Quote from: Matmosphere on June 23, 2018, 02:10:48 PM
:o can I call dibs on a palisades (or two) if there are any extra!
you're already on the list ;)
Hahaha, oops I'd forgotten. Busy year at work, unfortunately haven't touched my iron since before Xmas.
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Quote from: Stomptown on June 23, 2018, 09:30:55 PM
I'm currently working on a 5F1 based amp
I'm actually currently working on one of those too! My very first amp build, in fact.
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Nice! Not a whole lot of room to work inside those Tweed chassis. They're like the 1590a of amps building!
I'm currently working on two bass guitars and a Jazzmaster that I'm building. And after that I'm going to start my first Explorer and I'm probably going to build my first Mattocaster.
Quote from: Stomptown on June 23, 2018, 09:30:55 PM
Here's where I'm currently at with the amp builds:
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Nice Jon! Did you build up those turret boards or did you buy pre-made?
So I'm working on a version of the no name flanger. A few tweeks and the daughter board to sort before i get some boards fab'd
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I need to work on my amp again.
Jacob
Quote from: PMowdes2 on June 24, 2018, 12:06:56 PM
So I'm working on a version of the no name flanger. A few tweeks and the daughter board to sort before i get some boards fab'd
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Would be SWEET if you could get it all on one board 8)
Lots of good stuff here, fellas. Thanks for sharing!
I've got a total recall, a 4 in 1 multi boost and Tim clone which need the enclosures finished so I can get them assembled. I've also got a tele build on the go and am just waiting on the neck and body coming back from the painters so I can get it assembled too. I received a sneak peak from the painter about a week ago while we wait for the nitro to cure enough to get buffed and polished.
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What a cool thread, great to see all those fab and creative things in the pipeline!
Take that, blimmin' "decline"...
That color is SICK! I love it!!!
I like this thread :) I was surprised to see the decline thread to be honest, I was thinking the opposite, but as I mentioned in the decline thread, its a personal perspective really, in my opinion. I'm very active at the moment so things 'seem' busy and active as well. I guess you create your own atmosphere to some extent.
I have been burning the midnight oil and catching up on a lot of work that I have left a little dormant. Lots of new videos, a new kit option for the hydra, restocking the store and adding new products (enclosures being one of them, more parts are on the way).
At the moment im working with a digital programmer and we are coming up with some ideas for digital projects. He's an incredibly knowledgeable engineer. Between he's knowledge of digital circuits and my experience with the guitar pedal community, i'm excited to see what the 2 of us can come up with. Im thinking preprogrammed chips with pcbs. That sort of thing.
When the weather warms up (Australia = winter at the moment) im looking at taking on a small group for a build a fuzz pedal day. I really enjoyed the build a pedal class we did about a month ago with box hill tafe and I want to follow it up with another smaller group.
Quote from: Govmnt_Lacky on June 24, 2018, 01:14:51 PM
Quote from: PMowdes2 on June 24, 2018, 12:06:56 PM
So I'm working on a version of the no name flanger. A few tweeks and the daughter board to sort before i get some boards fab'd
Would be SWEET if you could get it all on one board 8)
It's easier if you aren't trying to squeeze it into a 1790NS :)
PMowdes, what enclosure is that for?
Quote from: Govmnt_Lacky on June 24, 2018, 01:14:51 PM
Quote from: PMowdes2 on June 24, 2018, 12:06:56 PM
So I'm working on a version of the no name flanger. A few tweeks and the daughter board to sort before i get some boards fab'd
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Would be SWEET if you could get it all on one board 8)
Quote from: alanp on June 24, 2018, 06:44:41 PM
Quote from: Govmnt_Lacky on June 24, 2018, 01:14:51 PM
Quote from: PMowdes2 on June 24, 2018, 12:06:56 PM
So I'm working on a version of the no name flanger. A few tweeks and the daughter board to sort before i get some boards fab'd
Would be SWEET if you could get it all on one board 8)
It's easier if you aren't trying to squeeze it into a 1790NS :)
PMowdes, what enclosure is that for?
It's for a 1590D. I was surprised by how much free space there was actually, once I had everything on the board. The ring stinger was way more challenging than this to get all the control onboard. I think i'm going to leave the daughter board as is. I could probably squeeze everything on but is it really worth the extra hassle??
I'm building one on Alanp's piggy back boards and in a 1590XX with 6 jacks and 3 stomps it's insanely tight. The template had to be down to the mm to get it all to fit. It's all the hardware on that thing that screws you.
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I've also got a tele build on the go and am just waiting on the neck and body coming back from the painters so I can get it assembled too. I received a sneak peak from the painter about a week ago while we wait for the nitro to cure enough to get buffed and polished.
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Looks great! The tele Wilkinson bridge with brass saddles is very good. My HB has one and it's excellent.
EQ is everything in my pedal building live right now. I've been simulating and testing all sorts of tone stacks after the same basic distortion building block and the differences are huge, even if 'on paper' two designs should yield similar results they don't. It's somewhat unpredictable (use your ears, not your simulation) but it's the difference between great and meh sounding crunch. The best pedal purchase ever was a (quite expensive) Boss PQ-4 from eBay. Everybody goes for the graphic GE-7 so it went out of production quickly (hence the price tag) but that thing is such a powerhouse. I'm trying to create some interest in the required rev log pot for the circuit (see group buy) but so far, no dice ;) Seems DIYers are content with using a log pot that turns 'the wrong way'. Anyway, that pedal was such an eye opener. It's another example of Boss engineers' ingenuity that gets swept aside because guitarists can't wrap their brains around it haha.
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Quote from: Adam_MD on June 24, 2018, 03:20:02 PM
I've also got a tele build on the go and am just waiting on the neck and body coming back from the painters so I can get it assembled too. I received a sneak peak from the painter about a week ago while we wait for the nitro to cure enough to get buffed and polished.
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Looks great! The tele Wilkinson bridge with brass saddles is very good. My HB has one and it's excellent.
Ive got brass saddles on my blackguard with a maple board so ordered a fender plate and titanium compensated saddles to try out on this one. If I don't like it I have some spare steel saddles I can try instead. I'll do a thread in the guitar diy section after everything arrives.
Let's see...the things I can actually see myself finishing this summer (or by the end of the year):
1. I have a couple VFE pedals to box up
2. A Total Recall is waiting around for me to buy a power supply so I can rock before boxing it.
3. Two original PCB designs (a simplification of the Jext Telez White Pedal and an original tape saturation distortion) are awaiting some enclosures (see a trend?)
4. I designed a PCB for a Korg MS20 style VCF with a couple LFOs and expression pedal jack for some cool filtering. It's not so much of an original design as it is adding some tweaks and features.
progress as promised! toolbox and reverb tank are inbound ... grabbed the total recall since it is on sale ... and a sticker from a local surf shop to slap on the toolbox to give it some street cred
What a cool thread, so much inspiration, it's great!!
I'm curious about your PT2399 mods CJ, please keep us informed!
Lately I've been populating a pcb I designed for an Echoplex preamp that basically sums up what I like from the Fat Pants, the Aion project (a clone of the Clinch Fx I believe) and the Chase Tone one. With a switchable output bjt buffer that's slightly tweaked so it doesn't color the sound and allows for a lower impedance.
Otherwise I've been modding my two Vox Pathfinder 15r since they're the only amps I've been using for a couple years now. I changed the speakers for 10inches a year ago, and I've just moved the spring tank away from the board to reduce noise (amazing difference), and changed a couple things in the reverb path for a much better sound. Also upgraded the main opamp and removed the hard clipping leds. What a great amp! :) I play them in stereo, it sounds fantastic.
I'll have to admit I have not been active in nearly 12 months but have been reading the forum posts regularly. My wife and I welcomed our son last July and he decided to Sleep in 3hr blocks for the 1st 9 months. Unfortunately getting somewhat consistent sleep took precedence [emoji15]. How ever in the past month I have got my head back in the game finishing up some projects. This has included a 50w hot rodded plexi kit. I've also put my cabinet making skills to hand and built a dove tailed head cabinet with a birds eye Huon Pine veneered front panel. Still yet to laquer but it's getting there.
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I knew it was a Ceriatone amp with the very first picture -- "Holy Grail Capacitor" is a calling card of theirs :)
C'tone have a fairly decent rep, IIRC :)
Ey Up!
Not posted here in a lonnnnggg time, but just checked in and saw the thread on decline..
Nice to see that is not the case and that people are working on all sorts of cool projects 8)
My personal project at the moment is I've got more and more into Eurorack, and have been making (mostly ambient) music again using my just my modular setup.
Here's a track:
[soundcloud]https://soundcloud.com/ithacus/east-pier[/soundcloud]
I've also started getting into woodwork. I started originally with the intention/end goal of making a guitar, but have got into making furniture and other bits and bobs.
As someone mentioned in the decline thread, I think anyone who has a bit of a creative streak in them (so everyone in this forum) has interests that ebb and flow. I'm sure I'll come back to pedals at some point.
Hope everyone is well!
Well this thread has brought a few people out the woodwork :)
At the moment I've been (foolishly ;D) attempting to start my own pedal company to get some of my love for BBD's out there so between that and moving house it's taking up a lot of my time.
I found an old formica work bench in a skip and sanded it all down and refinished it so now I can work in vintage style... despite pigeons crapping and walking on the fresh paint and ruining it so I'll skip pictures of how it looks.
My niece has gotten interested in doing some electronic projects so I'm going to be helping out with some little kits and stuff there, she likes playing ukulele so perhaps I'm helping to train a future generation pedal builder 8)
Other than that working on vintage EHX stuff when I can and following in Tomasha's footsteps with some mini tube amp builds of my own (albeit in boring diecast aluminium enclosures, nowhere near as awesome as his little cabs).
Quote from: raulduke on June 26, 2018, 02:05:06 AM
Here's a track:
[soundcloud]https://soundcloud.com/ithacus/east-pier[/soundcloud]
Sounds good. I dig it.
Hobby is not dead for me. Just dormant. I took a job in Portland and had to pack up, sell my home in Austin and move here. I've been here since early March. Still living in a temporary 400sf apartment with my fiancé and 3 dogs. Still have all my things in storage. Still looking for a house that's affordable, located in N Portland and isn't a delapidated mess. It's a slow process.
Glad to see that there is some cool stuff in the works. I'm hoping to get back to my simple hack work soon 8) although I'm not sure I should post photos anymore. People have really upped their game and I'm still using plain boxes with no designs. I'm living in the past but I just can't bring myself to figure out how to etch or do some other finishing method. It's just so much work!
Quote from: cajone5 on June 26, 2018, 06:29:31 AM
I'm living in the past but I just can't bring myself to figure out how to etch or do some other finishing method. It's just so much work!
You're not alone, I haven't even upgraded to painted enclosures :-[
I still consider myself new to pedal building. Been at a little while but just progressing slowly as I have little free time or money. I've been learning eagle during lunch breaks at work. Got a half dozen or so pcbs drawn up at this point. No original circuits yet but learning bit by bit. I have only got one of those pcbs manufactured by oshpark so far, again time and money. I also have a backlog of other pcbs to finish. I'm kind of stuck right now until I can set some money aside for a big parts order but I have 5 boards that are about 85% complete.
Also been thinking about disassembling my cheap OLP bass and repainting it/rebuild it with upgraded hardware & pickup.
Most of my free time is actually going to our new baby girl which I wouldn't trade for anything in this world. (https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180626/911c89c430a122cce538f95293064698.jpg)
QuoteAlso been thinking about disassembling my cheap OLP bass and repainting it/rebuild it with upgraded hardware & pickup
I've been running mine stock since 200? but I wouldn't mind upgrading the pups. I swapped an LP copy I never played for it.
Still new in the diy world. But i do have a huge back log that i am working on. My girlfriend has been pushing me to sell the builds that i dont use and to put that money towards futur builds ... the binds in the basement/jam space are full of unused and unloved pedals T_T
Since they are builds i did in my first year and made for personal uses i am not too confident on selling them but the ones i make now are passable.
I also been trying out EAGLE. Made a fuzzolo schematic and i plan to oshpark it as soon as most of my backlog is done. Still waiting on my blue whale... a ehx guitar synth ^^ just looking at that schematic makes my head hurt but i am taking baby steps towards undertading what i have been building for the past 2 years !
Quote from: Boba7 on June 25, 2018, 02:44:39 PM
I'm curious about your PT2399 mods CJ, please keep us informed!
I definitely will.
Currently trying to make a semi original big muff pcb. Basically just taking a muff and adding every possible mod I can get in there. So hi/low pass filters,active 3 band eq, diode switching and lifting, maybe some circuit bending drone footswitches.
Anyone have any favorite b.m mods I should look into?
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Currently trying to make a semi original big muff pcb. Basically just taking a muff and adding every possible mod I can get in there. So hi/low pass filters,active 3 band eq, diode switching and lifting, maybe some circuit bending drone footswitches.
Anyone have any favorite b.m mods I should look into?
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Currently trying to make a semi original big muff pcb. Basically just taking a muff and adding every possible mod I can get in there. So hi/low pass filters,active 3 band eq, diode switching and lifting, maybe some circuit bending drone footswitches.
Anyone have any favorite b.m mods I should look into?
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You should check out Barry s guitarpcb.com version. It got lots of mods. Tone bypass , hi low pass filter, sweep pot, tonebender switch and switchable clipping if remember correctly. Its pretty awesome... But The site looks down for maintenance for a week tough :\ don't know if you can get your hands on the build doc...
Juansolo has an Excel spreadsheet with several Muff variants, perhaps you could poke through that for ideas?
Building armadillo traps over here. They are wrecking havoc on my flower beds
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Good old Daisypus novemcinctus. We have a collection of their skeletons and shells we use to teach skeletal anatomy (their short stumpy forearms are good examples of a speed-strength trade off). Plus it gives me an excuse to tell the story of how they jump straight up when startled (often into the grill of an oncoming car).
Plus, Leprosy!
(I teach an intro Bio lab, for reference)
Quote from: somnif on June 30, 2018, 08:23:24 AM
Good old Daisypus novemcinctus. We have a collection of their skeletons and shells we use to teach skeletal anatomy (their short stumpy forearms are good examples of a speed-strength trade off). Plus it gives me an excuse to tell the story of how they jump straight up when startled (often into the grill of an oncoming car).
Plus, Leprosy!
(I teach an intro Bio lab, for reference)
Even spending much of my childhood in central Texas, the only armadillos I've ever seen are dead on the side of the road.
an armadillo fight was one of the better nature moments ever ... they kinda run at each other, do a flip, kick at each other, and run some more.
Quote from: somnif on June 30, 2018, 08:23:24 AM
Plus, Leprosy!
This gave me a good long out-loud laugh for some reason. ;D
It would make a fantastic band name!
That's pretty neat. What do armidillo's eat? plants and bugs?
Well, I recently built a modified Fuzz Factory clone and called it the "Fuzzadillo".
(https://image.ibb.co/doqwy8/fuzzadillo.png)
Quote from: stringsthings on July 01, 2018, 03:18:08 AM
That's pretty neat. What do armidillo's eat? plants and bugs?
90+% insect based, supplemented with the occasional egg, lizard, frog, or baby mouse if they happen across them. Very little vegetable matter.
Quote from: Philtre on July 01, 2018, 06:46:56 AM
Well, I recently built a modified Fuzz Factory clone and called it the "Fuzzadillo".
Excellent 8) Fun fact, the common armadillo of North America (9-banded, as seen above) cannot roll into a ball. Only the 3-banded Armadillos of South America have that particular trick (Your graphic is biologically accurate!).
....Not entirely sure how this thread got side tracked into Armadillo Facts, but ok!
Quote from: somnif on July 01, 2018, 07:23:18 AM
Quote from: stringsthings on July 01, 2018, 03:18:08 AM
That's pretty neat. What do armidillo's eat? plants and bugs?
90+% insect based, supplemented with the occasional egg, lizard, frog, or baby mouse if they happen across them. Very little vegetable matter.
Quote from: Philtre on July 01, 2018, 06:46:56 AM
Well, I recently built a modified Fuzz Factory clone and called it the "Fuzzadillo".
Excellent 8) Fun fact, the common armadillo of North America (9-banded, as seen above) cannot roll into a ball. Only the 3-banded Armadillos of South America have that particular trick (Your graphic is biologically accurate!).
....Not entirely sure how this thread got side tracked into Armadillo Facts, but ok!
Well, that's good to know although I can't take credit for the dillo graphic as I found it on Google search.
Quote from: somnif on July 01, 2018, 07:23:18 AM
Quote from: stringsthings on July 01, 2018, 03:18:08 AM
That's pretty neat. What do armidillo's eat? plants and bugs?
90+% insect based, supplemented with the occasional egg, lizard, frog, or baby mouse if they happen across them. Very little vegetable matter.
....Not entirely sure how this thread got side tracked into Armadillo Facts, but ok!
Awesome. Do they bite? Or are they kind of tame due to their armor? I imagine they can't run very fast.
( this is my final armadillo question so the thread will get back to normal ) :)
Quote from: stringsthings on July 01, 2018, 10:08:07 AM
Awesome. Do they bite? Or are they kind of tame due to their armor? I imagine they can't run very fast.
( this is my final armadillo question so the thread will get back to normal ) :)
Biting isn't much of an issue, but they can scratch the hell out of you. Typically fairly placid, but they're wild animals and will defend themselves. Some south american species are kept as pets by local folk (like the adorably named "pink fairy armadillo". Others are kept for food...). And they are quicker than you'd think, clocked up to 30 miles per hour (although its more galloping than running).
And, the US species carries the Leprosy bacteria, so wash your hands well if you encounter one, and seek medical attention if scratched.
Although these days, Leprosy is curable. It used to be a social death knell ("Leper, leper, unclean, unclean..."), but can now be cured with modern treatments.
Quote from: alanp on July 01, 2018, 06:51:09 PM
Although these days, Leprosy is curable. It used to be a social death knell ("Leper, leper, unclean, unclean..."), but can now be cured with modern treatments.
Yep, though the treatments aren't exactly fun. 6 months of potent antibiotics screwing with your GI tract and skin.
Still better than spending the rest of your natural life being confined to a leper colony, along with the side-effects of leprosy (loosing limbs, fingers, etc etc to infections...)
I gotta ask, before anyone attempts to seriously rerail this discussion:
Are armadillos good to eat, or is it mainly food for tourists (like alligator meat in Florida, for example)?
Quote from: EBK on July 02, 2018, 01:22:08 PM
I gotta ask, before anyone attempts to seriously rerail this discussion:
Are armadillos good to eat, or is it mainly food for tourists (like alligator meat in Florida, for example)?
Funny that you asked. I was at a get-together recently and I had this old man from Mississippi tell me "Them good eatin"
Take it for what's its worth....Hahaha
I am just trapping the little mother f'ers and relocating them. If I didn't love animals so much, I'd kill them because they are pissing me off. They love the grubs and earthworms in the flowerbeds.
All I know is that the Dukes of Hazzard movie had one guy running around in a hat made from an armadillo, which apparently made people not take him seriously?
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8)
It's all music related.
them Hoover hogs is good eatin' said nobody ever that wasn't starving.
Can we rename this thread to "To Hell With Decline! Let's Talk About Armadillos!"?
I've been informally calling the circuit I'm working on the "AM-2" ( or "analog metalizer" since its the analog portion of the Boss MZ-2 Digital Metalizer) and I just realized that I could quite easily roll that into an Armadillo theme.....
Let's set up a group buy for armadillo shaped enclosures. Or pedal boards. You unfold them at the gig.
Quote from: diablochris6 on July 02, 2018, 08:11:45 PM
Can we rename this thread to "To Hell With Decline! Let's Talk About Armadillos!"?
I think we can easily change the subject line in our replies. See?
Almost as good. ;D
Easily the most armadilloish thread in DIY guitar pedal forum history. ;D
Dillo's FTW! ;D
Quote from: stringsthings on July 03, 2018, 05:37:35 PM
Dillo's FTW! ;D
Good lord! :o
/puts on glasses
oh... carry on... ;D
I have a thing that I'm building for my dad that's still in progress: a battery powered practice amp. I got a cheap SS amp from Monoprice just for the cabinet. I replaced the speaker with a Jensen C8R and replaced the black grill cloth with some Oxblood stuff that was on sale at Mojotone. The circuit is the Runoffgroove Professor Tweed, going into a little 2.5W class D amp as a power section. I designed and 3d printed a bit to hold 6x AAs for power. What's mostly left here is to make a new metal enclosure to hold all the electronics. I'm still struggling with figuring out how to cleanly cut my aluminum sheet to size. Then it goes into the cheapy Harbor Freight metal brake to bend it into a box.
I have has a quiet year in my studio, so I have started building pedals on a limited scale for casual sales. Been a bit of fun as I have a lot more tools now which helps with the pleasure factor.
No Madbean pedals in here, but I have had fun times honing my guerrilla metalworking skills again. Or perhaps they have been honing me.....
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Those faceplates are nice!
QuoteThose faceplates are nice!
Thanks, inkjet clear sticker film with an extra sheet stuck over the printing for protection. Metal is regular brass sheet from a model shop.
peter
Quote from: peterc on July 07, 2018, 09:02:56 AM
Thanks, inkjet clear sticker film with an extra sheet stuck over the printing for protection.
Interesting. How durable is the sticker film using this approach?
A fresh batch of powder coated enclosures for new projects :D
Just making a custom enclosure and plans what to stick into it.
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I know! You're going to put in a rubber chicken with a pulley in the middle!
Quote from: alanp on July 08, 2018, 02:30:46 AM
I know! You're going to put in a rubber chicken with a pulley in the middle!
How did this thread go from Armadillos to rubber chickens...?
Got the OLP all apart. Figured while I was at it that I might as well draw up a pcb for an on board preamp. Now I just need choose a new color for the body. Any suggestions? (https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180708/68ae3c338b5a7fe00787e4b571fb985b.jpg)(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180708/0f4cbc663185a7e4802662d03f78d238.jpg)
;-)
Philtre
Thanks, inkjet clear sticker film with an extra sheet stuck over the printing for protection.
Interesting. How durable is the sticker film using this approach?
It seems fine as there are hex bolts holding down the brass as well as the pots keeping everything together. I know that Devi Ever also used this method (with Papillo paper) on her pedals
Quote from: peterc on July 08, 2018, 10:22:47 AM
Philtre
Thanks, inkjet clear sticker film with an extra sheet stuck over the printing for protection.
Interesting. How durable is the sticker film using this approach?
It seems fine as there are hex bolts holding down the brass as well as the pots keeping everything together. I know that Devi Ever also used this method (with Papillo paper) on her pedals
I tried it today, and it works great. Goodbye Envirotex! :-)
Some of you know that I had to virtually stop building about two years ago due to lack of space / work area.... I did some building in the corner of an un-airconditioned laundry room, but during the summertime this is just unreasonable.
So... I've recently acquired a cargo trailer that I'm converting into a workshop. This will be ideal because when we move I can take my workshop with me, fully intact. ;)
It's a bit cluttered at the moment, but I'm just getting everything moved in. Plenty of work ahead.
Decline? Hell I'm just getting warmed back up. ;D
(http://pedalpcb.com/images/Shop2.jpg)
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That looks like an awesome workspace and what a great idea to have it moveable!
Great to see where all those pcbs are getting pumped out...! Certainly no shortage of projects on your site.
Just thought I'd throw in: I'm off pedal building at the moment, barring maybe another run at the Aquaboy or one of those crazy DeadendFX projects if they ever return. Instead, I'm more in a studio equipment place. My Fall building plan involves a 1U rack of API 312s, 2 MXL 990 mods (into Neumann-y K84 things w/K47 capsules), an Apex 460 mod (I'm basically tearing out the guts and making an AKG C-12), an Alesis 3630 mod (into a stereo dbx160-type comp - not a huge leap, but the 3630 cost me $30, so the mod basically gets me a $250-300 EQ for $50), MAYBE a John Hardy 990 clone, MAYBE a 2 channels of Jon Patton's Tape Op/Hamptone-inspired color pres, and - freelance funds permitting - either a pair of Pultec EQ, Neve 1073, or Hairball 1176 500-series clones. (Likely all three by the end of 2019. I keep eyeballing Hairball's Lolas, too, but I kinda suspect I won't need them if I have the 312s and 1073s.) Pedals are still great and satisfying, but I'm admittedly running out of stuff to build that feels indispensable... I have a few rebuilds in mind (Devi Ever Hyperion, Klone & Timmy revs w/better parts), but most of the effects that I'd like to add to my collection aren't terribly DIY-friendly - reverb, digital delay, Whammy, etc.
TL;DR: Still building like a crazy person! But I'm on a pedal hiatus.
I'm rubbish at pictures, but a couple of recent builds:
(https://imageshack.com/a/img922/3186/TRYkKV.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/a/img924/2140/7pyDsf.jpg)
VFE boards from Madbean. Faceplates from Haberdasher. Love them both. They'll replace the Cardinal tremolo and CAYA chorus on my pedalboard before band starts back up in the fall.
Also rehoused a Classic Tremolo from JMK PCBs.
(https://imageshack.com/a/img924/8272/SxOFgZ.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/a/img921/473/UI228M.jpg)
Nice sounds, but a little switch click that I can't get rid of. Offering it up as-is for $25 USD (tracked shipping cost more-or-less) along with a populated, JMK Super Phaser PCB. PM if interested.
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This is a great thread.
I have become interested in synths and modules. In part this is because I like building circuits but am slow to box and use them, and don't need a 20-pedal board. Clearly modular synthesis is potentially a big expensive rabbit hole. But my thinking is that it shouldn't need to have a huge and expensive entry price tag. So I'm trying to DIY as much as possible. This is going a little slowly because information is scattered about: there's no central source of layouts like tagboardeffects is for guitar pedals, for example. Also I have some layout/PCB desires, like board-mounted pots if possible, which means doing some of my own layouts.
(https://s19.postimg.cc/veiaepkqr/Photo_Jul_17_9_55_11_AM.jpg)
The only thing that's complete and tested here is the power supply, but at least that's progress. It's my intention to document this in a thread and post layouts as I verify them, and get feedback and suggestions.
Quote from: reddesert on July 17, 2018, 01:41:19 PM
This is a great thread.
I have become interested in synths and modules. In part this is because I like building circuits but am slow to box and use them, and don't need a 20-pedal board. Clearly modular synthesis is potentially a big expensive rabbit hole. But my thinking is that it shouldn't need to have a huge and expensive entry price tag. So I'm trying to DIY as much as possible. This is going a little slowly because information is scattered about: there's no central source of layouts like tagboardeffects is for guitar pedals, for example. Also I have some layout/PCB desires, like board-mounted pots if possible, which means doing some of my own layouts.
(https://s19.postimg.cc/veiaepkqr/Photo_Jul_17_9_55_11_AM.jpg)
The only thing that's complete and tested here is the power supply, but at least that's progress. It's my intention to document this in a thread and post layouts as I verify them, and get feedback and suggestions.
Sounds like a great idea. Keep us informed!
i am definitely interested in that!
been building some kit modules and open source PCBs.. and cases.. and power supply.. also have a (hopefully) very similar looking set of aluminium panels to pick up from local metal shop tomorrow
DIY modular synths are fun! If you can etch your own boards, there's lots of layouts around.
I've seen a few vero's. If I come across them again, I'll post a link. Check out the Misc DIY Stuff section for more synth stuff.
Alanp has gone bananas in this area. He's designing his own pcb's. I've built of few of his and they're nice.
I get blank panels form online metals. They're inexpensive and really accurate. They're in the U.S. but they'll probably ship overseas.
Also check out Music From Outer Space (MFOS). Ray Wilson has left us a goldmine of stuff. I've built a lot of his stuff. ( I'll post some pics either here
or in the other section ... or both! :) )
You'll need a case/enclosure if you haven't got one. You can use wood rails or go expensive and get metal ones.
Are you using the eurorack format?
Thanks - I've been doing some research on this, and more pointers are always welcome. There is a lot of material in MFOS, at muffwiggler and electro-music, Alanp's thread, etc, but navigating it can be hard.
I will eventually start another thread in the Misc DIY section to discuss this in detail - had been waiting to get a couple of modules working first. Yes, I'm planning to make it Eurorack compatible. It seems like often people start down this road and find a high entry cost of buying a case and rails and power supply, and generally that you can make it expensive really fast. My goal is to avoid that, so I want to start by building some basic modules and a wood framed skiff into a briefcase.
The power board pictured above is the MFOS +/-12V regulated supply powered from a 12 VAC wallwart, for which I made a perfboard layout. I've been browsing the MFOS website a lot and reading schematics to learn things - tons of useful information. I haven't got any of the MFOS PCBs yet, in part because they have a lot of offboard wiring.
Just ordered parts from Tayda for a Valve Caster and Dead Astronaut's Tremshifter.
I know the Valvecaster isn't exactly the best pedal around, but a tube sticking out of a pedal looks cool. More of a work of art than anything, and ideas are constantly forming in my head on how to make this look pretty swish.
After this, it'll be a matter of trying to build stuff from my boxes of crap, and not order anything else for a while.
Quote from: bamslam69 on July 18, 2018, 06:16:57 PM
... but a tube sticking out of a pedal looks cool....
+1
Quote from: bamslam69 on July 18, 2018, 06:16:57 PM
After this, it'll be a matter of trying to build stuff from my boxes of crap, and not order anything else for a while.
I'm doing that too! :)
Well the bass player, in my band, wanted a nasty distortion
with reverb. So I went with a Peppers Pedals Hm-2 board, and a 1776
Reverb. I thought it was a little too much after the build, but the Bass
player loves it! He also wanted Godzilla painted on it, so It all came
together pretty well
Quote from: stringsthings on July 17, 2018, 11:08:42 PM
DIY modular synths are fun! If you can etch your own boards, there's lots of layouts around.
I've seen a few vero's. If I come across them again, I'll post a link. Check out the Misc DIY Stuff section for more synth stuff.
Alanp has gone bananas in this area. He's designing his own pcb's. I've built of few of his and they're nice.
I get blank panels form online metals. They're inexpensive and really accurate. They're in the U.S. but they'll probably ship overseas.
Also check out Music From Outer Space (MFOS). Ray Wilson has left us a goldmine of stuff. I've built a lot of his stuff. ( I'll post some pics either here
or in the other section ... or both! :) )
You'll need a case/enclosure if you haven't got one. You can use wood rails or go expensive and get metal ones.
Are you using the eurorack format?
If you are looking for modular synth stuff you should check out the pusherman group on facebook, they do group buys for eurorack pcbs and panels, makes it affordable to buid eurorack modules. He also has a website. www.pushermanproductions.com
I was tinkering around in the garage today and decided to turn a botched amplifier back panel into a pedalboard. When I was building my 18 Watt last year I messed up the drilling and had to purchase a new back panel so this one was just sitting in my garage collecting dust. The handles were made using cabinet handles and black rubber feet from an old wah wah pedal. There were a couple extra holes so I used finishing washers and fresnel lenses to plug the holes and make it look cool. Here it is:
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awesome! that demo tape fuzz build is still just amazing too.
my little babby eurorack box finally got finished and met some of the rest of the family this morning:
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bit of overdrive and some of the FV-1 reverbs/delays sound lovely on monosynth so far.
thanks for the heads up on that pusherman list it's very interesting. i've used modularaddict and a couple other sites for PCBs and panels. navigating synth DIY world is a whole new ballgame, it's funny to compare to the state of affairs with stompboxes (stomboxes wins by a long way right now).
i bought a bunch of aluminium panels for next to nothing so going to try and etch some. also alanp's thread is jawdropping! so good
Quote from: Stomptown on July 21, 2018, 10:15:03 PM
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That's a nice looking pedal board. The washers/fresnels look like they belong there.
Quote from: Stomptown on July 21, 2018, 10:15:03 PM
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That's beautiful! Do you have another pic that shows the pedals more?
Been on a tear the past two weeks. Came up with a new boost and now I've got this monster fuzz cooking -- 5 stages/10 transistors.
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Quote from: jubal81 on July 30, 2018, 03:42:37 PM
Been on a tear the past two weeks. Came up with a new boost and now I've got this monster fuzz cooking -- 5 stages/10 transistors.
Can't wait to see both of these!
That demo tape fuzz build is sweetness--do you have more pictures?. I love the label. Stylish.
Quote from: jubal81 on July 30, 2018, 03:42:37 PM
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my brain just exploded! :)
Turning an old notebook into a four track looping station with an arduino based midi foot controller:
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More info here: http://www.madbeanpedals.com/forum/index.php?topic=28107.0