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Forget where I saw this, but someone had mounted a light dependent resistor onto a jack plug and used it with the EXP input.

As default, it plays whatever 16-bit stereo file you put on each note for the duration you hold down the key. No looping but you can make it do more fancy stuff with the FTDI Basic Board. The default is perfect for replicating the Mellotron though - no tinkering required, just number your sounds from 0001 to 2048 (this corresponds to midi notes set across your 16 midi banks) and put them onto a mini SD card. I set mine up so that I have a different Mellotron sound on each midi bank.

If you wanted longer note durations Alan, I guess you need to create a longer file in your DAW first.

It's basically a wonderful alternative to using a laptop. Plug it in and it's ready to go.

This thing is awesome! I have wanted to rig up something similar with my Raspberry Pi for some time.

Jump onboard! There's added functionality if you connect to an Arduino.

One for the keyboardists!

Props to Doug Tuttle for passing on the info about the WavTrigger from Robertsonics. I bought the board last Christmas whilst travelling around the US, and the box was cobbled together from some old Ikea shelves. Oh, and the little midi board was built on perf. Connect a midi keyboard to the port and you're all set to go. No more 'checking my mail' onstage. :-)

Quick demo:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1k-LDGSTlFE





Info:
https://robertsonics.com/

Hi guys!
Have another cool project for you.
The guy over http://cackleberrypines.net/transmogrifox/TransmogriNotes/skwah/index.html
came with this idea and presented all the simulations and results.

If you remember, I built a colorsound wah, but it wasn't that intense as the other circuits that do use an inductor.
So I gave it a try, and now here is the result>



It really sounds better than the colorsound wah. I still need to make a comparison video, but until then, here is a short video of it. I'm still learning how to control a wah, for the second time...

Hope you like it!
I made a small file for it, but it's not as good as the madbean documents.
https://www.4shared.com/office/NSk921Alca/Inductorless.html

Cheers,
Thomas

That's amazing. I'd love a wah that size.

Thanks! Can't take any credit for the design but the envirotex over decal method worked better than expected. 

I love them all, especially the rat!

As I already own a Smallsound Bigsound F---, I thought I'd build the Mini out of curiosity. Turns out it's a great effect in it's own right and different enough to warrant having both on my board.

Couldn't resist ripping off the Mini artwork, which I slightly regret doing now. This build is for me though so I guess it's not such a terrible thing to do.

Looks amazing!

As others said: shielded cables for the input and output wires (keep them as short as you can, and away from the LFO stuff), and also keep the LFO pots (speed & wave) far away from the I/O jacks. Perhaps try a TL022 or TL062 in there instead of the LM-358N. No experience with the latter but I have used the former for Deluxe Pitch Pirate builds without ticking.

Neil mcNasty has done vero layouts for various preamps here:

http://guitar-fx-layouts.42897.x6.nabble.com/Preamps-f24089.html

Thanks for the feedback! I didn't know about the noise in bypass. Does the swash work after a buffer? I'm wondering if it will be alright in one of the loops in a Boss LS-2.

Looks great in the tupperware!
Interested to know if the vero sounds like the original? Tempted to build this, seems like a fun one.

Sounds great!

Looking forward to hearing what the Splode does