An impressive first build by JakeWaldron was posted to
LiveJournal group after being
thrown on eBay. The synth contains banks of 6 oscillators with 2 acting as LFOs and a ring mod-like effect that is achieved with a summing the signals and also feeding them back into the oscillators. Nice built with a great wooden case!
The video taken is pretty cool as well, some very interesting beepy and glitchy sounds indeed. The circuitry consists of
Schmitt trigger ICs being interconnected. I contacted Jake and he will try to send in some inside shots of the build. Thanks to Paul for sending this in.
An impressive first build by JakeWaldron was posted to LiveJournal group after being thrown on eBay. The synth contains banks of 6 oscillators with 2 acting as LFOs and a ring mod-like effect that is achieved with a summing the signals and also feeding them back into the oscillators. Nice built with a great wooden case! The video taken is pretty cool as well, some very interesting beepy and glitchy sounds indeed. The circuitry consists of Schmitt trigger ICs being interconnected. I contacted Jake and he will try to send in some inside shots of the build. Thanks to Paul for sending this in.
10 Comments:
At 4/02/2006 08:42:14 PM, Anonymous said…
Is it me, or does the sound have little to do with the video?
At 4/03/2006 10:23:42 PM, Anonymous said…
Actually it does. The knobs have waaaaaay too much slop in them.
def: slop, too much movement yet not enough sound.
At 4/04/2006 10:30:55 AM, goldenechos said…
I agree, the specs (18 oscillators) impress, I guess, but the sounds/ video do not.
A first project/ design, probably should not be sold. It is a cool design, just go back and work out the values.
T
At 4/04/2006 10:39:11 AM, Jake said…
I agree some of the parts look like they don't do anything but one of the problems with that is because when they all mix some get canceled out by others or aren't playing when the others are. My next ones should work all of this out and have even more to them.
At 4/04/2006 06:09:24 PM, Anonymous said…
jake, at least you admit to the slop fiasco. kudos to you bro. earned my respect.
At 4/04/2006 09:33:49 PM, Allerian said…
As a person who enjoys playing straight oscillators, I'm really interested in this thing. Consider more of a linear demo where you bring in one osc at a time.
At 4/05/2006 10:03:01 AM, Squelchbox said…
Sweet Finish. Can you guys recommend a site to help me get started building devices like this. I've done a pile of circuit bending and have build 555 oscillators for pitch modulation but dont know where to begin to make the jump to this level of stuff.
Thanks all.
At 4/05/2006 10:27:52 AM, goldenechos said…
Check out schematics for some commercially available products like this one:
http://www.4mspedals.com/triwave.html
The guys at 4ms are very cool and have posted ALL of their schematics online. You can learn alot by looking at those. OR, better yet, buy the kit and build it... one of the better noise box designs out there in my opinion.
OR, just read the data sheet for the Hex Schmitt Trigger, and experiment. The best way to do something original.
T
At 4/06/2006 12:11:28 AM, Squelchbox said…
Neat link but pretty far beyond anything im gonna be able to understand at this point. I'll keep diggin for somethin a little simpler for my dumb brain.
Thanks again
At 4/11/2006 03:51:02 PM, inductive said…
Do a search online for 'how to read schematics'. Its only hard if you dont know how to look at them. Then read an online guide on how to transfer things from schematics to breadboard. Buy some breadboard. Then read a guide on how to go from breadboard to like, stripboard or whatever thats called, and you will be exactly where I am right now. With capacitors all over my living room floor and pieces of solder in the cuffs of my pants somehow.
And read up on 555 chips, you will find from there some other cool chips to work with. 3 555's in a chain, lfo->lfo->osc is where I started to acualy make usefull (to me) noises. I just need to find some decent 1/4 jacks, these radiodump ones are kinda weak.
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