Surface mount synths??

[gstopp at fibermux.com]

     Hey sure that'd work - I can't think of any components that aren't 
     available in SOIC, LCC, or other SM format except maybe for the PTC 
     tempco's. I don't think that temp or x-talk issues would be any worse 
     than current PCB's.
     
     But - you'd have to farm this out fer sure. CAD up the artwork, buy 
     the parts, and dump them at your local PCB house. Unless of course you 
     happen to have a vapor-solder machine at home, not to mention the 
     microscope work table....
     
     Yah you could pack a few dozen minimoogs into an ARP 2600 keyboard 
     case this way. Where the heck would the panel controls go????
     
     I think it's do-able, for the synth DIYer with the budget.
     
     - Gene
     gstopp at fibermux.com
     


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Subject: Surface mount synths??
Author:  majmoog at leonardo.net (Kevin Lightner) at ccrelayout
Date:    7/10/96 11:18 AM


Any thoughts on making a surface mount, all analog "voice" board, similar 
to an SEM or ASM-1?
     
Although I have no experience and am not talking very seriously about doing 
it, it would seem that one could fit a lot of analog voices in a "normal" 
sized keyboard.
     
Temperature concerns-I guess, but that's what autotune is for. Smaller 
things cooler off quicker too.
     
Crosstalk- ???
     
You could fit an Arp 2600 worth of analog into the size of a single Moog 
module too.
     
     
Any thoughts on this?
     
-Kevin
     
http://www.leonardo.net/majmoog/synthfool.html