[sdiy] Attack of the Newbie II: Questions

[harry]

Hi John :

welcome...

John Greczula wrote:

> Hi folks,
>
> Here's a bunch of questions...
>
> 1. Has anyone ever had any faceplate items powder coated? If so,
> was it expensive?

Don't know.

>
>
> 1b. I had heard that Letraset does custom dry transfer decals which,
> although I can have silkscreening done, I'm very curious about because
> I could then have more control over entire DIY process. Has anyone had these
> done? Expensive? I've visited the Letraset site but no pricing or real
> info is given.

In small quantities I think the custom decals are too expensive. I used some
that
our company has made years ago... you can do some nice work with them... You
need to spray coat over them.

Maybe if a large DIY group order was placed, you might get the cost down... but
I bet you cannot get concensus as to WHAT decals should be included.

>
>
> 2. I am interested in building some noise gate circuitry, specifically
> for running analogue drum sounds through. Would anyone out there know of a
> proven schematic for such a thing? It does not need an attack control as I'd
> want the gates to open as fast as possible. I would say input key triggers
> wouldn't be necessary either, as long as the leading edge of the incoming
> audio signals won't get cut off. MOST importantly - it needs to be silent
> when the gates close! I had a unit that featured 12 gates (manufactured by
> John Oram!) in a single space rack which was a dream, but when the gates
> closed, you heard:
>
> ffffffip! (quite annoying, so I got rid of it)
>
> So, I'm on the hunt for something that I can build that won't have this
> 'problem'.
>
> 2b. Is this too hard for a newbie and should I just back away slowly?

Its hard to get the perfect noise gate... a lot of times just removing the
hiss from the channel itself will sound like ffffip....

>
>
> 3. Does anyone on this list offer DIY type services - circuit design,
> circuit assembly, repair, mods etc? I think I can build a kit but I have
> plans for a few things which require repair and/or mods and might not
> be able to figure that stuff out myself.

Some folks do repair...  I can't give all names but Kevin Lightner from
synthfool (I think the site is now called synthfool lite...) does.  Best to ask
what
you want done and take it from there. There are folks who are the world experts
in certain synths on list.

As far a new projects / designs... some folk may have designed one already.
Most are willing to offer free advice... so try that first....

Or send a LARGE check to me...  ;^P

H^) harry  (i do not do BBDs....)

>
>
> Kind regards to all,
>
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