[sdiy] Son of Frankenstein system update (posting)

[patchell]

    Hey that looks real nice...like the cabinet.

Peter Grenader wrote:

> kids,
>
> thought I'd give you an update on the system I'm slapping together, plus a
> link for you to see a photo:
>
> http://www.allegrobikes.com/synth.jpg
>
> this camera has a wide lens on it.  It's a scant 26.5 inches wide.
>
> short explanation:
>
> This is where it lies now, awaiting my faceplates to come back from
> imaging/drilling.  What's missing is:
>
> Top Row:
>
> 2 Blacet EGs, 2 Blacet Processors, 3 Buchla Low Pass Gates, Moog clone
> filter, Homebrew Envelope Follower, H.B. AND/NAND gate, H.B.noise source,
> H.B. dual voltage adder, H.B. voltage inverter, H.B. programmable pulse gen,
> H.B. seqeuncer and output section of the sequencer on the bottom panel (the
> Doepfer).
>
> Second top Row:
>
> 4 Blacet osc, Blacet FIlter, Blacet Ring.
>
> The rest of the stuff you see here is a combination of Doepfer, Analog
> Systems and Analog Solutions.  All of the knobs on the Doe, Analog Sol and
> Homebrew stuff have been changed to the type Blacet and Analog Systems use,
> basically because they are a great deal at Mouser and I prefer the soft
> rubber.
>
> The space to the left of the MAQ 3/16 was intentionally left blank at the
> preset (future expansion) and yes, I am already stressing on what to put in
> there.  Some of it will be the MIDI to CV outputs.  I'm thinking of a
> flanger and a touch plate manual trigger or two.
>
> The cabinet was home built and quite inexpensive.  I went with the
> Buchlidian curve, only because it puts everything at easy reach.  It's made
> out of 3/4 inch MDF.  Those chassis boxes you see are made out of 16 g sheet
> metal.  That's what was recommended to assure good tapping of the threads
> needed to hold the modules in.  I'm thinking I should have gone with
> alluminum extrusions instead and left the boards exposed to the back. With
> nothing in it,  it weighs a ton.  Add the cxomponents, two tons.  The upside
> is I won't have to worry about theft unless there's an army of them!
>
> The top strip, which is one rack unit in hieght will host a slew of mults,
> two unity gain mixers and panel illumination lights.  The bottom panel is
> addmittedly a little tall, but I elected to do it this way because the
> outputs for the D sequencer are on bottom and I wanted paltny of room for
> clearence.  I was contimplating mod'ding the box to get the outputs on the
> top, but decided to keep it stock so I can sell it w/o explanation (file
> under : never say never).
>
> OK, give me a couple of weeks and I'll update with picture of the completed
> beast.
>
> Best,
>
> Peter

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