[sdiy] ARP pots

[elmacaco]

arp sequencer would be really cool.

get a rack with 6 and you're smokin'!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tim Parkhurst" <tparkhurst at siliconbandwidth.com>
To: "synth" <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2003 2:43 PM
Subject: [sdiy] ARP pots


> Hi All,
>
> Just wanted to get some feedback from the group. Who would be interested
if
> I offered bare PCBs for the following:
>
> 1) Adaptor PCB to allow mounting rotary pots with 1/8" shaft to replace
> Odyssey / Avatar / Axxe sliders. This is just preliminary, but it looks to
> me like rotary pots less than .750" in dia will work without having to
drill
> or modify the face panels. To really do it right however, requires a clean
> method of wiring the new pot and mechanically anchoring it to the main
PCB.
> This is where the adaptor mount comes in. This means you can FINALLY get
> decent working replacement pots for your ARP, but the machine could be
> restored to 100% stock condition fairly easily if necessary. Yeah, I know.
> An Odyssey with round knobs is gonna look a little weird, but if the thing
> works reliably and makes cool noises for the next twenty or thirty years I
> think it will be well worth it.
>
> 2) PCB for a rack mount ARP sequencer clone. I am completely amazed that
> original ARP sequencers go for $600 to $800 on a regular basis on evilbay.
> I'm fairly sure that a replacement could be made for less than $100 in
parts
> (with rotary pots, no sliders), so I think I'm going to start making
clones
> and selling them! No MIDI, no nothing that isn't on the original. Okay,
> MAYBE add Blacet's MIDI to Sequencer interface chip to allow stop, start
and
> clocking via MIDI, but that's all.
>
> Your thoughts?
>
>
> Tim Servo
> "God is in the details." - Mies van der Rohe
>
>
>
>
>
>
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