[sdiy] ARP Butter Tub Modules

[Amos]

here you are:

http://www.seamslikereality.com/images/arp_msl_vcf_1

http://www.seamslikereality.com/images/arp_msl_vcf_2

http://www.seamslikereality.com/images/arp_msl_vcf_3

Now, anyone have a schematic?

-Amos


> On 3/9/07, Tim Parkhurst <tim.parkhurst at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 3/8/07, Loscha <loscha at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > So, there are a few of those ARP MSL Educational Modules on ebay at
> > > the moment. The kind that are in a little Butter/Margarine sized tub,
> > > with two 9v batteries each. Matrixsynth covered it here
> > > http://matrixsynth.blogspot.com/2007/03/arp-modular.html
> > >
> > > A few more pics to be found here.....
> > > http://www.synthmuseum.com/arp/arpmsl01.html
> > >
> > > I've always wondered what was in them.
> > > Has anyone got schematics of them? Or even some internal pics?
> > >
> > > Back in my infancy of electronics (when I was 13-14) I started making
> > > a bunch of general purpose electronic modules, and put them into empty
> > > Nuttelex containers. before I knew about synthesizers, and modular
> > > architecture, sadly, I don't have them any more. Stupid stuff, an
> > > electronic dice, 555 oscillator. Before I knew about sinking/sourcing
> > > current and wondered why I kept on burning out logic chips! Oh well,
> > > we live and learn.
> > >
> > > -Ed
> > >
> >
> > Ah, but that's EXACTLY how you want to learn electronics: destroy a
> > few cheap logic chips and op-amps, and figure out what went wrong
> > BEFORE you melt the innards of a 2600 or a 4-Voice or a Synthi or an
> > Xpander or....etc.
> >
> > Of course, I've never burned up any chips or hooked up something
> > wrong, but I've heard about others doing it. ;-)
> >
> > BTW, while the ARP MSL modules look interesting from a historical
> > standpoint, they are bare minimum modules. No input attenuators or
> > mixers, and only one mod input, so they would require some more
> > outboard modules to be really useful. Might be fun, but the starting
> > bid price is WAY too high. $900 for a minimal set of modules is insane
> > (IMHO). I'd go a couple hundred or so, but someone will probably grab
> > them. Market forces and all...
> >
> >
> > Tim (really useful, or so I'm told) Servo
> > --
> > "Imagination is more important than knowledge." - Albert Einstein
> >
>
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