[sdiy] Minimoog clone

[cheater cheater]

Hi Bryce,
I think the community as a whole, also in the future, will profit from
your work. Please upload anything you have if you can, even if
unfinished :) It might even draw attention from others and they then
could contribute to your project. From the historical point of view,
you also gain a lot from posting to third-party media (like e.g. this
mailing list!) - so if you have any text, essays, BOMs, walkthroughs,
etc, it could be a good idea to post it up here. I wager a bet that
this list will go on long long after your web page is gone - that's
sadly the way resources on the web work. See it as backup, or as an
alternative way to access the data, or as free advertisement (people
get to know about your project). A single thread like that shouldn't
bother anyone, it's not like we're on 300 bps modems anymore, and our
clients can thread posts properly (unless someone uses something lame
like outlook, well then, shame on then).

Either way, regarding the keyboard: the feel of the keyboard is a big
part of the synth. A scanned keyboard, especially distortion dome
based one, will in no way reflect the playability of a minimoog's
pratt-reed keyboard. It will be a prosthesis, so maybe consider not
having a keyboard at all and use a simple midi->CV/Gate interface
until then. Maybe the lack of a keyboard will motivate you to get a
good one :)

Thanks,
D.

P.S. I just visited your links, after writing the above. The website
is gone *already*! If that isn't a motivation to send all your info to
SDIY, then I don't know what is. Perfect illustration of how transient
personal websites are vs a fairly stable service like sdiy which is
going strong since, what, 95?

On Sun, Jul 11, 2010 at 01:54, Bryce Lanham <blanhamsynthdiy at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi David,
>
> I've been working on a miniclone on and off for 5 years, delayed
> mostly because of school, then college. I am actually in the process
> of finishing at this very moment.
>
> I went the more authentic route, laying boards out in Eagle following
> pictures of the original layouts, with someone on-list giving me the
> dimensions. Tracked down the original AMP Duo-Tyne connectors and
> pins, actual honest-to-god E402's, and stumbled across a cache of
> Allen-Bradley Type J potentiometers. I may have found a solution for
> the unobtanium UID rocker switches; I'll know more by next weekend.
>
> My site, which needs to be updated badly, is here:
> http://brycelanham.com/mediawiki/index.php/Minimoog_Clone. I can put
> the Eagle files up if you want. The parts info is more current on
> Joe's site, I missed the 2n4058's at MCM and my supplier for rev-log
> potentiometers is no longer around. Pictures are here:
> http://www.brycelanham.com/blog/wpg2?g2_itemId=21
>
> I have the power supply board working on my desk, and am trying to
> rebuild my oscillator board harness to check if that board still
> works.
>
> I have a CAD model of the mini, thanks to list member Tim Parkhurst,
> but I'm not that good at using AutoCAD, and the model is missing all
> of the inner front-panel mounting screw and potentiometer-stop holes.
> Anyone have pictures of a Mini with its' front panel removed? I
> finally gained access to a metal shear and break, and figured I might
> as well go full-out and completely copy the original case.
>
> The keyboard is also giving me a bit of trouble. I have an old organ I
> could cannibalize, but I 'm also considering cannibilizing a cheap
> midi keyboard and using a microcontroller to interface it to the
> original keyboard circuitry.
>
> Bryce
>
>
>
>
> On 7/8/10, David Ingebretsen <dingebre at 3dphysics.net> wrote:
>> Here are a couple of other sites doing a mini clone or information:
>>
>>  http://www.arpeggi8.com/synth/minimoog/mini.html
>>  http://www.fantasyjackpalance.com/fjp/sound/synth/synthdata/16-moog-minimoog
>>  .html
>>  http://www.toptell.com.br/index.htm
>>
>>  Why not use a SynthWood wheel box? Bolt in and go. One, both, or neither
>>  wheel can be a return to center wheel for a pitch control.
>>  http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=320543907442
>>
>>
>>  David
>>
>>  ~~ -----Original Message-----
>>  ~~ From: synth-diy-bounces at dropmix.xs4all.nl [mailto:synth-diy-
>>  ~~ bounces at dropmix.xs4all.nl] On Behalf Of David Griffith
>>  ~~ Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2010 7:30 PM
>>  ~~ To: Synth DIY
>>  ~~ Subject: [sdiy] Minimoog clone
>>  ~~
>>  ~~
>>  ~~ I'm interested in making my own Minimoog clone.  synthwood.com will be a
>>
>> ~~ big help, as will Mark Smith's page at
>>  ~~ http://www.meadowfield.freeuk.com/synth/mini.html.  Two biggies appear to
>>  ~~ be where to get suitable rocker switches and how to build the bend-mod
>>  ~~ wheel unit.
>>  ~~
>>  ~~ Has anyone here built a Minimoog clone?  I'd love to hear from you.
>>  ~~
>>  ~~ --
>>  ~~ David Griffith
>>  ~~ dgriffi at cs.csubak.edu
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