<div dir="ltr">I use a Frequency Central power supply:  <a href="http://www.frequencycentral.co.uk/?page_id=894">http://www.frequencycentral.co.uk/?page_id=894</a><div><br></div><div>Cheap as chips to build and housed in a plastic project box. I get +/-12V and +5V. It has a Eurorack ribbon cable hanging out of it because I have only built Euro modules to date, but you could use anything.</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 5 March 2016 at 21:01, Joel B <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:onephatcat@earthlink.net" target="_blank">onephatcat@earthlink.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Really, I'm just getting started building musical experiments and I don't know what I need exactly. At present I need +12 volt, there seem to be a lot of +5 circuits though out there so +5, +12, +15. Just saw people in YouTube vids dialing up what they need and assumed I need a box like that...<br>
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Joel<br>
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</span><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5">> On Mar 5, 2016, at 11:45 AM, Phillip Harbison <<a href="mailto:alvitar@xavax.com">alvitar@xavax.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> Joel B wrote:<br>
>> What would folks here recommend for a relatively inexpensive<br>
>> variable dc power supply for the synth electronics experimenter?<br>
><br>
> Do you really need it to be variable? I would think +/-15VDC or<br>
> +/-12VDC would be sufficient 95% of the time. I bought a power<br>
> transformer from Digikey, an IEC power inlet with switch and<br>
> fuse, a Bud box, and this +/-15VDC regulator board on Amazon.<br>
><br>
> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00XBGKN3Y" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00XBGKN3Y</a><br>
><br>
> If you need it to be adjustable a pair of these might do.<br>
><br>
> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/DROK-Converter-Step-down-Transformer-Stabilizer/dp/B00JUFJ1GA/ref=pd_sim_23_5" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.amazon.com/DROK-Converter-Step-down-Transformer-Stabilizer/dp/B00JUFJ1GA/ref=pd_sim_23_5</a><br>
><br>
> ...or these which have built-in LED displays.<br>
><br>
> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Adjustable-Regulator-1-25-37V-Converter-Voltmeter/dp/B00OZGVL4O/ref=pd_sim_263_4" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">www.amazon.com/Adjustable-Regulator-1-25-37V-Converter-Voltmeter/dp/B00OZGVL4O/ref=pd_sim_263_4</a><br>
><br>
> IEC power inlet module<br>
> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00F4MFMXE" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00F4MFMXE</a><br>
><br>
> Power Transformer<br>
> <a href="https://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/triad-magnetics/VPS36-1200/237-1284-ND/666170" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/triad-magnetics/VPS36-1200/237-1284-ND/666170</a><br>
><br>
> Bud Box (7"x5"x3")<br>
> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005T7T0Y6" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005T7T0Y6</a><br>
><br>
> --<br>
> Phil Harbison<br>
><br>
><br>
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