I managed to fix no fewer than three Arduino boards this week – two had broken battery clip wires – one of which was my MIDI sequencer that broke during AHMW, and the third apparently wasn’t actually broken, but just refused to be a Pocket Piano during AHMW. It’s happy… Continue reading
Something is done. Kind of. Not a synth component, though. After the first attempt at the USB sound module didn’t work, I hastily tossed together the second one, using more-or-less parts on hand. This time, I didn’t do the flood-and-drag technique on the SSOP IC. I did something a lot… Continue reading
I read Bre Pettis and Kio Stark’s Manifesto of the Cult of Done earlier today. While I liked some elements, IÂ didn’t like others (#5 in particular – I usually can’t even source parts for a project in a week, let alone finish…). It did get me thinking, though. So… Continue reading
What did I accomplish building-stuff-wise in February? Built this SN76477-based noisemaker for my sweetie. Made some small progress on the SN-Voice and MPS. They’ll be done soon. I swears. Also got a TH SuperController PCB, so add that to my Thomas Henry queue 😉 Started on a Blacet Dual SVF… Continue reading
A few posts back, I mumbled something about starting to build things more along the lines of Hi-Fi gear (but don’t worry, there’s plenty more synth gear to build- I just need to be able to listen to it and record it better…). My original plan was to build something… Continue reading