Blatboy's Blog

It's been a while since I've been able to work on any electronics projects, and while I've been using my MB-6582 in the studio at work , I've been so slammed that I I've not been able to finish my last touches. (Filter pots, mix out, power LED... stuff like that)Starting next Tuesday, I'll have at least one recording session every week in my studio until...

I'm sure you've all been waiting in bated breath to hear how things are going with my MB6582.Well, after some annoying setbacks that were pretty much all my fault *ahem*  I've gotten the box to work.Then, a big new job came in, which is great news!  However, it pretty much takes away all my spare time to be midiboxing. :(  Hence the reason...

It's taken a considerable amount of time due to life/work getting in the way, but I finally got my MB-6582 to the point where it should power up and go.I attached the control board to the enclosure.  All good there.I made all my cables.  I ended up scrapping the original idea of making them removable on both sides, the plugs didn't fit inside the...

It's been a while since I posted, as it's been a while since I've been able to work on the MB6582.  I've been waiting for parts to come in (namely the LCDs from China.) In the meantime, I replaced all the SMD capacitors on the logic board of an old, non working Mac Classic II I had bought on ebay for a song.  It actually works now!  I...

My next job was to tackle the LCD.I think I made a few mistakes, the first being the fact that I didn't take enough pictures.I made my cable.  I crimped on the 10 pin connector to the ribbon cable, no problem.  I did my tests and it seemed ok.  When I started soldering the ribbon cable to the LCD, I think I did them upside down.  It was odd, because I...

It's been a minute since I posted... I'm sure you've missed me.I made some progress... then I hit a bump in the road.  Then, some work came in, and thank goodness for that, but it's eaten into the time I'd rather be spending getting this synth project finished.Anyhoo... the progress.  (I'll put the bump in the road on the next post...

Patience was never a strong trait of mine, at least when I'm obsessing on something.  This MB-6582 project is certainly my main obsession right now, and I've run into another snag that I can only blame myself for.I was not expecting to be able to get any work done last night, but the opportunity came up.  So, I started putting in the tactile switc...

My electronics "lab" has now been moved out of the laundry room and minimally set up in another nook in the basement.  Still yet to see if the landlord approves...      I got it set up in time to put a couple hours of work on the base PCB.  I had picked up some 1K resistors at Radio Shack to replace the ones I destroyed.  I picked up 1/2 w...

So, a little background:I have been doing my work a temporary lab I had set up down the basement of the building I live in.  It's actually in the laundry room.  I get in the way of the landlord trying to do his laundry, and I'm ducking under drying jeans just to get to the table.  I know the moisture in the room isn't ideal, but it's what...

So... After a morning session, a 5 hour rehearsal and 2 hours working in my studio, I was able to sneak into the basement lab to do some work for a short spell.  Here's the board yesterday after I yanked... uh, carefully took out those resistors I had installed incorrectly...  It's the R4_SIDx and R24_SIDx series that I had put into the C3_SIDx/C2...