Mr modnaR

it's very difficult to do multiple colours with that stuff, because each time you go over the panel with the iron, the toner melts again, and either moves, or sticks to the new colour. you could cut out multiple pieces of different colours and arrange them i guess, but it'd be a lot of work. for one colour though, it's fine.

send it to schaeffer and get it etched. providing there's enough depth on the gel coat, you should be fine. i agree it would look cool, i think you can buy pre-made sheets of the stuff.

make sure you test the transfomer's output with the multimeter set to AC, otherwise your readings will be incorrect (on the IC socket pins, though, check with it set to DC). 12VAC going into the sid will be fine just make sure you check the IC socket pins quoted in the walkthrough before you put in the ICs, just in case! ;D

LMAO!!! ;D

sounds cool, i look forward to it!

how tough is the insulation on that verowire? surely it'll rub through, won't it? good idea though! what's the board for?

man, tell me when you start your next project, and i'll buy some shares in cable tie companies! :o ;D

the circuit will use what current it needs, no more no less, you don't choose how much current you give a circuit. as i said before, the mA rating on the transformer is only the upper limit above which it will melt. think of it as a speed limit on a road. go above, and you're busted. ;D

being as you don't want the sequencer, why not go for just a module clone?

strange i'd kinda expected you to have one of the many kits available. ahh well, i'll have to get my Ozdar recalibrated.

true, however: epilepsy can, and will, take you down....

not sure on the original, but the x0xb0x certainly does, which leads me to believe that there was no downloadable firmware available. i may be wrong though.

if we all thought like that fella, we'd still be in cave hitting rocks with sticks.... ;D

[showing off] nah mate, i've got a x0xb0x ;D [/showing off]

ah yes, hadn't thought of that... :-[

sounds intriguing, how can it work? surely if you alter the spacing of the pulses, you'd notice 'gaps'??

although requiring extensive programming, you could add an aout to control the led(s) and use a stored value for the coresponding pot/encoder to determine the brightness level. personally, i fail to see the practical usefulness of this idea (no matter how cool it is ;)) as our eyes are not capable of accurately measuring absolute levels of brightness, so the feedback would be limited in its value.

i have a low profile alternative (built on trackboard) to your mod matrix too TK, where would be the best place in the Wiki for it? cheers

Shadio Rack? this could get boring..... ;D

i think you'll have an acre load of programming to do, i don't think the master core could cope. (though fingers crossed for MIDIBOX SID V2! ;))

each sid module pulls about 100mA, so, to be safe, i'd get a 600mA rated transformer. yeah like you say 14VDC or 12VAC wil both work. AC transformers are cheaper.

i'd never have guessed! congratulations, it's come out really nice.

try looking at the midibox LC at www.ucapps.de read as much as you can hope this helps.

i love your midibox! what did you cannibalize to get that case? was it a korg controller for their ms20 etc emulation software?

well, the 40V and 800mA you quote are maximum limits, so if you go a little higher, that won't hurt. as for capacitors, it's all made clear by looking at the optimised psu pdf. the polarised ones are aluminium electrolytics, just go by the values given, although you can go higher on the voltage rating if you like. the non polarised ones in the pdf are ceramic (through hole) capacitors. all of the above can be found in the aforementioned sections at rswww.com hope this helps.