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  3. MIDIbox SID V2 Editor

    in MIDIbox SID

    Posted · Edited by jojjelito

    Oooh,

    I'm sooo going to borrow from this if I ever have to the time to do some work with Ctrlr! Someone has to make something for all the wonderful, weird gear out there. K5000s, Fizmos (yet to acquire one) and maybe the FS1r. Also, the XV-5080 needs an OSX-compatible editor :frantics: Plus of course, all the old Casios, Yamahas, Ensoniqs and what not...

    Kudos!

  9. Hill Diver

    in Songs & Sounds

    Posted

    Yo!

    Great song and video :D

    Needless to say, I'm a sucker for the sound of the Polivoks VCF. Sad to hear about the lost plane. Speaking of filter magic, the Fonitronik PS-3100 resonators are another unique and fantastic stereo effect. :whistle:

    J

  11. Fleamarket and Bank Transfers

    in Miscellaneous

    Posted

    Depends on the bank. Some of those don't accept international money transfers made from the on-line banking.

    Some, like mine, do.

    Also, parts of the EU don't use the Euro so it might complicate matters. Other countries in Europe aren't part of the EU. Banks in the US, Canada, Oz, etc follow their local set of rules related to international transfers.

    The point here might be that PP handles this for you. With your bank YMMV.

  12. Multiplexing circuit in CV interfaces.

    in Design Concepts

    Posted

    The capacitor output voltage will droop slightly over time so it needs to be refreshed (just like the capacitors in memory cells in a DRAM for instance).

    Normally you connect those outputs to FET inputs somewhere else to mitigate that effect.

    The zipper noise won't be that bad if you update often, so Nyquist is your friend as always. But here comes the performance issue:

    Something (interrupts or a loop) needs to periodically update these capacitors whistle.png

    This is how it was done in most polysynths and the occasional mono as well. See the Prophet VS for an over-the-top example of S/H taken to the extreme.

  13. Opinions are like A-holes

    in Miscellaneous

    Posted

    Guess I'm a member of some cult if that's what I choose to read into the blog post.

    I don't get it: Is it bad the poor blogger has learned something about electronics? Not realizing that it was a large undertaking? It's like complaining that you went to university instead of working - it's *your* own choice. I occasionally build stuff (I'm more an engineer type) and occasionally make music as a hobby. If I wanted to and had the means to support myself only making music I could, but I don't see any knowledge gained as a burden.

    There are other kits available that can be perceived as easier - you can get an assembled x0xb0x if that's what you want. Also, it's not that difficult to buy an assembled Sammich in the fleamarket section. Granted, there was no Sammich kit when this blog post was written getlost.png These days you can also get into Shruthis, Preen FM and other kits that are great synths that come with their own preconditions. Or simply buy ready-made gear...

    IMHO: TK and others have done lots of hard work for free or little compensation. Sorry then if someone is offended that they don't want to share the fruits of that work in a way so that others can make lots of money from it. And (the horror) you might learn something from it! MIDIbox may not be all things for everyone, but there's nothing precluding someone from starting whatever own platform on their own terms. I don't see why someone all of sudden wants to change the MIDIbox into something else should be stopped or frowned upon, but that decision ultimately lies with the creator TK.

    Anyways - have fun with your new SID synth! That's the endgame - politics aside flowers.png

  14. ALBS Waldorf Knobs Bulk Order #1 2011

    in Bulk Orders

    Posted · Edited by jojjelito

    I wish they did more colors, but the transparent blue can be seen on some Microwave XTk synths. A friend of mine has one, I'll make do with a rack XT that comes with another type of knobs... I think the red ones were on one of the Q variants, Phoenix edition maybe?

    Anywho, looking forward to some photo pr0n tongue.png

    Some day I'll have that very disco controller for my MIDI hardware... Maybe starting with the VSfrantics.gif

  24. MagJack SI-60024-F

    in Parts Questions

    Posted · Edited by jojjelito

    I was able to score a bunch of those for about 2.20€ each a while ago. I bought them at Encitech. If that becomes too expensive, drop me a PM. I could send you one or two in that case.

    Edit: Encitech were out. Eek!

    Cheers!

    /J

  25. Fleamarket and Bank Transfers

    in Miscellaneous

    Posted

    I think it's only yet another example of the little bank emulating the crook methods the bigger banks use. It ranges from extortionate fees to sheer economic terrorism (Goldmann Sachs et al, looking at you!).

    One could argue that the card companies wanting a cut out of every transaction, or PayPal etc do the same thing. But, their fees are less. Wish more people had the decency to accept PayPal or something similar and told the buyers to pay the fee (gifting money thru PP etc) if losing a small amount of money is that much of a trauma.

    Telling the banks to GTFO is the only way to make them adapt to the 21st century for smaller customers too poke.gif

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