Midibox sid - keyboard "woody" upgrade

[Alkex]

Hi All

Just finished making a wooden frame for my sid keyboard.

A lot of sanding and blisters but the efforts are rewarding

Thanks for looking  :)

[lucem]

Aren't the sides a bit too thick?

In all other means, beautiful build!

[nebula]

Gorgeous!

[Matrix12x]

nice

:)

[Alkex]

Thanks for the comments!

The sides aka love handles are nice and chubby for a fatter sound  ;)

[sineSurfer]

it looks really great! ;)

[rosch]

really awesome. very decent design!

how did you implement the keyboard?

[nILS]

How can wood sides be too thick? They can't. Simple beautiful! Nice work ;D

[puddingbrumsel]

Fantastic wood work! What's the lettering on the lower right on the plate?

[clem!]

wanna have

[Matrix12x]

What keyboard did you use?

[nebula]

Any internal or construction pics?

[lucem]

Any internal or construction pics?

Really guys, you want him to take that beauty apart? :D

[nebula]

Really guys, you want him to take that beauty apart? :D

Either that or insert a probe.

[Smithy]

Any internal or construction pics?

[Smithy]

construction pics?

Oh and:

http://www.midibox.org/forum/index.php/topic,10928.msg84521.html  :)

[Alkex]

:)

Thanks again for your kind words!

The keyboard if from an old ELKA synth. I rewired it's keypads to a DIN module on a separate core which sends the midi to the SID core.

Here are a few videos of the process:

Debugging the midi keyboard:

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name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="

type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object>

I accidently switched a couple wires on the DIN PINS so had to write a routine to correct it (easier than rewiring everything)

Staining the wood in my best shirt... Not recommended

And finally

The inside is pretty much the same mess and the images Smithy kindly linked us to above except i recently discovered the wonders of cable ties. Great to identify loose wires when tied in little bunches at the ports...

I Hope this inspires anybody for a wood design!

Cheers

Ps: puddingbrumsel, the bottom right says Smith it's my signature  - works in the ego department :)

Alex

[cosmosuave]

Nice work!!! The end cheeks are no thicker than a Juno 6o looks great....

[analogue_mo]

Well thanks a lot! Now I want to rebuild it all........... ;)

I must say, its what i wanted for me all along,

the sid in an analogue style encagement, its just perfect!

I just hope I can get some wood skills!

Thanks for sharing this beautifull machine with the rest of us!

[Wilba]

How did I miss this thread?

Awesome stuff, Alkex (as usual). Even better than the one that got broken.

[Alkex]

analogue_mo, it's quite doable.

This was my first dabble at woodworking and I found it to be quite easy.

I had already sanded body filler on my car and found the wood much nicer and easier to shape.

and Wilba, thanks for the Sids they sound Great!  ;)

Now to somehow make space on the panel for a IN to OUT  feedback pot...  ???

[Mikkel]

Very nice build. Did you use a finished solution or did you figure out a solution yourself to scan the keys? I have been wanting to build something similar myself, and I am a bit unsure on what solution I'll choose for this.

Also, nice Hammond, is it an M3? I'm surprised nobody has commented on that yet.

Anders M.

[ssp]

thats a very nice build alkex. really nice build