Alkex Posted January 23, 2010 Report Share Posted January 23, 2010 Hi All I just finished my minimoog controller and thought I'd share it with you! Features: Simple design: Used 1 core and 2 breadboard ain modules. Bus powered USB: I took a cheap usb/midi cable (ebay) and hard-wired the midi input and 5v from the usb port directly to the core. Dimensions: Front panel is considerable smaller than the original minimoog (designed to sit over my MB SID keyboard) Front panel: 100% front panel designer switches: Cheapo rocker switches spray painted and wired as pots (to save the hassle of building a DIN Module ) I don't have photos of the inside but you can see it's ugly guts in this video: Thanks for looking All the best Alkex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssp Posted January 23, 2010 Report Share Posted January 23, 2010 very nice alex, you all know how much of a festidious git i am with my casework, i gotta say that really does look a very good job there. congrats on that, a job well done. now open it up and let us see its guts!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flip Posted January 23, 2010 Report Share Posted January 23, 2010 Wow, nice work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alkex Posted January 23, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2010 Thanks for you comments! Ssp: I glued the side panels on with hotglue in hope that I wont need to open it up any time soon. Hot glue works really well with wood and it saved the sacrifice of drilling holes! :sorcerer: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nILS Posted January 23, 2010 Report Share Posted January 23, 2010 Nice work Alkex! Is there going to be doco soonish? Otherwise, this isn't really a User Project () Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
julienvoirin Posted January 23, 2010 Report Share Posted January 23, 2010 sweat :) where did you get the knobs ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alkex Posted January 24, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2010 hey julienvoirin, the knobs come from Radioshack they are pretty close to the moog knobs nILS: Sorry this indeed does not qualify as a user project - it's a midibox64 - should I delete? Best Alkex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phunk Posted January 24, 2010 Report Share Posted January 24, 2010 Are you kiddin me? God damn, looks so great. I got it´s bigger brother right next to me :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nILS Posted January 24, 2010 Report Share Posted January 24, 2010 nILS: Sorry this indeed does not qualify as a user project - it's a midibox64 - should I delete? Nah, I'll just move it accordingly :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smithy Posted January 24, 2010 Report Share Posted January 24, 2010 (edited) Oh man, almost 2 years ago i was blown away by this: And now im even more blown away by yours! I love how you made it extremely close to the original, even the blue and red switches! This is truly a thing of beauty. Edited January 24, 2010 by Smithy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HUROLURA Posted February 6, 2010 Report Share Posted February 6, 2010 Nice controller indeed ... Maybe you still have room for a hardware minimoog DSP emulation board: check the ASX board from Use-Audio: http://www.use-audio.com/asx.htm It could save some PC CPU power (the processing is done by the DSP) It would provide you a good sounding cheap 12 note polyphonic Minimoog DSP emulation (150 €). You will get also some alternative plug-in you can choose to use when not using the Minimax, the Lightwave, a digital synth providing something inspired from the Prophet VS, The vVocodizer, a rather nice vocoder and the B3000 a B3 emulation. Some other plugs can be bought at a bargain price (99 €) including a Prophet 5 and an Odyssey emulations ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Smith Posted February 8, 2010 Report Share Posted February 8, 2010 (edited) It could save some PC CPU power (the processing is done by the DSP) It would provide you a good sounding cheap 12 note polyphonic Minimoog DSP emulation (150 €). You will get also some alternative plug-in you can choose to use when not using the Minimax, the Lightwave, a digital synth providing something inspired from the Prophet VS, The vVocodizer, a rather nice vocoder and the B3000 a B3 emulation. Some other plugs can be bought at a bargain price (99 €) including a Prophet 5 and an Odyssey emulations ... Exciting concept but are you sure the the ASX board is stand alone? looks like an expansion card which would require CME UF or VX keyboards. Edited February 9, 2010 by Alex Smith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HUROLURA Posted February 16, 2010 Report Share Posted February 16, 2010 (edited) The ASX is not a standalone board: it is actually a part of the plugiator. But I do think the ASX can be used a DIY integrated board: from what I know, the other board (3) available in the plugiator are: - a controller board for the front panel (a kind of simple fixed setting MidiBox) - a MIDI and power supply connexion board - the main ASX board (integrating the DSP, the audio I/O and USB) I will try to request more information from Use Audio ... Edited February 23, 2010 by HUROLURA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fozzy The Bear Posted February 22, 2010 Report Share Posted February 22, 2010 Hi All I just finished my minimoog controller and thought I'd share it with you! All I can say is WOW!! :yes: I love it!!.... Doing a Minimoog replica is already next on my list of projects after the Prophet 5, but your Minimoog controller is fantastic! very nice work. Best Regards, Julian (Fozzy The Bear) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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