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dawson
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*Not pedal-related, but I figure I ought to share what I've done with the help of my winnings.
My Scrap-Wood 2600 Synthesizer:
I'd been storing this scrap of plywood for about 5 years hoping I'd be able to use it one day- I had to shrink an aspect of the design about 4mm in order to use it, but it worked out great in the end. The pine was just some old nasty 2x4 planed down:
This would've been a nightmare without my router table. I used it to shape those channels in the pine and also to trim the two plywood sides flush with each other:
A test fit before glue:
Here it is all glued and finished with India ink (mixed 1/10 = ink/water) and boiled linseed oil:
Finally, the money shot..no pun intended:
Some of the ink bled into the pine a bit- I should've been more careful brushing around my masking tape job.
The wires inside could use some attention and the rear needs an aluminum plate but it will function like this until I find the material.
So what is it and why would I do this?
I'm a huge fan of early synthesizer sounds in sci-fi sound tracks and rock music, so when I stumbled across a little documentary (below
) that explains many of those sounds were made on the Arp 2600 modular synthesizer, I couldn't stop thinking about it.
I was (and still am) uncomfortably jealous of anyone who possesses knowledge required to operate one of these instruments and I decided I ought to attempt learning at any cost.
Add in some modern modular functions and effects, and now the possibilities are even more endless.
So far, I've discovered numerous great mono-synth tones, many, many flavors of laser rifle, and a couple of the words R2D2 says when he's swearing at C3P0.
Compared to the potential of this instrument, I know absolutely nothing.. but that's where you start.
@fig thanks so much for the help!
My Scrap-Wood 2600 Synthesizer:
I'd been storing this scrap of plywood for about 5 years hoping I'd be able to use it one day- I had to shrink an aspect of the design about 4mm in order to use it, but it worked out great in the end. The pine was just some old nasty 2x4 planed down:
This would've been a nightmare without my router table. I used it to shape those channels in the pine and also to trim the two plywood sides flush with each other:
A test fit before glue:
Here it is all glued and finished with India ink (mixed 1/10 = ink/water) and boiled linseed oil:
Finally, the money shot..no pun intended:
Some of the ink bled into the pine a bit- I should've been more careful brushing around my masking tape job.
The wires inside could use some attention and the rear needs an aluminum plate but it will function like this until I find the material.
So what is it and why would I do this?
I'm a huge fan of early synthesizer sounds in sci-fi sound tracks and rock music, so when I stumbled across a little documentary (below
) that explains many of those sounds were made on the Arp 2600 modular synthesizer, I couldn't stop thinking about it.I was (and still am) uncomfortably jealous of anyone who possesses knowledge required to operate one of these instruments and I decided I ought to attempt learning at any cost.
Add in some modern modular functions and effects, and now the possibilities are even more endless.
So far, I've discovered numerous great mono-synth tones, many, many flavors of laser rifle, and a couple of the words R2D2 says when he's swearing at C3P0.
Compared to the potential of this instrument, I know absolutely nothing.. but that's where you start.
@fig thanks so much for the help!
Bricksnbeatles
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dawson
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Thanks!
I'm having much more fun than I deserve..
I haven't learned to post clips yet but I plan on making videos of cool patches just for the sake of memory. If I ever get that figured out I'll send a link to the library. *don't be expecting that anytime this year.
dawson
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Thanks!
I can't take all the credit though- Craigslist has been good to me over the years so I've got the right tools for the jobs.
*my big secret: I plan all this stuff in Photoshop using the grids and guides that I'm super familiar with.
Mentaltossflycoon
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This is excellent
Passinwind
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Sweet! I worked at ARP when the 2600 was in production and the employee studio had a couple of them for our after work amusement. I didn't get to work on the 2600 line much but I did build up a couple of the 2500 wing panels, which I unfortunately never got to play through. They weren't the ones used in Close Encounters, but it was right around the time that movie came out, maybe not all that coincidentally.*Not pedal-related, but I figure I ought to share what I've done with the help of my winnings.
My Scrap-Wood 2600 Synthesizer:
I'd been storing this scrap of plywood for about 5 years hoping I'd be able to use it one day- I had to shrink an aspect of the design about 4mm in order to use it, but it worked out great in the end. The pine was just some old nasty 2x4 planed down:
This would've been a nightmare without my router table. I used it to shape those channels in the pine and also to trim the two plywood sides flush with each other:
A test fit before glue:
Here it is all glued and finished with India ink (mixed 1/10 = ink/water) and boiled linseed oil:
Finally, the money shot..no pun intended:
Some of the ink bled into the pine a bit- I should've been more careful brushing around my masking tape job.
The wires inside could use some attention and the rear needs an aluminum plate but it will function like this until I find the material.
So what is it and why would I do this?
I'm a huge fan of early synthesizer sounds in sci-fi sound tracks and rock music, so when I stumbled across a little documentary (below
I was (and still am) uncomfortably jealous of anyone who possesses knowledge required to operate one of these instruments and I decided I ought to attempt learning at any cost.
Add in some modern modular functions and effects, and now the possibilities are even more endless.
So far, I've discovered numerous great mono-synth tones, many, many flavors of laser rifle, and a couple of the words R2D2 says when he's swearing at C3P0.
Compared to the potential of this instrument, I know absolutely nothing.. but that's where you start.
@fig thanks so much for the help!
SYLV9ST9R
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This is awesome*Not pedal-related, but I figure I ought to share what I've done with the help of my winnings.
My Scrap-Wood 2600 Synthesizer:
I'd been storing this scrap of plywood for about 5 years hoping I'd be able to use it one day- I had to shrink an aspect of the design about 4mm in order to use it, but it worked out great in the end. The pine was just some old nasty 2x4 planed down:
This would've been a nightmare without my router table. I used it to shape those channels in the pine and also to trim the two plywood sides flush with each other:
A test fit before glue:
Here it is all glued and finished with India ink (mixed 1/10 = ink/water) and boiled linseed oil:
Finally, the money shot..no pun intended:
Some of the ink bled into the pine a bit- I should've been more careful brushing around my masking tape job.
The wires inside could use some attention and the rear needs an aluminum plate but it will function like this until I find the material.
So what is it and why would I do this?
I'm a huge fan of early synthesizer sounds in sci-fi sound tracks and rock music, so when I stumbled across a little documentary (below
I was (and still am) uncomfortably jealous of anyone who possesses knowledge required to operate one of these instruments and I decided I ought to attempt learning at any cost.
Add in some modern modular functions and effects, and now the possibilities are even more endless.
So far, I've discovered numerous great mono-synth tones, many, many flavors of laser rifle, and a couple of the words R2D2 says when he's swearing at C3P0.
Compared to the potential of this instrument, I know absolutely nothing.. but that's where you start.
@fig thanks so much for the help!
dawson
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Thanks for all the kind words about my synth build, pedal friends-
part of me was expecting to be banished from the forum for treason/turn-coat-ery!
part of me was expecting to be banished from the forum for treason/turn-coat-ery!
That's a really neat job to have had- I didn't meet the prerequisite of being born yet so I wasn't considered for the position.
K Pedals
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SillyOctpuss
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That is seriously one of the coolest project builds I've ever seen. Bravo sir
SYLV9ST9R
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Bought a small case this summer, but looking to build some diy modules, this gives me idea for a larger angles 7u case!
dawson
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Whoa- that's an impressive collection!
I really dig the lighting.
That's next-level stuff...but that's just how you roll
Thanks Tim-
Your contest played a big part in helping me pull the $ trigger!
Flattery??
I'll take it.
Thank you very much, SillyOctopuss!
It's quite a virus, isn't it..
I'd highly recommend an angled case over a flat table-top set-up.
I modeled my design after the arcade cabinets and pinball machines that I would see at the pizzeria as a kid, but I'm really pleased with the ergonomics of the tall, tilted design- It's really nice to be able to see what I'm doing while standing up straight, rather than hours and hours of neck-half-bent looking downward at the synth.
It looks like @K Pedals may play while seated with all the racks set up to face directly at them- I imagine it's quite comfortable, very wise.
K Pedals
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Well I got this on the other side
So I’m usually not sitting…
The plan was to make it to where I could get to everything from one spot but the addiction took over… lol
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