Synthesizers
All about music synthesizers in and around my place.
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TTSH - Power Supply Reloaded
When starting with the TTSH build last year I prepared the Formant power supply, that I still had from the past, as kind of standalone unit. Meanwhile I realized that this would be a little too big to easily fit into the TTSH case I've built. I decided now to …
TTSH - Midi2CV
A longer time ago I had bought an Edirol PC-50 MIDI keyboard, to be able to connect to some synthesizer programs on my computer:
TTSH - Case
After a longer break, summer and autumn have passed, I picked up the work on my TTSH again. The TTSH is working, but not ready yet. Of course I still need to build a case for it. I never got to that last year. My idea was to have some space for additional modules below to the TTSH. I came up with following design:
TTSH - First Test of Finished TTSH Board
Now that the complete board is done, I could perform a first test. This covers VCO 1, 2 and 3, VCF, ADSR, AR, VCA, noise and sample&hold. At first all seemed to be working, but then I noticed two defects:
- One of the VCOs generated a way too high …
TTSH - Main Board Done
Finally the main board is ready. I have now installed all switches, sliders and jacks:
TTSH - LED Drivers, Jumpers and Headers Done
Today I've mounted the last electronic parts, the LED drivers. Also the 7 jumpers for these and some headers to later connect the peripherals to. The next step will be the switches, sliders and jacks.
TTSH - Sample&Hold, Internal Clock, Analog Switch and Amplifiers Done
Earlier this week I've finished the Sample&Hold, Internal Clock and Analog Switch part:
TTSH - Mixer, Reverb, Noise and Voltage Processors Done
Earlier already I finished the mixer and reverb section:
TTSH - Preamplifier, Envelope Follower and Ring Modulator Done
Yesterday I have also finished the section with preamplifier, envelope follower and ring modulator: