Category: DIY
Proco – RAT – Clone
Next, I took the original RAT from ProCo. I used the circuit from TonePad: tonepad_rat.pdf. I replaced the specified JFET transistor 2N5458 with a 2N5457, as the 2N5458 I had from China was probably a fake. Fortunately I got my money back. I now understand why ProCon called this effect pedal Rat. I then…
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MXR Distortion + Clone
I’m in the process of trying out some classic distortions and just building them myself. That’s what I did with the MXR Distortion +. The board is quite small and fits very well in the 1590B housing. I got the design from http://tonepad.com/project.asp?id=2 and have used “Mas Distortion, Rev.4.Dec.8.2005”.
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GreerAmps – Ghetto Stomp – Clone
I gave a friend a self-made Nano Big Muff Pi for his 50th birthday. Unfortunately, he only enjoyed it for one day. When the battery ran out, he connected a power supply with the wrong polarity. So I thought I’d better make him a distortion unit that was a bit simpler. In my search I…
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Arduino Mini-Pops
I found on a side Korg Mini-Pops DIY Drum Machine and further on The O2 source code. I thought, I’d like to try that out. I ordered all parts and do it for simplicity flying wire. I made the housing from wood. The front and rear panels are 3 mm birch plywood and the sides…
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MeeBlip Anode Synthesizer
Some times before I found on http://irieelectronics.de/diy-meeblip-anode/ and http://www.instructables.com/id/DIY-Mini-Bass-Synth-Meeblip-Anode/ the clone of the Arduino Bass Synthesizer, MeeBlip Anode. It is open source and easy to build. The cost will be about € 40,- if you order the most parts at chinese suppliers via eBay inclusive the enclosure and all accessories. All parts are are located…
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String Synthesizer
This time I found something, that I always want to create: A string synthesizer. On the page https://janostman.wordpress.com/how-to-build-your-very-own-string-synth/ and http://bloghoskins.blogspot.com/2016/11/diy-arduino-string-synth.html is such a synthesizer described. It works on the basis of an Arduino. I do it without a keyboard, but with MIDI. It is with an original Arduino Nano as proposed. The control of Modulation,…
Read MoreUnimod – A Versatile Sound Effect Generator
I found this project in the US magazine Popular Electronics, February 1981. Here is the link to the document: Unimod-Sound-Effects-Generator.pdf. I was interested in how this effect sounds and after finishing it, I can only say it sounds interesting. The assembly takes place in a simple TEKO housing. I changed the circuit board a bit,…
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Electro Harmonix – Big Muff
A distortion device is also a fine thing, I thought to myself, and made one for myself. A Big Muff clone from Electro Harmonix. There are many different templates on the net. I decided me for one of http://tagboardeffects.blogspot.com. I used a simple TEKO case and glued it with hot glue. The distortion is…
Read MoreETI 603 Sequencer
In the December issue of the magazine Elrad from 1978 there was a sequencer, which I copied and used with my MS-20 and MS-10. Unfortunately I gave it away sometime, because I had sold both synthesizers. In the meantime I remembered this easy to build sequencer and rebuilt it. Since I don’t want to violate…
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SimplenZAR MIDI Sequencer
Since I have been building digital synthesizers most of the time lately, I needed a simple MIDI sequencer. I found it on the page http://www.roebbeling.de/wordpress/?p=85. The sequencer shown here seemed to be easy to set up and use. After I created it, I can say that it does exactly what I wanted it to do.…
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