Other DIY

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Onto the sequencer sections and these were nice and easy – lots of space. Starting to clock up a serious amount of resistor legs now! With that completed, and all the ICs and Eproms in their sockets, that side of the boards were done. One of the mods I’m making right away is the “Mux_SH” … Read moreNava Extra9s pt. 2

Now I’ve built my son an 808, I’m super jealous. I don’t want an 808 though – it’s the right machine for his music, but not for mine. I want a 909. I had already decided to build a Nava, when my record label partner asked if I’d be able to build him a Nava … Read moreNava Extra9s pt. 1

My son’s been getting really into producing UK hip hop/grime recently and we talked about getting him a drum machine. A couple of months before his 15th birthday, Pusherman offered up a serious bargain on a complete Yocto kit, so I grabbed it. Pusherman had already populated the I/O board and IC sockets, but there … Read moreYocto

The SSL compressor build whet my appetite for outboard so I thought I’d have a crack at the dual Calrec EQ as Pusherman had the PCBs. It’s a pretty simple build, all through hole and only a couple of odd parts. I started with the caps and resistors – I used mostly WIMA capacitors as … Read moreCalrec Stereo PQ1549 EQ

I’ve often used the Waves SSL G compressor emulation and really like it for mixing and mastering, so when I found this project, I had to go for it. Pusherman had the PCBs/panel, so I grabbed a set and started researching the project. There’s a lot of information on the Gyraf website and some long … Read moreGSSL Stereo Compressor

I built this sort of by accident. Someone was talking about it in one of the synth DIY groups on Facebook and I mentioned that it looked cool and my friend Nick, who I occasionally meet on Bristol street corners to trade circuit boards and programmers, said he had a spare motherboard PCB. We arranged … Read moreAmbika