This is one of my favorites from this year. I was using the Xaoc – Moskwa as the main sequencer and Grids for the drums. Nothing crazy going on but enjoyable to listen to. I wish I would have filmed it when I fixed the flapping from my quantizer, I was sending voltages between notes.
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This was mainly Mangrove and Braids doing the bass and synth line. I added a Boss HM-2 clone I built on the Mangrove and fell in love with the results.
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The Elements and Mangrove are the 2 soundsources. The Mangrove into the Three Sisters for filter goodness. Sequence from Voltage Block and clock from Pamela’s New Workout. Drums from Pico Drums and reverb from Pico DSP.
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The Mangrove and a little bit of Clouds was the main sound sources. The Mangrove into the Three Sisters for filter duties. The bass sequence came from Voltage Block and the clock from Pamela’s New Workout. Drums from Erica Synths Pico Drums.
So excited that this build fired up first try. I was not prepared to troubleshoot any issues with 0602 package parts.
To flash the ATmega328P onboard I needed a programmer since all the ones I had on hand would only due basic PICs. I kept reading to get a legit Atmel AVRISPMKII programmer but really did not want to pay the high price tag. I also did not want to get the cheapest knock off I can find… so I did a little research on AVRDude forums and found this one.
Compatible Atmel AT AVRISP mkII
I was surprised to see that it worked out of box with ATMEL Studio 7
Now.. what to build next.
I needed another mixer to add with my Malekko MIx 4 for sub mixing and effect sends. I wanted something really small since it will not be used live much.. more of a set and forget kind of mixer. The Mix 4 is perfect size for mixing on the fly and I need to start saving some space. I decided to go with a 2HP Mix and I could not believe how small this thing really is.. it’s adorable.
I threw it in the case and piped 3 signal paths to it and was really amazed how well it did with levels. Not much canceling and did I mention its TINY!!!
All in all I think I am going to get another one soon for drum summing.
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The MI Elements and the Mangrove were the 2 sound sources. The Mangrove was going into the Three Sisters for filtering. The note sequence was from the Voltage Block and the clock was coming from Pamela’s New Workout. The simple kick drum was from the Pico Drum and all of this was fed into the Pico DSP for reverb and stereo out from Rosie.
With my uO&C build I did a few months back, I decided to give another SMD eurorack project a shot. I was wanting to pick up a Mutable Instruments Grids module for gate triggering madness.. but what if I built one myself instead? So I picked up a PCB and panel from Modular Addict. First thing first.. The first project I did was 0805 and the uGrids is 0603 SMT components so I’m hoping that the soldier paste and my hot air station will be ok with the smaller SMT parts. Unfortunately I stocked up on 0805 parts so its going to be a mouser cart order for this project.
PCB and Panel:
https://modularaddict.com/max-ugrids
I almost have this thing fully populated. Waiting on pots and my ATMEL programmer.
Looks like I will be working on my second case soon. I knew this day would come at some point. I am slowing down at this point to focus on the modules I already have. Since January 2018, I have been getting modules at a pretty good pace and have been trying to wrap my head around each one as I grew. But, some of the fun is not knowing exactly what each module can do and then exploration kicks in.
With waiting a week to get back from traveling for work, I finally was able to install the last few missing parts. I would like to say it fired right up but in actuality It did not power up the first time around. Busted out the multimeter and found that the regulator was not getting any voltage. Used the hot air station to remove and reset the regulator and biggity bam! it powered up.
Spent the next 20 minutes calibrating it and then ran it through some paces. It is working as it should and now I just need the panel to mount this thing.