TraceKaiser
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At school, I am currently building a synthesiser. It's pretty simple - 1 osc (tri, sine and square waveforms), a filter (cutoff + resonance), a pre-amp and an amplifier, with a stylophone-style keyboard (when I make the PCB anyway). Here's a video of me playing with it

However, I would really like to implement a Monotron-style ribbon controller as well as the keyboard, so squeaks and farts etc are much more easy to access. Plus it would just be pretty fucking cool.

What could I use to do this? I heard about using VHS tape but I'm unsure. I would much rather use a more professional, commercial solution than hack something together.

Any ideas?

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http://www.sparkfun.com/products/8680
http://www.trossenrobotics.com/sparkfun … 100mm.aspx

Last edited by herr_prof (Mar 1, 2012 10:05 pm)

TraceKaiser
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Looks pretty much exactly what I'm looking for, thanks!

nickmaynard
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http://www.mouser.com/Search/Refine.asp … entiometer

there's some longer ones here too!

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http://www.coagula.org/content/pages/ga … r-tutorial

Wilba
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... or get something already using a SoftPot:

http://store.curiousinventor.com/stribe … splay.html

godinpants
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hardcore, Australia

I thought the stribe project was finished?

Wilba
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The original Stribe (big PCB with 8 strips) was discontinued, and Josh then worked on this single strip design... it was one of the inspirations for the sammichSID case design, actually.

I still have the original Stribe, unbuilt. No one wants to take it off my hands sad

Last edited by Wilba (Mar 2, 2012 12:26 am)

kitsch
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matt's mind

i have the original stribe, built.  you should build yours!  there is a mod to make it 8 stribe1 units as well.  a lot of fun...

(and a stribe shirt, still one of my favs)

Chainsaw Police
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Wilba wrote:

I still have the original Stribe, unbuilt. No one wants to take it off my hands sad

How much do you want for it?

Wilba
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I probably should build it, but I have so many other projects in the queue wink

I paid US$470 for it, the "uC Hacker's Kit" with red LEDs and no Arduino. If I said I want AU$300 you'd tell me I'm dreaming. So PM an offer if you want.

Last edited by Wilba (Mar 2, 2012 3:02 am)

SurfaceDragon
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herr_prof wrote:

http://www.coagula.org/content/pages/ga … r-tutorial

I really want to do a modification like this to a Korg Monotron or Monotribe.

Last edited by SurfaceDragon (Mar 2, 2012 3:40 am)

godinpants
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Wilba, 2 months ago I would have taken that off you without a second thought. But alas, money has got tighter around here these days.

Wilba
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12 months interest free repayment plans available. Conditions Apply*

* only available to Aussies with reputations I can trash if they don't repay wink