I was able to throw together a 3 row 84hp wooden rack after some Youtube videos about box joints and purchasing a dado saw blade. The fleet looks much more impressive in a rack rather than spread out across my desk. This rack is intended for a future project, but can conveniently hold this one …
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Builds are MOSTLY together!
I definitely went a little OCD the last week or so while I built out these modules. My goal was to have them completed by October, reality had me building them to be ready by September. This was ultimately a good move, as I’m beginning to realize that a great deal of testing and calibration …
The Buildening!
PCB’s arrived on Friday, while I was out of town for the weekend, of course. I was able to get home on Sunday in time to build out the patch bay and the noise source that day. Monday was spent with the VCA’s. I built both at the same time, which did help cut down …
The Inaugural Test of the Test Rack!
Ok, This is not quite the VERY first test of my test rack, but the first worth capturing on video. My very first successful test involved turning on the power supply to watch my 2hp MIDI module light up and test its USB connectivity. I was able to get it recognized in my audio software …
My God, it’s full of knobs!
Orders have been placed for what I hope are all the components needed to build Block 1. Additionally, Pharmasonic made available the 707 Amp/Env. Follower/Integrator unit, which then prompted another round of ordering. Looking through the Build Docs for these units, several require an Oscilloscope to calibrate. I’ll need to either throw down for one …
700 Block 1
The vision: All that is missing here that was on the original Roland System 700 Block 1 are the voltage processor, envelope follower, integrator units, spring reverb, panning, and stereo VU’s. I’m not worried about replicating the reverb, stereo features, or VU’s at this time. Pharmasonic is prototyping a 707 module, which is an amp/env …
700 Begins!
My budding interest in Eurorack modular synthesizers has lead me to consider the ambition of building a replica of the venerable Roland System 700 modular synthesizer, which was released in 1976. Unsure of my patience and capability for soldering together PCB’s, I initially pre-ordered two of the most simple modules as a test to see …