There has been a bit of silence recently, this is because I have a new job! assisting in the design and installation of electronic works for the artist Haroon Mirza. But Clacktronics is still going, soon there should be a new pedal release and I have been getting into Arduino so expect some exciting new things and posts soon, including updates to the Analogue Drum Lab.
As part of this post I have just published a new article on using press’n'peel to make PCB’s at home. This can be found here >>
Sadly I ran out of time on this one, the problem was it had suffered a power supply failure. The positive 5v rail was completely down and it seemed some component (on the densely packed main board) had caused this. I cosmetically fixed it up and didn’t charge the owner.
Designed and released by Chris Hugget after the collapse of EDP it is a very interesting design electronically and mechanically. I really like the way the keyboard is slightly tilted up and the way everything is held together with metal bars and big chunks of moulded rubber. Sad to say the rubber doesn’t last, on this one it was very brittle, so taking it apart was difficult!
Such a shame I really wanted to hear it! it has so many interesting features
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I have written a new lazertran tutorial here (normally found under Info>DIY) This is how I make a lot of one offs and small batches. Soon I will be moving to screen print , so I will put up info on that. Interestingly I have found information about how you can use it to etch, this could be good for PCB’s! 
I made this for Owen at Flesh and Bone Studios in Hackney after he saw this original post. I had a bit more time to make it properly and I tried to make it look a bit more like the original case – it strangely ended up looking a bit more like a Roger Mayer pedal. Pretty much the same mods so see the link to the original post. Continue reading 
Just got these patch pads from Michael at Synfinity. It is a pad of pages printed with the Wasp decal so you can easily write down patches the old fashioned way! On the back (not pictured) there is a wipeable laminated page for temporary record. heres what he says about them
the WASP Patch Pad [was] manufactured, with the approval of Adrian Wagner in fact they sold some on their 1981EDP roadshow. I still have a few left which I put on ebay or the VEMIA auction from time to time. I did an original design which included a wipeable laminated back that you could perfect your settings on and then transfer them to the permanent patch on paper. The pages where punched so they could be put in a loose leaf folder. – MichaelSee his website and details here synfinity.biz
Here is the first batch of Clacktronics new products, it is a Wasp Filter with a driving input, see more info here. The next batch available here http://t.co/aWAVALF
A cut down Cat, but no less brilliant sounding synthesizer built by the NY company Octave in the late seventies. Features very nice sounding feature rich VCO and the legendary SSM2044 filter. Very similar style of layout to the Arp Odyssey, so much that they were sued for it.
For Sale here http://bit.ly/kmuTTU
This particular unit has been fully serviced by my including cleaning the keyboard and all switches and sliders so it gives a clear un-crackley sound. Cosmetically in brilliant condition apart from the edging on the left cheek which has split. All knobs and sliders in tact!
Frame from video by Gijs Gieskes
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