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Oxford OSCar
27 September 2011 · Open this post on its own
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
Lazertran Tutorial
27 September 2011 · Open this post on its own
I have written a new lazertran tutorial 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!
Modded Realistic Reverb 2
05 September 2011 · Open this post on its own
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.
The enclosure came out quite nice - the process was to apply lazertran and fuse it on in the oven for 2 hours then I sprayed a few light layers of Acrylic Laquer which created a really nice stippled effect.
I also made another video for it but this time with a Wasp.
Another Day, Another Couple of Wasps
30 August 2011 · Open this post on its own
I must seem to be obsessed at them moment , but wasps just keep coming my way! .. I guess there are a lot of broken ones out their because most of them are getting on now! Well it turned out I had two at the same time so I decided to demonstrate them linked, below is the results. Both of them are generating sounds from their internal speakers, its really great hearing them make sounds through independent speakers.
Its particularly good putting on portamento because all the oscillators slide at different rates giving a THX style effect.
Wasp Patch Pad by SYNFINITY
28 July 2011 · Open this post on its own
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. - Michael
See his website and details here synfinity.biz (wayback mirror)
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