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dugernaut
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Hi All,
Don Slepian suggested that I get an Alesis NanoVerb for my SteamSynth. I found one on Ebay for about $50 and modded it for my 5U/MU format.
Looks and sounds great!
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Dan Lavin
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Great idea! I think a few of us have a bunch of those little box type things cluttering up shelves, drawers, etc. That's a really nice way to control the clutter!
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I've already suggested several times before, doing the same to a Nord Micromodular. Just think what possibilities lie in that!!
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dugernaut
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| Posted: Sun Nov 21, 2010 6:11 am Post subject:
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| v-un-v wrote: | | I've already suggested several times before, doing the same to a Nord Micromodular. Just think what possibilities lie in that!! |
Sounds cool! Has anyone popped the cover on that Micromodular bad boy to see how much effort would be? Any pix?
I also bought a Roland SC-7 Sound Canvas and plan to hack it into another SteamSynth module. It'll JUST fit, I think. |
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adambee7
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thas a good idea. didn't they do a nano piano aswell?  |
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| adambee7 wrote: | | thas a good idea. didn't they do a nano piano aswell? |
yes, there was also the nano synth and the nano bass 
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sduck
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| Dugernaut - how did you adapt the power for this? I imagine it runs on some weird voltages - I just see wires flying into yours. Do they come from a wallwart or something? |
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Aha! And what a beautiful panel too!! (although it should really be in red?  )
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dugernaut
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| sduck wrote: | | Dugernaut - how did you adapt the power for this? I imagine it runs on some weird voltages - I just see wires flying into yours. Do they come from a wallwart or something? |
The wall wart was AC. On the unit's PCB, it gets half-wave rectified into a positive and negative supply, then into a 7805 and a 7905 respectively (if I recall the numbers correctly). I just hooked my main PS +/-15vdc into the inputs of these regulators and ground. I also added a small heat sink to one regulator since it now needs to disipate more heat due to the higher input voltages.
I also removed some unnecessary components such as jacks, etc that added bulk and weight - lord knows the SteamSynth already weights a ton. |
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Tim Servo
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| Posted: Sat Nov 27, 2010 12:15 am Post subject:
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Dug,
Beautiful work! BTW, ran across some an interesting bit of info: apparently Alesis sell refurished NanoVerbs on their web site
http://alesis.com/nanoverb
This doesn't guarantee they actually have some on hand, but for $50 it's worth a shot.
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sneakthief
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| Posted: Sat Nov 27, 2010 2:20 am Post subject:
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| dugernaut wrote: | | v-un-v wrote: | | I've already suggested several times before, doing the same to a Nord Micromodular. Just think what possibilities lie in that!! |
Sounds cool! Has anyone popped the cover on that Micromodular bad boy to see how much effort would be? Any pix?
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Does this abomination I did 6 years ago count? lol
http://sneak-thief.com/nordrs7000.html
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| i'm impressed sneakthief. |
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I've just done the nanoverb hack myself, although I find while it is powered up my ARP filter clone has a 50Hz hum, more evident when self oscillating.. As soon as I remove power from the nano, it is smooth again, it's only that filter that presents this problem though.
Also on a few of the settings (flanger/chorus/rotary) I'm getting zipper noise on the adjustment dial.. I wonder if maybe those 22µF/220µF electro-caps are needed to smooth this?
Maybe I've simply maxed out my PSU, I will look into it..
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| Any idea how to increase the gain on this? It seems really low compared to the rest of the synth. |
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elmegil
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| That's awesome, how did you do the fillagree? |
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