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M185 sequencer Project - NEW PCB VERSION
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PostPosted: Mon Mar 11, 2013 5:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

I'd be up for a board!
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 12, 2013 9:13 am    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

Yep, definitely should be a good market for a new version!
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 13, 2013 1:36 am    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

amazing - count me in for switches + pcb
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 14, 2013 2:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

Count me in for PCB, thanks.
oldbob

So many modules, so little time.
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PostPosted: Sun Mar 17, 2013 11:58 am    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

I finally got around building mine, and after a lot of wiring (yuck, those switches o_O) it basically works.

Although.... my CV output gives a nice and steady -13.92V. (Indeed /the/ typical value of a TL074 clipping.)
I would like to fix this of course. What I already checked: voltage on potentiometer wiper is okay. Voltage on the PCVS bus is okay.
Voltage on the PORT1 pin is -13.92V. (again that magical number).
So, what should I do to fix this?

Cheers,
Woody

Edit: forgot to mention that I'm using V2.0 firmware.

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PostPosted: Sun Mar 17, 2013 1:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

wmonk wrote:

Voltage on the PORT1 pin is -13.92V. (again that magical number).
So, what should I do to fix this?


Hello

Oh dear, that sounds a bit strange.
Please check there are no shorts around the TL704.
PORT1,2 just feed the big capacitor that hangs on an input
of the TL704 [simple lag circuit] so have a look
at the big cap for any shorts [sorry I haven't go my circuit with me
so can't tell you the part no.s at the moment Embarassed ]

I am away on business this week, so cant check my
circuits this week.
I will try and work out some help when I am back next week, sorry.

-ryk
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 20, 2013 7:52 am    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

ryktnk wrote:
I am away on business this week, so cant check my
circuits this week.

That's what DropBox is for Mr. Green

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PostPosted: Wed Mar 20, 2013 8:43 am    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

Well, replacing the opamp fixed the problem. Very Happy
I now have it working and I love it! One problem still exists, whenever I turn a stage to three steps, it skips the whole stage it altogether.

Cheers,
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 26, 2013 12:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

wmonk wrote:
Well, replacing the opamp fixed the problem. Very Happy
I now have it working and I love it! One problem still exists, whenever I turn a stage to three steps, it skips the whole stage it altogether.
Cheers,
Woody


Hello

Sorry for the delay - back on dry land !

Glad the CV problem is fixed.

The stage count problem, sounds a little strange.
Can you check the voltage on the CT [stage count] bus.
It is pin 18 of the PIC chip, or from the CT pad on the PCB.

If you stop the clock on the seq, and then push the PREV button
to get to stage "1"
Adjust the Stage Count for stage "1' and check the CT voltage:-

Use a DVM to check the CT voltage [pin 18 of PIC].
It should read 0V if the stage is set to "1" count
and approximately
0.8V for "2" count
1.4V for "3" count
2V for "4" count
2.6V for "5" count
3.2V for "6" count
3.8V for "7" count
4.6V for "8" count

Perhaps also check the stage Mode MD voltage [pin 19 of PIC, of MD pad on PCB]
Adjust the Stage Mode for stage "1", and check the voltage for each setting.
0V for "-"
1.8V for "1"
3.1V for "11"
4.5V for "1-"

Also double check carefully there are no shorts on the PCB
between any of the PIC chip pins, and make sure that MD, CT,MAX
MODE,SDIV wires from the switches and pots are wired to their
corresponding pads on the PCB.

Lastly, it might be worth checking all the diodes from the
POT1-8 bus, to make sure their polarity is correct.
Please refer to the Panel Wiring PDF on the first page of this thread.

Let me know how you get on.

-ryk
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 05, 2013 9:07 am    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

If you do another run, I'd be interested in 2 or 3 board and switch sets.
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PostPosted: Wed May 01, 2013 9:30 am    Post subject: Yes please! Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

Hi, I'd be keen on a couple of PCBs & PICs myself, once version 3 is ready. This seems like a highly-regarded sequencer module, and I think it would be great.

Thanks very much for putting this together!
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 10, 2013 6:17 am    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

I am interested in this project!
PCB+PICS+ PANEL possible??
thanks. Wink
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 17, 2013 4:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

Excellent! This has been at the top of my 'want' lost for some time now. I will definitely be in on this - pcb, pic, switches, everything except for a panel (I roll my own Smile Depending on price, might pick up a few...
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PostPosted: Sun Oct 27, 2013 12:43 am    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

really hope you'll do another run of these!
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PostPosted: Sun Oct 27, 2013 3:25 am    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

Hello

Thanks for the interest.

V3 software is "kind-of" [some bugs] ready, which includes a selectable loop
mode [ useful for a,a,a,b type sequences etc ]

Working on a new hardware design, trying to squeeze in MIDI
but a bit of a tight fit at the moment.

Anybody keen on MIDI ? Is it worth the effort ?

-ryk
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PostPosted: Sun Oct 27, 2013 3:38 am    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

ryktnk wrote:
Hello

Thanks for the interest.

V3 software is "kind-of" [some bugs] ready, which includes a selectable loop
mode [ useful for a,a,a,b type sequences etc ]

Working on a new hardware design, trying to squeeze in MIDI
but a bit of a tight fit at the moment.

Anybody keen on MIDI ? Is it worth the effort ?

-ryk

I'm pretty sure I would use that functionality (modular control over sweet modular sounds layered with digital synth sounds could be quite interesting), but I'm still just as keen even without it.

Does anyone have a good current lead on slide switches suitable for this project (with > 3 throws) that don't cost the earth?

Thanks for your great work, ryk!

Cheers,
A.
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PostPosted: Sun Oct 27, 2013 3:39 am    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

Definitely worth asking on muffs if you're looking to sell more boards, too.
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 30, 2013 7:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

Very interested in a set.

MIDI always helpful, maybe pin headers for a daughtercard?


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PostPosted: Mon Nov 04, 2013 1:19 am    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

looks familiar . . .
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 02, 2014 6:46 am    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

hi Ryk, I made your sequencer a few years ago, wonderfull I use a lot, I see the video from Intellijel, and their adaptation sounds very like a 303 slide, more than my diy sequencer, for example I can't get a continuous slide like in the 303, always I get a gate between notes.

Should be your sequencer sound very closed to the 303 slide or is this a modification from Intellijel?

Is there any mod to get a continuous slide in your sequencer?

Thanks in advance.

I have 2.1 rev.

Fernando.
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 02, 2014 7:09 am    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

for any confusion, i have the portamento working but is not the same portamento of the metropolis sequencer based in your sequencer, is like a little bit shy and always cut the note between notes, not legato slides.
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PostPosted: Fri Jan 03, 2014 12:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

Hello

Sorry I was a bit cheap for the portamento circuit.

The Intelly module I think has cloned the 303 slide circuit.

See below.

This could be added to the M185 with a bit of a daughter board . . .

-ryk


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PostPosted: Fri Jan 03, 2014 1:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

wowww, this is fantastic, I will put this daughter board without doubts, can you say to us how we can?. I refer the schematic and where we have to connect this doughter board, I think that many people who build this sequencer will do this add,

what do you think guys????

of course if is possible this add.....

Thanks in advance. Surprised Smile Laughing
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Hello

I have never used a TB303, so dont fully understand
the slide . . .

As I see it there is no time control of the slide, presumably
it is a constant time slide ?

Therefore the Portamento Control would no longer be functional . . .

If you have already built the programable slide board for the M185
you could re-configure it for the TB303 circuit.
Please see below for the schematic of the Portamento on the M185
and also refer to the last page of "Constructions Notes2.1" on page 1 of the thread.

You would basicaly need to insert the Roland circuit part between
PIN7 of IC4 [CV signal] and the PCV2 bus [that supplies the scale 3V5V switch]
IC4C is no longer used.
The control signal for Slide ON/OFF comes from PIN3 of the PIC [if you are using
V2.1 of the software]
The 3V/5V scaling would probably be off after this mod, as I dont
know the Roland CV levels in their circuit . . .

[ The Roland slide circuit CV Input is the bit after the resistor ladder [JUNC R90 R89] and CV output is PIN7 of IC11 ]

Give it a try and see if it works



PS

I have just noticed [after all these years] Embarassed
There is small error on the CV output circuit.
R70 should not be in the feedback path, oh dear.
C14 and R72 should be conncected directly to IC4 PIN14.

Might not be notcieable unless you have a few VCO's
hanging off the CV output, it may droop.

Embarassed
-ryk


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