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Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2010 8:50 pm Post subject:
My little spacey Lunetta
Basically a 4 Osc's from a 40106 chip and an WSG filter.
Kinda based on Beavis' Heterodyne Space Explorer, -thanks Beavis!
But I left some stuff out and added a filter.
Can get some nice drony spacey sounds out if it.
The best bits are at 5:46, 6:50 and 10:46 plus some interesting stuff near the end.
Actually this is my first project actually good enough to put in an enclosure
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Clean, effective and rock solid. I wish my first project was like that . _________________ There he goes. One of God's own prototypes. A high-powered mutant of some kind never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die.
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Posted: Sun Dec 19, 2010 12:31 pm Post subject:
spacey lunetta Subject description: dronin' fun
Really fun stuff! After I tidy up my big box of lunetta love, I want to make a few self contained art pieces. I love these builds because you can sense that 'tip of the iceburg' feeling.
Thanks for posting acid . _________________ Zontar Prevails!
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Posted: Sun Dec 19, 2010 1:23 pm Post subject:
Re: spacey lunetta Subject description: dronin' fun
Draal wrote:
Really fun stuff! After I tidy up my big box of lunetta love, I want to make a few self contained art pieces. I love these builds because you can sense that 'tip of the iceburg' feeling.
Thanks for posting acid .
tjookum wrote:
nice work!
Clean, effective and rock solid. I wish my first project was like that
Your welcome Draal and thanks Tjookum.
This project sat on breadboard for months before I realized it was time for
it's own enclosure.
Just didn't think it was good enough, so I'm glad you like it.
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Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2011 10:44 pm Post subject:
UPDATE
2nd prototype, bigger enclosure, better knobs, and decals.
I had a heck of a time fitting all the electronics into the first one, so I had
a bigger one made.
Everything fits nicely now, also got rid of the filter switch, now the WSG filter
is always on.
Something I've noticed when I turn on my little spacey lunetta,(now calling it the Space Drone), it takes about a minute for the sound to come thru the speakers, there is no sound when I first turn it on.
Is this normal for a lunetta? I don't remember it doing this when I had it on bread board.
It reminds of me of the old "tube" radio and TV sets that needed to warm up first.
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Is this normal for a lunetta? I don't remember it doing this when I had it on bread board.
There really is no "normal" when building a lunetta but it is a little strange. My first thought is the powersupply, what did you use?
My second thought, just call it a feature . It actually sounds like a good feature too, having to wait a little before you can dive in, a little like a nice warm bath. _________________ There he goes. One of God's own prototypes. A high-powered mutant of some kind never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die.
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Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2011 1:18 am Post subject:
I'm using a 12vdc 500ma walwart I got from Jameco.
Another funny thing is when I tried a 9vdc 300ma I got from a local supply.
I got nothing, I mean absolutely not a sound, like it wasn't enough juice for
the 4 ocs's.
But that was a bargain bin model I got for like 95cents
So it's no biggie.
Yeah a "feature" I like that, the little micro tubes have to warm up, he he
what kind of power supply filtering caps are you using? could it be they're soaking up a large amount of current before sending it to the IC? Just a thought.
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