Bananalogue VCS diy board set available

Ilanode · Joined: Sep 14, 2007 Posts: 80 Location: Berlin/FRG

That's sounds like the way to go, thanks!

zthee · Joined: Feb 20, 2008 Posts: 414 Location: Stockholm

Has anyone finished theirs yet?

I'm about to start with mine next week...

janvanvolt · Joined: Nov 24, 2005 Posts: 285 Location: Mainz, Germany

I'm halfway thru. Just bought missing parts today. Two questions came up:
- module works with 15V as well, right ?
- if i am using regular pots, which pins do i need to short with a SPST ? (i would assume :

12
34
56

pins 1/2 and 3/4 (or just 1 with 3 and 2 with 4)

also currently working on my MOTM frontpanel for this thingie.

jnuaury · Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 7:08 am Post subject:

e-grad · Joined: Sep 12, 2008 Posts: 142 Location: Berlin

Since it was available with Frac and Euro faceplates and having both Euro and Frac power connectors the module should run on both +/-12V and +/-15V.

zthee · Joined: Feb 20, 2008 Posts: 414 Location: Stockholm

Finished my set of boards yesterday - Now I just need to get pots and jacks and stuff and make a frontpanel out of paper and see if it all works as it should.

Any idea what the trim-pot adjusts? (I guess I'll find out once I start turning it..).

e-grad · Joined: Sep 12, 2008 Posts: 142 Location: Berlin

Congrats! My one still needs one (!) part and I'm lacking time to finish it.

I'm not good in electronics so I could be wrong: However, IIRC one of the add on boards can't work if it's populated according to it's imprints!

There are 2 links which connect the 3 jacks (VC Rise; VC Fall; VC Both) while VC Rise and Fall must not be connected. Thus I intend to leaf of the links and connect the Both jack to the switch contacts of the other 2 jacks mentioned. If I'm right the Both jack must not soldered onto the board.

Again, this is from memeory and not tested yet, however, I strongly advice you to give the add on board a thought before you make your connections. And, pls, report back your findings. Wink

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helitron · Joined: Feb 27, 2008 Posts: 21 Location: vienna

helitron · Joined: Feb 27, 2008 Posts: 21 Location: vienna

so .. it's finsihed. It seems to work properly except that the rise poti does not change anything unless I plug a voltage source in the VC-rise input. Release works perfect.
it's a bit odd. since I could not figure out the problem I shorted V+ to the VC-rise socket, that sould do the trick unless somebody here has a clue what went wrong.

hel

janvanvolt · Joined: Nov 24, 2005 Posts: 285 Location: Mainz, Germany

Just finished mine (in MOTM Format), but too tired to put it into modular. Will test it tomorrow:

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creatorlars · Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2008 10:33 am Post subject:

Looks great! Was the panel made by frontpanel express? Let us know how it works... I am trying to design a 1U MOTM sized panel w/ 1/2" knobs and banana jacks for mine.

janvanvolt · Joined: Nov 24, 2005 Posts: 285 Location: Mainz, Germany

sduck · Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2008 6:53 pm Post subject:

Very nice! I've got to get rolling on this one - I've been sitting on 2 sets of pcb's for a while, and just got 2 more (in motm format). I'm hoping to find a way to squeeze 2 of them into a 2u panel - we'll see.

Luka · Joined: Jun 29, 2007 Posts: 1003 Location: Melb.

i just copied and squashed down the euro layout into a 2U panel sduck

but i think the fact that using banana plugs and low profile knobs helps me make it work perhaps you 1/4' jack and motm knob kids will need to be a bit more creative to make it fit.

janvanvolt · Joined: Nov 24, 2005 Posts: 285 Location: Mainz, Germany

I've connected it today, but still seem to have issues. It is not doing anything like the "REAL" VCS.

Would be good to know if the "DIY" Version are having some issues which needs to be fixed.

neandrewthal · Joined: May 11, 2007 Posts: 672 Location: Canada

zthee · Joined: Feb 20, 2008 Posts: 414 Location: Stockholm

sduck · Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2008 6:54 am Post subject:

neandrewthal · Joined: May 11, 2007 Posts: 672 Location: Canada

WHOAH! Where did you get that?

That should be released as a regular PCB, as the one thing CGS REALLY needs is an envelope generator. Then it would be possible to construct an all CGS system of incredible power.

sduck · Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2008 2:31 pm Post subject:

Seth - the Bananaloque guy - posted an ad fairly recently - Nov 11? or so - trying to get rid of a bunch of pcb's, and down at the bottom was listed a few motm format boards, but at a really high price. I bit the bullet and bought 2 - he might have more.

Some back history - summer before last, when I first heard of the VCS and found his site, I emailed him asking about buying a module or just the guts of one to put onto a motm panel. He responded by saying that motm format was in the works, just hold on. Never heard anything about it again, despite several emails. Then he started selling the old euro pcb's, which we all have, and then finally, these ones popped up - what were supposed to be those motm format modules eventually, I guess.

zthee · Joined: Feb 20, 2008 Posts: 414 Location: Stockholm

janvanvolt · Joined: Nov 24, 2005 Posts: 285 Location: Mainz, Germany

>> I shorted V+ to the VC-rise socket

i did that likewise and now the module seems to work, however i have every jack + pot connected as drawn on the pcb. so ... why is the module not working without that ? i am no PCB expert Sad

cheers

jan

helitron · Joined: Feb 27, 2008 Posts: 21 Location: vienna

same here, ...no idea why. I just found it out by chance while testing the VC functions using a joystic as voltage source.

however I still have no clue what the trimmpot is good for. I tried what sound wrote, but I couldnt get both outputs at the same level (6.4V).

e-grad · Joined: Sep 12, 2008 Posts: 142 Location: Berlin

Strange, other than that it works fine?

@unit-sound. Great panel! How did you fix the card support?