Single bus keyboard stripboard layout

SuperKoopa

hi!
have anyone the strip board layout of the single bus keyboard?

maybe mr. uncle-krunkus can do it! Very Happy

pleeeeeeeeeaaaaaase!

Uncle Krunkus · Posted: Sun Oct 02, 2005 5:56 am Post subject:

If you check the post about the Baleani organ I found you'll know that I have two of these single bus circuits which need to be built. And I will be doing a stripboard layout soon, but....
I'm on holidays from TAFE, I've just moved my entire workshop to a different room of the house, we've got friends from Sydney coming up on Tuesday (BBQ/Partying/etc), and I've re-loaded Quake3 so I can practice for an upcoming LAN party I've been invited to.
So,............... I'll get onto that layout ASAP. Laughing

See ya,
Andrew
P.S. You're lucky I checked the forum tonight. I might not have seen you're post for another week! Send me a PM if you want to be sure I'll see it soon.

SuperKoopa · Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2005 4:39 am Post subject:

my project is this:
i will use this bontempi air pump keybord as a case , a keyboard and as a new voice going thru the sound lab. i mean: i will add a mic in inside the keyboard for capture his very noisy sound, i will amplify this signal and add a pot in the mixer section.so i can put the vintage sound of this bontempi thru vca and vcf.in the same time the keyboard will give a CV and A gate control and drive my SL.
I want just two octaves (=2volts) so i must use a +/-12V or i can use a +/-9V instead?
can i use this ?
http://www.geofex.com/circuits/+9_to_-9.htm

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Uncle Krunkus · Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 3:28 pm Post subject:

The +/-9V supply is fine. But I'm not sure whether the charge dumper will cut it. The SL needs two fairly full (preferably alkaline for their reduced internal resistance) 9Vs to run well. If you compromise that at all the supply rails can easily get contaminated by the digital chips.
Also, once you put the single bus keyboard to CV converter in there, your batteries are going to work harder anyway. I'd recommend shifting to a +/-12V transformer power option. This makes it difficult for portability. You could try 2*12V SLA batteries, but that's probably too heavy.

Uncle Krunkus · Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2005 7:00 am Post subject:

I have started the layout for the single bus CV stripboard.
It's quite big, and I'll need to double check it, so I estimate Thurs or Friday.
See ya,
Andrew

Uncle Krunkus · Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2005 7:04 am Post subject:

Here it is.
I've double checked it but I haven't built it yet, (I will soon)
Same designators as Ray's schematic. Watch IC3: -It's the only one upside down. There are 52 links, check them. Any questions, you know where to find me Wink

Have fun.
Andrew

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Uncle Krunkus · Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2005 7:07 am Post subject:

Here's the copper side cutting guide.

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Pehr · Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2005 5:34 am Post subject:

Wow, thats nice Smile

What software do you use?

Uncle Krunkus · Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2005 6:40 am Post subject:

Thanks,
It's called Lochmaster. It's by a German company, Abacom: -
http://www.abacom-online.de/default.html
I've got version 2.0
There's a version 3 now which uses much more realistic pics of components.
I'm going to start building that board in the next few days. I'll let you know how it goes.

v-un-v · Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2005 1:55 pm Post subject:

- classic example why we need to clear up the SL forum. I went looking for the previous link for this the other day- but eventually gave up after wading through page upon page :evil:

Thanks Uncle-K 4 posting the link again :) I know there is a specific place for links but how many times do people here use it? I'll set up a link 2 links announcement page soon :)

I really hope that these products will work in iEmulator (PC emulator for Mac)- as I mailed abacom asking if they would do an OSX port and I got no answer. I really do find that anti-Macuser attitude a bit backward :(

Uncle Krunkus · Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2005 5:49 am Post subject:

Just a quick post to let everyone know that this stripboard layout for the single bus to CV+Gate board works perfectly. I hooked mine up tonight for the first time and now the old Baleani organ is starting to sound like a (slightly out of tune) SH101. I haven't adjusted my 1V/Oct pots yet so it's pretty damn good just straight off the bench. Very Happy

Wild Zebra · Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2005 7:12 am Post subject:

Thanks for update Unkle, funny how you forget about these posts til someone brings em back to life.

Basthian · Joined: Jun 03, 2006 Posts: 11 Location: Sweden

Hi!

I can't find any LT1112. Is there some else ic I can use?

Uncle Krunkus · Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2006 1:36 am Post subject:

Check Ray's site, he talks about using cheaper ones. I put a TL072 in mine, and it works just fine.

Basthian · Joined: Jun 03, 2006 Posts: 11 Location: Sweden

dnny · Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2006 7:00 am Post subject:

Uncle Krunkus · Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2006 7:52 am Post subject:

Hey, thanks Daniel! Smile

It's nice to feel appreciated. Cool

henq · Joined: Nov 29, 2006 Posts: 23 Location: holland

i cant find the LM3900...
could i use something else?

Uncle Krunkus · Posted: Sat Dec 16, 2006 5:24 am Post subject:

Sorry it took a while to get back to you Henq.
I looked around, but I can't find any mention on Ray's site about substitutes for the LM3900. I found one relativly easily, so I never thought much more of it. I got it from Jaycar, which is not where I go for "rare" chips, so I assume they are common. To be honest, I haven't looked into the circuit theory enough to know why he used an LM3900 anyway.

blue hell · Posted: Sat Dec 16, 2006 5:54 am Post subject:

From http://www.synthdiy.com/show/showproduct.asp?show=93

henq · Joined: Nov 29, 2006 Posts: 23 Location: holland

thanx for the replies!
i'm building the stripboard right now, and its comming along nicely.
there are a couple of things not realy clear in the picture mostly becouse its not realy high resolution, i mistook R15 for R16 and for the diodes that are standing up i had to look up in the schematic witch way they went...
for the rest, superb work, thanx a lot for the design!

Uncle Krunkus · Posted: Sun Dec 17, 2006 2:26 pm Post subject:

If you'd like a higher res pic, just PM me. Any other questions, don't hesitate to ask. Smile

henq · Joined: Nov 29, 2006 Posts: 23 Location: holland

thanks a lot for the high res pic!
its very helpful.
maybe you could host it somewhere and post a link here, it might help other people too

henq · Joined: Nov 29, 2006 Posts: 23 Location: holland

today i started working on the keyboard, bus soon found out that the switches that are in the keyboard (an old jvc) have a resistance of there own (and of course not 100 ohm, but apox 170 ohm)

pretty clever to make those switches but now my 100 ohm resistor chain thing is not going to work...

is there a way to mod the circuit to work with a 170 to 190 ohm chain?
(not all the switches have the same resistance..)

Uncle Krunkus · Posted: Sat Jan 27, 2007 2:22 am Post subject:

You want a 1 Volt drop per octave, which is .08333 Volt per semitone. Now, if each semitone has a 100R resistor then you'd need .8333 mA running through the resistor chain. Which you can dial up with the trimpot in the constant current source R8(500R). To get the same result for a 170R chain, you divide .08333 by 170, which gives you .4901 mA running through the resistor chain. If you can't dial that up (and I think you could) then we get on the blower to Ray and ask him.
I should point out though that if they are somewhere between 170 and 190 ohms each, then you're not going to get an even tempered scale. They really need to be within 1% deviation across all the resistors.
Can you take a photo and post it here?