KORG Monotron schematic released

Pehr · Posted: Sun Nov 07, 2010 12:42 pm Post subject: KORG Monotron schematic released

oh, yes... Cool

http://www.korg-datastorage.jp/Manual/monotron_sch.pdf

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StephenGiles · Joined: Apr 17, 2006 Posts: 507 Location: England

Many thanks, I tried but cannot find a way in to the general schematics section of the site.

v-un-v · Posted: Sun Nov 07, 2010 1:44 pm Post subject:

Stephen, are you not just clicking on this link Pehr sent? It downloads the schematic. There is no need for snooping around. Very Happy

StephenGiles · Joined: Apr 17, 2006 Posts: 507 Location: England

Yes of course I have downloaded the schematic, but if there is more then all to the good!

Pehr · Posted: Sun Nov 07, 2010 3:31 pm Post subject:

yes, I tried to navigate there aswell, but my japanese is a but rusty Smile

snufkin · Joined: Apr 06, 2007 Posts: 57 Location: the world

you could build one for each key of a poly synth!

wish I knew smt

stolenfat · Posted: Sat Nov 13, 2010 7:22 pm Post subject:

that amp section looks particularly easy to build and applicable to many projects.

I hope tpa6111a2dr chips are still fairly common and inexpensive, what a neat chip.

http://www.datasheetcatalog.org/datasheet2/0/01cox5qs2rq6k5qx4ak12lf0qx3y.pdf

LektroiD · Posted: Mon Nov 15, 2010 4:11 pm Post subject:

Nice find! I wonder what the control voltage ratings are. It would be great to see that filter on a piece of stripboard.

andrewF · Posted: Fri Jun 17, 2011 9:14 am Post subject:

Forgive my spruiking but I know people are looking for these - Motohiko Takeda has bargain priced midi kits for sale to fit the Monotron and Gakken sx150. Takeda San is a well-known synth-diy guy in Japan, very nice person to deal with.

http://beatnic.jp/kits/index-e.html

softfin

Thanks for the link Pehr! It's certainly an interesting schematic.

I think this just proves that Korg understands how publishing a schematic for a synth like this can enhance their sales rather than vice versa.
It's a good move to publish the schematic, as there must be a lot of people who are interested in modding/ circuit bending this and other similar synths like the gakken one.

Peake · Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2011 2:07 pm Post subject:

Big kudos to Korg! Great folks indeed.

Danno Gee Ray · Joined: Sep 25, 2005 Posts: 1351 Location: Telford, PA USA

Any of you seen the buzz on the Monotribe?

bod · Joined: Apr 28, 2009 Posts: 148 Location: Glasgow

looks quite cool the monotribe, limited, but probably a lot of fun!

richardc64 · Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2011 7:44 pm Post subject:

You guys are serious? Unbelievable. I guess I can understand the desire to mod it after making the mistake of buying one.

corex · Joined: Mar 02, 2010 Posts: 114 Location: Las Vegas

I found this guy's image showing component placement on a photo of the PCB, which is really helpful if you're trying to use the schematic:

http://monotron.adornomedia.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=20