The Liquid High Hat - Back from the dead! [PCB's]

emdot_ambient · Joined: Nov 22, 2009 Posts: 667 Location: Frederick, MD

Not in a hurry or anything, but I was just wondering if you could give us an update.

Thanks!

HexInverter · Joined: Aug 21, 2010 Posts: 338 Location: Canada

Whoa! I totally somehow missed that comment, emdot!!! Argh. Must have missed the comment in my email. Sorry about that.

Life got in the way of funding for a bit, there!

I have some fantastic news now, though, and that is to say that funding is fully acquired for the board run and I have put the order in!!!

Now is just a matter of waiting for the boards to be made and to get them in my hot little hands Smile

...and to finish the manual (my sincerest apologies to those with homebrew boards.)

Hopefully it will not be terribly long for the boards. I am using Futurlec, as suggested by someone earlier in the thread for their nicely priced single sided/no solder mask boards (I'd go with solder mask, except then the Bentley mods wouldn't be very easy for people to do...)

Anyways, they should hopefully be here in a month! I will let everyone know soon as they are, and begin taking payments/shipping them right away when they do Smile

Sorry for the long wait, folks!!!

HexInverter · Joined: Aug 21, 2010 Posts: 338 Location: Canada

Oh yes, to those three that recently mentioned they would like some boards in this thread - I have taken your names down for orders! Smile

rosch · Joined: Oct 03, 2009 Posts: 164 Location: germany

that sucks, i have a gig to play on saturday!
[/joke]

Smile

well that's my homebrew board, partially prepared for the Bentley mod, there are just some minor questions... no hurry!
edit: removed the picture, made some mistakes

emdot_ambient · Joined: Nov 22, 2009 Posts: 667 Location: Frederick, MD

diablojoy · Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2011 2:54 pm Post subject:

very nice and thank you for the inclusion Smile

Paradigm X · Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2011 5:13 am Post subject:

Ooohh.. Just seen this. Did you order any spare boards? Smile

Cheers

HexInverter · Joined: Aug 21, 2010 Posts: 338 Location: Canada

Hey! No problem. Hmm, strangely my email decided to junk mail subscription notifications for this thread :/

Sorry for the late responses. The order is all placed and everything so we're just waiting on them to come now Smile

Paradigm X · Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2011 6:22 am Post subject:

Yeah, put me down for one please ! Thanks for the reply.

PM me if you need any more information now!

Cheers

Ben

monokinetic · Joined: Aug 01, 2006 Posts: 100 Location: prague

Oh if there's any spares left I would take one off your hands!

David

HexInverter · Joined: Aug 21, 2010 Posts: 338 Location: Canada

Right on! Took you both down for one each. I will let you know when they're ready Smile

Paradigm X · Posted: Sat Mar 26, 2011 4:06 am Post subject:

Hmm. ok well reading in more detail it appears i need a basic AR nd vca to get this running. Can anyone suggest a good pcb/schematic of what id need?

Ive not got quite as far as strting a modular (eurocrack!) addiction yet but can see the appeal with all the diy projects - standard packaging and powering all sorted. I might have to look into a modular system (bye bye money and life!)

For now im wondering if i can kludge all this together into a rack mount, with AR/VCA and everything i need in one box. Im also doing a few 808 clone modules so could make an uberdrumbox... The joys/pain of open ended synth diy! Laughing

Otherwise might have to invest in a starter modular case/build one.

I hope i wont be too annoying but i may well be asking a few queries with regards to this.

Thanks for putting me on the list. It sounds awesome and I also happend to have virtually all the parts lying around so would be crazy to miss out.

Cheers

Ben

RF · Posted: Sat Mar 26, 2011 7:26 am Post subject:

HexInverter · Joined: Aug 21, 2010 Posts: 338 Location: Canada

Nice! Thanks for the help, Bruce Smile

To be honest with you, I would probably not be of much help, because I have not designed this circuit. I just took the project and made the board run happen because I saw a way I could help out Smile

It would be Rich that would be able to answer questions easier, and he is currently very busy with other things right now!

So, thanks once again Bruce for taking the reigns on that one Very Happy

Bruce has built the past versions and had a lot of time to mess with his, so he is a very good resource for information on the project if he doesn't mind answering your questions Smile

reve · Joined: Feb 23, 2008 Posts: 149 Location: USA

Paradigm X · Posted: Sat Mar 26, 2011 9:53 am Post subject:

brilliant. Many thanks Bruce. Ill have a look into these

Cheers

Smile

HexInverter · Joined: Aug 21, 2010 Posts: 338 Location: Canada

Systemadykt · Joined: Apr 16, 2011 Posts: 1 Location: Seattle WA

I'm new to this forum and hoping I'm not to late to sign up for 1??

HexInverter · Joined: Aug 21, 2010 Posts: 338 Location: Canada

JoeMorris · Joined: Apr 26, 2009 Posts: 161 Location: Brighton

Would love one of these if still available?
Thanks
joe

HexInverter · Joined: Aug 21, 2010 Posts: 338 Location: Canada

HexInverter · Joined: Aug 21, 2010 Posts: 338 Location: Canada

Well, there was a delivery slip hanging on my door when I arrived at home today! I think this is it! Very Happy

I will be picking up the package tomorrow evening and then contacting those of you that have requested boards and request that payment be sent then.

Unfortunately, I took a pretty unanticipated hard hit on the exchange rate and customs fees when ordering. Due to this, I am raising the price by $1.00 per board to $18.00CAD per. I didn't want to do this, but it wound up being about $40 more than expected, so have to cover my costs.

I have FINALLY fixed the bill of materials, and uploaded version one of the .PDF instruction manual. Please note that the Bentley Mods version is NOT included yet in the manual, or the parts list. Rich is very busy lately and cannot attend to this project right now, so if you want to build the Bentley version either try to figure it out yourself from the board, or wait for Rich to come out of hiding Smile

I will report back tomorrow evening when I have the boards in my hot little hands! Too bad the post office won't have them ready until tomorrow, or I'd go right away! Grr...

Paradigm X · Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 11:38 am Post subject:

Excellent stuff. Nice one Hex Inverter for sorting all this out. Its a very unique device. And of course ryk for inventing and sharing.

As always i forgot to order one part when ordering my last bits so will get that sorted, nd make sure i have enough for Bruce's bits too.

Many thanks Smile

HexInverter · Joined: Aug 21, 2010 Posts: 338 Location: Canada

YAY! They're here! And, they look great! (see pics below)

I am going to keep a counter on the front page with how many boards are left and update it as I ship them.

All payments will be taken via PayPal. Price per board is $18.00CAD.

Please mark in the "message to recipient box" or whatever in the paypal order comments with your payment - your EM username, so I can keep track of things! Thanks Smile

I am going to come right out and say this now - I didn't order enough boards. Sad

The last few might not get the boards they asked for, unless some people happen to bail out/not pay for the boards they requested.

I am deeply apologetic for this. I did not anticipate the amount of additional boards that would be requested in the time it took for them to be manufactured and delivered. Interest in the thread died down for a bit so I thought people were done requesting pre orders! Argh.

Perhaps a second small run might be in order later down the road...

I will be mailing them out in bunches, and I will make a global notification in this thread each time I get back from the post office having mailed packages out!

(Go to the beginning post for payment information!)

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emdot_ambient · Joined: Nov 22, 2009 Posts: 667 Location: Frederick, MD

Awesomeness!

...but I want a Bentley! (as if I don't have too many things in my pile already and could possibly build this thing as soon as it arrives...yeah, right! And monkeys might fly out my butt!)