Wacky, Zany, Weird (and possibly Odd) Sound Maker Project

dnny · Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2005 2:03 pm Post subject:

good work!
- and dont worry if the soldering is messy - it sounds exelent.

opg · Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2005 3:41 pm Post subject:

Thanks! My New Years resolution is to complete the big-boy Sound Lab.

ladislaobiro · Joined: Mar 24, 2005 Posts: 105 Location: Italy

Congrats opg... very good job Exclamation

sounds really cool...

ladislao

Uncle Krunkus · Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2005 1:05 am Post subject:

Well done,
you've inspired me to finally put my WSG in a box.
I'll get started on it tonight. Smile

Scirocco · Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2005 5:41 pm Post subject:

Hi all !
I´m Joan from Barcelona, and new here,
I built the WSG two weeks ago, is a really cool synth, I´m amazed.
It found his home ,inside a old 5´25´´ Seagate hard drive that I picked from my town´s recycling plant .
I´ve also just finished my SoundLab ,not externally yet (no definitive front pannel) but fully operative.
Here are some (not specially good quality) pics.

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mosc · Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2005 6:01 pm Post subject:

What a great use for an old disk drive. Excellent! Posted Image, might have been reduced in size. Click Image to view fullscreen.

blue hell · Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2005 6:05 pm Post subject:

That old disk drive makes a nice box !

and welcome to electro-music .

Uncle Krunkus · Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2005 7:57 pm Post subject:

Best WSG box I've seen!! Cool

opg · Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2005 11:55 am Post subject:

Nice! And I had a bunch of drives just sitting around.....Excellent choice!

Scirocco · Posted: Sat Dec 17, 2005 9:33 pm Post subject:

Thanks, I enjoy you like it !! Very Happy

mi_dach · Joined: Dec 17, 2005 Posts: 133 Location: Sweden

Scott Stites · Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2005 11:57 pm Post subject:

I breadboarded the Wacky generator today. It certainly *is* a lot of fun.

I added a mod to control the filter cutoff with the Zany frequency generator. I put up a couple of samples of it here:

http://mypeoplepc.com/members/scottnoanh/birthofasynth/id16.html

Cheerio,
Scott

opg · Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2005 9:39 am Post subject:

Great samples! I've gotta get myself a solderless breadboard so I can actually experiment with stuff.

Uncle Krunkus · Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2005 2:58 pm Post subject:

Hey Scott,
Grab a copy of Ray's schematic editor and give us a pic of what you actually did to make the looney control. Well you don't have to, but I'm thinking that most people (including me) won't actually give it a go without a schem.

Scott Stites · Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2005 3:46 pm Post subject:

Uncle K, I just put up the schematic. I didn't post it last night because I was working wiht a +15V supply and wanted to make sure it worked OK at 9V, but it's there now.

I've also added a twang switch to the Loony function - I posted some samples of it as well.

http://mypeoplepc.com/members/scottnoanh/birthofasynth/id16.html

Cheerio,
Scott

Scott Stites · Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2005 10:38 pm Post subject:

Today I swapped the VTL5C2 with a VTL5C3 - quite a difference!

I posted some samples of the thing with the VTL5C3 on the page.

Cheers,
Scott

fred_rouen · Joined: Jan 01, 2006 Posts: 7 Location: France

Hi everybody !

I am from France and I just finished today my Sound Maker...
This item is very very cool and brings me lot of fun

I made a post on my blog to describe it: http://lilicat.is.dreaming.org

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Fred. Very Happy

Wild Zebra · Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2006 10:39 am Post subject:

O.K. heres a pic of the WSG finally got it boxed up. Did some "circuit-bent" type mods. Those sliders are spdt switches so I made some random contacts that do different things. Still not sure if its working properly or not. It makes plenty of noise,. but sometimes depending where the pots are turned others pots don't react fully, but hey its still fun, I'd like to make another.

take care have fun building
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had an old tapedeck only had five knobs so the volumes a rubber ball. fine with me!! Cool

pics alittle blurry

Scott Stites · Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2006 3:50 pm Post subject:

Looks pretty danged cool to me!

Nice work, WZ.

mosc · Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2006 7:54 am Post subject:

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dnny · Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2006 8:44 am Post subject:

the rubber ball knob is great - and the casing wow...

Wild Zebra · Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2006 9:04 am Post subject:

Thanks Y'alls
Smile

yeh, I'm glad I never really got around to putting it into a box. Cause I ended up finding that one and its real cool.

ladislaobiro · Joined: Mar 24, 2005 Posts: 105 Location: Italy

I'm back after a long time just to show you guys my latest step into the synth diy world...
I've finally found a way to box my WSG...
I know it is a bit too serious for a WSG, but you know... I like it this way... Surprised

ladislao

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ladislaobiro · Joined: Mar 24, 2005 Posts: 105 Location: Italy

here's a closer picture...

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