Category: DIY / Maker

Talking Wiz Kid

lesser-known #speakandspell rival #1986#vtech#TalkingWizKid lets you play it’s games without any card behind its primitive but forward-thinking ‘touch screen’ by using the Code button + 2 numbers. Code 45 for example is piano mode, 46 is a music game etc. i turned the power jack into a speaker jack and added a boss-style barrel jack. (totally reversible back to…
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February 7, 2019 0

All the Alesis 3630 Compressor Mods

The Mythical Burr Brown Mod + the Legendary Tape Op Mod. #DaftPunk ’s secret weapon, the #Alesis #teardown tour continues with the historic and misunderstood #3630 #compressor. Circa my grad year 2001. Nowadays people tend to shun this box as a noisy knockoff of the similar dbx unit, but it’s low prosumer price made it a staple of the…
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February 6, 2019 0

Golden Age Preamp Cap Job

today’s #teardown tour is the 2011 @goldenageprojectofficial#preq73#mic#preamp#🎛 this fella had hum at all settings. message boards pointed to the #lm317 but i also found a broken solder joint on a cap, and replaced the big #capacitor which bulged for some people, but that #voltageregulator was the real culprit, tell your friends. turns out this part worked hard enough to require a heat sink yet it…
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February 5, 2019 0

Boss DR-202 Backlight & Sync Pulse

#dr202 now outputs a sync pulse compatible with #pocketoperator#volca and my recent looper sync mod. new backlight beatcounter defaults to the kind of orange you expect in 1998, but slowly color drifts when stopped. but how? #digispark used to sense the voltage change when the light behind the play button blinks.


February 2, 2019 0

Tiny DI Box

#tiny #diy #dibox with real isolation transformer! for #circuitbent toys with loud n noisy speaker jacks. #furby / #speakandspell / TI85 calc sampler etc. remote knob thing courtesy @chrr1ss . same military surplus transformer used to cushion the output on the Timex synth seen previously.


February 1, 2019 0

Photolight

#diy#LED#photolight with #blacklight#upcycled from an old halogen. (thanks @chrr1ss) basically cheap flashlight guts, quite a lucky fit. i’m saving the reflectors though because it’s tempting to put some 5-watt leds in there, but i actually need this light dimmer than my other one. also #usb power is handy. don’t use straight 5v though, it’s a bit much.


January 30, 2019 0

Zoom GX1on Sync Pulse Mod

#sync with #drummachine so the pulse from the #po12 gets counted 8/16/32 times by a #digispark #arduino which then triggers a relay that stomps the #looper right in time on the #zoom #gx1on


January 27, 2019 0

vintage calculator diy mouse knob buddy for cyberpunk retro futurism

old #calculator gets new life, adding #knob action and handy number pasting all over my #computer experiences, #luxurious #oled .#🔢 #🔣 #🎛 ##️⃣ #cyberpunk #luxurylifestyle #custompc #diycomputer #vintagecalculator #retrotech #makersgonnamake #arduino #makersmovement #retropc #retrodesign #retrofuture #vaportech #vaporware #alternateuniverse #vintagetech #diygames #vintageelectronics #repurpose #repurposed #recycledart “source code or it didn’t happen” There’s two sketches, the first…
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December 27, 2018 0

🎹 Timex Synth 🔣

Finally this thing is fun. This 1982 Timex Sinclair 1000 computer always looked rad to us, but never could sound as such, until now. It’s brain has been replaced by a Spark Fun Pro Micro, plus a PT2399 karaoke machine reverb chip, and even a built-in DI. Now it’s a PWM synth+arpeggiator (and 8 bit…
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October 21, 2018 0

🔈 Put a speaker in it! 🔊

How to add an amplified speaker to practically any device with a headphone jack. In this example Joseph Wozniak introduces two different cheap DIY friendly circuits for putting an amplifier and speaker in a Korg Microstation Keyboard.


October 14, 2018 0