Backlit Keys, Distance Sensor, Banks of Extra Knobs
I modified this custom Akai APC Key 25 midi keyboard, adding a distance sensor (similar to a Roland D-beam) and 7 additional knobs, assignable to 3 banks. Midi-activated backlit RGB keys match a strip in the near-side bottom edge, to hang over a rack and shine on gear below. The missing pitch bend control is…
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MIDI Training Wheels Scale Transposer
Whatever you play, this thing forces it to sound good, by always being in on-key. + notes on the guitar fretboard.
Cleanest Volca Midi Out Mod
This is the best way to add a full size DIN Midi Jack output to your Korg Volca. Below we will explain. Before we do, please also know, we can add a Boss style barrel jack for power, so that you can use the same power supply as most guitar pedals. For the Volca Bass,…
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Headphone Amp & Battery Pack
Hey, you got USB charger in my Headphone Amp! Together, they are delicious. Something has to power it, and it’s going to live with my phone anyhow, why not also charge. It’s oddly the same size as these battery parts I have leftover. It’s also 5V. It appeared meant to be, until I discovered a…
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Gameboy to Volca Sync Cable
Exclusively here, this is how to splice your GBC or DMG cable to a 1/8″ aux jack, (or MIDI) so Nanoloop can send sync pulses to Korg Volca sequencers, Pocket Operators, Modular Synths and more. It’s actually just like the Midi pinout on the Nanoloop website, with the top middle pin going to the tip.…
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BBE Sonic Maximizer Stereo Link Modification
modified bbe sonic maximizer stereo link #mod so that one set of knobs controls left and right identically #🎛 made with high quality vintage reclaimed univac wire
Yamaha REX-50 Multi Effector
Teardown tour 1987 yamaha REX50 multieffects unit (part 1) repair and backlit screen upgrade. Later i’ll show you it’s sound. It’s reverb is not unlike a modern pedal but it’s pitch shifter is wacky. It’s delayed and when you add feedback it sounds like ur casting a spell. You can even adjust that delay to…
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