Post ASHqWnPPWM8UPE9Emm by AceArsenault@fosstodon.org
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(DIR) Post #ARtPKiloaFq2yXkbmi by AceArsenault@fosstodon.org
2023-01-22T02:43:33Z
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So I've been building a 100% analog polyphonic synthesizer with an unique twist. To use only vacuum tube era technology from the 1930s.Over 300 neon gas diodes create the sound you hear. Pretty awesome for technology from 100 years ago.Still a work-in-progress, but I wanted to post a video of it with the innards spread out across the workbench. : }I call it the "Neon String Machine"#synthesizers #music #electronics #audio #synthwave
(DIR) Post #ARtPSjGSd74CpDu5Pk by publius@mastodon.sdf.org
2023-01-22T06:23:56Z
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@AceArsenault Fascinating. I definitely need to get back to finishing my "100% digital analog clock", built primarily out of 74-series TTL logic, with an unwholesomely elaborate arrangement of neon lamps to indicate the time.
(DIR) Post #ARtVmkYa8OASLkJFXU by AceArsenault@fosstodon.org
2023-01-22T07:34:44Z
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@publius Nice! I got a weak spot in my heart for those TTL 74xx series ICs.I started out on those chips and even remember the part numbers of the first two dozen or so to this day7400 - Quad two input NAND7401 - Quad two input NAND open collector7402 - Quad two input NOR... etc etcBasically how I spent most of my teenage years. Wiring those together. : ]
(DIR) Post #ASHZCi4zvWPcrhR82i by ringo@freeatlantis.com
2023-02-02T22:06:09Z
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@AceArsenault duuuuuude.you made this?I'm sincerely impressed.. thats a real work of art.I've dabbled on and off with audio engineering and synths over the last 20 years and this is very cool.. wow..
(DIR) Post #ASHqWnPPWM8UPE9Emm by AceArsenault@fosstodon.org
2023-02-03T01:20:15Z
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@ringo Yup. 100% my design and I've been building it as a long term project for the past 2 years. : ]Hope to finish it up soon.