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Fuck no, your paints makes it so freaking awesome. You really should do a tutorial on how to get such crisp paint jobs done.

Keeping it a build X amount a month and having X low might do you some good if you want to just build/paint on the side. I'm sure people would be willing to wait longer for a quality product like the Hollow Earth. How long is that bloody list anyway?
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list is like >40 people right now, and I haven't made one that works in 3 months (last batch of PCBs was faulty, $200 down the drain). not a single one.

at this rate, I should be finished in 5 years
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More worthwhile than a Klon at least. Any ideas what went wrong with the last set of PCBs?
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Nychthemeron wrote:More worthwhile than a Klon at least. Any ideas what went wrong with the last set of PCBs?


havent figured it out yet, no.
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Well what is the problem? Just doesn't work when everything is in place?

What changed since the last revision?
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cloudscapes wrote: (last batch of PCBs was faulty, $200 down the drain). not a single one.


sorry man... that is a nightmare of mine. :cry:
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cloudscapes wrote:list is like >40 people right now, and I haven't made one that works in 3 months (last batch of PCBs was faulty, $200 down the drain). not a single one.

at this rate, I should be finished in 5 years


Woah, man...I feel your pain. That would literally ruin my day...for months.

Was it a brand new PCB design, or had you ordered it before and had it work?
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i'd buy your stuff in a grey metal box with a label gun.

I'll buy you the label gun if i have to.
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Tom Dalton wrote:
cloudscapes wrote:list is like >40 people right now, and I haven't made one that works in 3 months (last batch of PCBs was faulty, $200 down the drain). not a single one.

at this rate, I should be finished in 5 years


Woah, man...I feel your pain. That would literally ruin my day...for months.

Was it a brand new PCB design, or had you ordered it before and had it work?


Yeah it made me pretty bummed out when I found out. I havent really picked it up in 4 weeks because I'm really not looking forward in debugging it again.

Changes from last batch was a bit of extra filtering (easy as pie really, a couple extra caps across rails, problem cant be there) and turning the layout from single side to double side. it meant I wouldnt have to do jumpers anymore, and that'd I'd have extra breathing room between traces, thicker traces. also I had changed it so I could board mount my switches. wiring them by hand had been a bitch.

modifications were not insignificant, but I was so concentrated and focused when I did it that I was confident to send the order. I had tripple-checked it against the old layout. they were all changes that would of potentially made my building life quicker and easier.

debugging is tough because plugging it in burns stuff out. there's no heat or smoke, but it stops working after a couple seconds. I have no idea how I'm gonna do this painlessly if I have only seconds to do audio probing at a time.
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HOW MUCH WOULD ONE OF THOSE FAX MACHINES RUN ME!

DO WANT.

...cloudscapes, i' sorry to hear about the PCB trouble :[

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Wizard wrote:HOW MUCH WOULD ONE OF THOSE FAX MACHINES RUN ME!

DO WANT.

...cloudscapes, i' sorry to hear about the PCB trouble :[

i wish you the best.

I emailed him. He said he has two... That was about a week ago though. :?:

I REALLY want a bit crusher. He's supposed to email me about one pretty soon! :omg:
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cloudscapes wrote:debugging is tough because plugging it in burns stuff out. there's no heat or smoke, but it stops working after a couple seconds. I have no idea how I'm gonna do this painlessly if I have only seconds to do audio probing at a time.


have you checked all the obvious spots? power shorting somewhere? maybe you missed a resistor on the supply? check voltages after it's dead against a working one...?
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email about his bitcrusher

Just an update for anyone still interested. I should have a few ready
by next weekend and a few more every week after that. Kyle Hemly
suggested adding a CV input so there will be another 1/4 jack on it
that accepts a 0-5 v control voltage as well. The CV will replace the
rate pot when something is plugged into the jack . If you have a synth
that puts out 0-10V or 0-15 dont worry, it wont blow the unit to go
over 5v BUT nothing will change much after the CV goes over 5V. I will
make a small video of this with my soundlab to show perhaps at the end
of the week.

The price for now will be 110 + Shipping (~10-15 depending).

Promotion to previous customers:Free shipping in north america.

he might have enough pcb's for additional wanters mtl.asm@gmail.com
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oinkbanana wrote:email about his bitcrusher

Just an update for anyone still interested. I should have a few ready
by next weekend and a few more every week after that. Kyle Hemly
suggested adding a CV input so there will be another 1/4 jack on it
that accepts a 0-5 v control voltage as well. The CV will replace the
rate pot when something is plugged into the jack . If you have a synth
that puts out 0-10V or 0-15 dont worry, it wont blow the unit to go
over 5v BUT nothing will change much after the CV goes over 5V. I will
make a small video of this with my soundlab to show perhaps at the end
of the week.
The price for now will be 110 + Shipping (~10-15 depending).
Promotion to previous customers:Free shipping in north america.

he might have enough pcb's for additional wanters mtl.asm@gmail.com


Sweet! I got a builder plug! I just wanted to be able to have my goatkeeper be able to throw some CV'd LFO love into that crusher...looks like it's going to happen.
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On the list'd


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