Wednesday, August 27, 2014

Eurorack is too small

I don't have any eurorack modules, but right now I am making a few modules for a friend of mine who has a bunch. Eurorack is so small and fiddly! I have no problems with how Eurorack looks and I like 1/8th of inch (3.5mm) jacks and plugs. My complaint is that the panel size is just too small. It's really hard cramming front panel components in there.


Here is a picture. See how those pots and connectors are jammed in there? In my own modular format, there is always at least 40mm spacing between potentiometer centers. Easier to solder, easier to twiddle on the front when its done.



  It's a combination VCO and transistor mixer. The transistor mixer distorts in a special transistor way when the inputs are set to a certain gain. Also, I am building him a transistor filter and a dual slope generator, but I haven't told him about those yet. I want to see if I can finish this one first, before my trip to where he lives in Virginia.


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