This community never ceases to amaze me when it comes to collaborative, open design. Really cool stuff @infovore and @shellfritsch
I mentioned I was interested in DIY–still am. I personally haven’t done SMD before (though I’ve been interested in trying)…it seems like based on the number of parts/size of the pcb, this kit might be expensive enough that I would feel pretty bummed if I messed it up, so my vote would be pre-soldered SMD stuff.
EDIT: On why DIY–partially cost, partially justifying the cost of my soldering equipment hah, and mostly coz it’s a fun hobby.
Since I’ve been working on figuring it out currently, expression pedal inputs on guitar pedals are at the front of my mind. I know that Chase Bliss has some info on using cv by plugging a tip TS cable to a TRS cable into their pedals’ expression in.
I’m assuming this will probably be the same on most guitar pedals with expression in. Where the reference voltage from the pedal is sent out ring, goes through the voltage divider in the expression pedal, and then the divided voltage is passed back on tip to the pedal to be controlled.
As such, I think this could be used as a bank of expression faders, which in itself is not super crazy cool (coz you could prob just use knobs on the pedals to the same affect). But it could make for some interesting performances/workflows using modular synth and guitar pedals that wouldn’t be ergonomically feasible otherwise (where pedals are on the floor controlled by feet, and the bank is on a table next to a modular synth, being controlled by hands).
