Mobenthey/Ciat-Lonbarde (synthmall) thread

[robbbiecloset]

Nothing yet patched either to or from the PB. PB just modulating itself loads.

[Jonny]

It doesn’t sound normal, but maybe there’s an issue with your power adapter grounding. I would try to isolate to just the format jumbler + pb + interface. You can also try different power outlets.

[Rodrigo]

I’m having a bit of a hard time calibrating my Deerhorn following the instructions from the Hainbach video. My leftmost “horn” isn’t responding regardless of how far I adjust the fine-tuning or even the trimpot (the bottom one). It does produce sound when I plug the unit in, and if I touch the screws which are going to the antennas. What is curious is that touching the bottom horn/screw makes sound, but not touching the upper one.

I’ve tried adjusting both the top and bottom trimmers and it seems to have no impact, so I’m wondering if something is wrong with it.

Here’s a quick video showing what I mean:

Deerhorn calibration/problem?

(apologies for the loudest jacket in the world!)

[crucFX]

Mandy’s few recent ciat live jams on youtube are so freaking incredible.
They’re in my weekly rotation lol.

[laihalll]

does anyone happen to know the part number or specifications of the inner bolt of these type of banana jacks?

[wheelersounds]

hmm no, they have similar ones on Tayda but the inner bolt is different… I have some for my recent Serge build if you want measurements or anything.
Edit: Actually they look more similar than I thought, I added a link if you wanted to check them out.
Also found this ali express page with reverse image search, but no specs…

[laihalll]

oh it’s not the whole banana jack i’m after, just the metal socket screw inside… it’s driving me crazy because they must have a simple name but i cannot find it X_X dredging aliexpress at the moment

the easy thing to do would jjust be to buy banana jacks and ditch the sleeves but that seems wasteful/i’m on a mission

[laihalll]

give me this but inside out

[samule.edmoon]

Agreed! Mandy is an incredible musician and I’m so glad she was willing to speak

[jlmitch5]

I finally got around to doing a walkthrough-style video of the gerassic organ breadboard I’ve been working on. Just going through all the functions and then making weird sounds with it. If you wanna hear me ramble on it’s here:

Ciat-Lonbarde expanded gerassic organ breadboard walkthrough

And if you don’t want to hear the rambling and just wanna hear me messing around and getting some strange sounds, I get to that with less talking here

[rmro]

One thing to bear in mind is that what is near the Deerhorn can affect it’s behaviour, I’ve experienced this on PB. I recall reading somewhere it’s how it reacts in it’s current environment.

[Rodrigo]

Yeah.

I’ve moved it around a bit in the space it’s in, which isn’t gigantic or anything, but I get no response at all. I’ll try powering it up on my desktop away from all other gear to see if that changes anything.

Also going to open up that side of it to see if anything is very obviously loose.

[rmro]

Ah ok, no response at all is maybe a different issue. When my PB one has gone awol, I’ve always used the ‘orange roll out’ to check it’s working, plus touching the brass screws has always had a response.

[Rodrigo]

Ah good shout! I’ll check the other I/O too.

Checking it with a different power supply on my desk made no difference.

[Coitmusic]

I don’t have a PB or Coco so I’m just offering some general troubleshooting thoughts. It sounds like something in your grounding scheme may not be right, or positive and negative are being swapped somehow? In a similar situation I’d start by checking each cable for continuity and then each bit of gear for correct polarity, especially the format converter.
Oh, and I’d also double check the polarity of my power supply. I’ve heard of some people accidentally using an AC or center negative power supply and having strange behavior.

[ovumhum]

This is incredible. I recently finished a Gerassic Organ, but outside of replacing the “x” resistor with a pot, I haven’t experimented with further modifications. Truly… nice work.

[jlmitch5]

Thank you! Definitely has been a good project to learn about circuit design. My favorite simple mod definitely has to be the ‘video game mode’ by moving one of those electrolytic caps around. I posted a little diagram to how you’d make it on the actual paper circuit board earlier in this thread.

[crucFX]

SLOPES (Swoop x6)

ciat-lonbarde DOGVOICE x SLOPES (Swoop x6) - first test.

[crucFX]

Sorry to double post -
I added all three Solar Sounder Gerbers to my Drive.
Just finished Monk tonight

BIRD

MONK

TRAIN

Bird Monk Train - Google Drive

[eblomquist]

Just wanted to say how much I love this recording!

It’s got me thinking about picking up a Dunst. However there are quite a few not very positive reviews in this thread, so wondering what folks might suggest as possible alternatives?

Thanks!