//// pictures of our sound-making machines ////

[bmoren]

I did a manual workaround where I used single leg components for pin headers and kept really good notes while laying out the board. One thing that can help is to lay the components on top of each other, and then move them all in one lot onto the second half of the construction.

There might be a kicad plugin for this, but I don’t know. I wasn’t doing anything super sophisticated with it, just resistors for the LEDs, so if you were going to do something more complex, then you might want to look into a better layout solution.

here’s some kicad screenshots for reference.

[Cementimental]

Thanks, interesting to see! We did some similar stuff with optional components on our Fort Processor, just put rows of pin header holes and noted on the schematic what could go there

[Jensu]

Maybe there should be a “PCB Art” topic.

[bmoren]

I’d be into that! Mods, should we fork this thread off, or start a new one?

[tehn]

great idea for anew thread!! I have a couple to contribute

[Jensu]

Here we go.

PCB Art: Artfully shaped cobber traces

This is the place for all related to art on pcb’s, intricately laid out circuits, or clever multidimensional board layouts.

[neauoire]

Great idea for the PCB thread, I might have a couple to add to that Shall we resume posting pictures of sound making machines?

Taken aboard our sailboat, this is the navigation table.
The synth is the Polivoks Mini.

[LLK]

Also thank you to the mods (I know they’re working hard!) for finally renaming this thread accordingly to what it (now for quite some time) trully is. Makes muuuch more sense and it feels way more appropriate. Just wanted to say it feels like a good choice.

[laborcamp]

Yes!
It’s funny how things go:
“Pictures of our sound-making machines” is the very first sentence of the original post of this thread. For a while I thought it worked as establishing the focus of the thread, but hundreds of thousands views later: who reads the first post!?
It totally makes sense to have that be the actual thread title.
Thank y’all for sharing so many wonderful images!
Clearly we love our sound-making machines!

[papernoise]

Also thank you to the mods (I know they’re working hard!) for finally renaming this thread accordingly to what it (now for quite some time) trully is.

Let me forward the thanks also to @laborcamp, since he came up with the new topic title.

[mola]

A christmas present inadvertently started off a new geeky obsession and now I’ve got a whole family going.

[emenel]

Doing some small updates to my console…

[Olivier]

I have not been in the modular headspace for the last 3 months, so I made the decision to put it away this weekend and focus on this more minimal setup. So far so good.

[LLK]

Yeah I think I follow this thread since it started and even I couldn’t remember it was the original message (and didn’t try to go check what the original message was !). Anyhow, naming things well matters I think ! So yep, great choice. (I even validate “sound-making machines” over gear or tools or whatever)

[oberhaus]

giving a nod to the cyclobe album

good one

[Gregg]

Yes, am a big fan, got all their vinyl!

[sarmism]

Here’s my current setup, residing in a little messy musical corner of the living room.

I haven’t worked out why but I so prefer having things in there than in my studio upstairs! Something about involving the creative process in all aspects of my life perhaps?

(spot my daughter’s feet!)

[ansgaria]

The setup for the past week. Including loads of hard computer processing.
All your setups are too neat and clean.

[headphonic]

Setting up on the bar cart is just genius. How are you liking the deluge?

[sarmism]

Yes it adds suitable lubrication!

Love the Deluge. It’s the centrepiece of my setup, and extremely versatile. Its portability and ability to sequence the modular fits perfectly into my workflow.