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Updated Power Supply Hardware
It’s almost a year since I last posted any progress on the Kosmonaut modular synthesizer, and that’s mainly because I’ve been too busy on other things. Work and life tend to get in the way of hobbies.Well I have decided to change the power socket, switch, lamp and fuse arrangement into a much more compact…
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Kosmonaut Gets Its PSU
When I built the Kosmonaut case I was pleased with a job well done, but I knew that I had to get something inside it to get that real feeling of having started the project. Now the first piece of electronics has arrived in the form of a Mean Well RT-65B* power supply. This is…
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Why I Used a Commercial PSU in My Synth Project
I previously said that I was going to build as much of this synthesizer as possible. I decided that one exception to that would be the power supply unit (PSU). All though I understand the electronics of power supplies and could probably build one that provides the +12v, -12v and +5v that it requires, I…
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KosmoKase
This is the first part of my KosmoNought modular synthesizer. It doesn’t make a sound and it doesn’t modify sounds. It’s the case. I have built it first because that is where everything else will reside and I don’t want a rat’s nest of wires all over my workbench while I build this thing. I…
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DIY Modular Synthesizers: From Concept to Creation
When I was a teenager and getting interested in hobby electronics, I really wanted to build a modular synthesizer. There were plenty of electronics magazines offering projects to build them, but on my very low income, they were beyond my reach. Now, many, many years later, I have a decent income, have paid off my…
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