As I am about to do this kit myself I found this video while looking for tips. It is very good; the advice, the steps, showing your mistakes, the humor. "Look! Something happened!" is a classic! Thank you!

I went to a DIY soldering workshop for modular and got to use all the fancy stuff. You know what actually made things go more quickly and instantly made my boards look tidy? Using a lead former that cost like $2 on amazon and taping the components to the board with low-tack painters tape so I could flip it over and solder without having to spread the leads.

4 years later, I have purchased one from Think. Can not wait for it to arrive! The most nerve racking thing is turning it on for the first time. From Suffolk

How you have not been approached by the BBC is a mystery. Having a grasp and indeed an enthusiasm of the subject matter is one thing, but also having the personality to engage, entertain and instruct the viewer is quite another. You remind me of a David Attenborough or Michael Mosley or Yamaha's Phil Clendenin with the ease and slickness of your presentations and videos. Whilst I'm only moderately interested in 'modular synthesis' I thoroughly enjoy following your videos. Great Work and I wish you success.

@MoltenMusicTech

6 жыл бұрын

+Peter Walker that’s a lovely comment. Thank you Peter.

@GuitarsAndSynths

6 жыл бұрын

I agree in fact it would be wonderful if Amazon or Netflix approached Robin about creating a series on synthesizers and electronic music! He has such a great welcoming personality and would be fantastic to have a long running series.

@jahmark9336

6 жыл бұрын

Peter Walker fuck the BBC This is high-grade KZread he should have millions of subs in a more just world Peace and love from Bristol, England

@benbowland

4 жыл бұрын

Now, 2 years after this comment, there is a show called "The World According to Jeff Goldblum", which doesn't really need a summary--it's exactly what it sounds like . I think Robin would be perfect in that sort of role. A show where a charismatic and likable guy goes around and just learns about interesting things!

Did I catch you actually smile and see you express happiness for the first time? Showing off your module like a proud father! Good effort!

So about a year ago, I was browsing KZread and came across this mad bloke trying not to burn his shed down. It inspired me so much I got into Eurorack (yeah thanks for that) and picked up a soldering iron for the first time in a few decades. I year on, I'm much poorer, but have a lovely rack, have built some interesting machines, but today's the day I go back to beginning and finally get around to building the thing that started it all off. So I'm rewatching the Instruction video before starting, and boy do I recognize that look of deflation when you switch on a module for the first time, and nothing, then that total elation when you realise you just need to plug something into to it. Anyway just wanted to say thanks Robin, you opened up a whole new world and it's a fascinating place.

@MoltenMusicTech

4 жыл бұрын

Awww nice story mate. All the best 😎

Well done Robin. I built a TM, but it wasn’t my first module. Pretty big challenge for the first thing! I have to say I really love watching your videos. You’re just a fun person to watch and listen to. Would like to have you as a neighbor :-). I LOL’d over the cable melted on the iron. There’s always some minor disaster on every kit I do. You’ve probably picked up plenty of tips by now, but I’ll share a few, in case: - For things that have to be mounted flat, solder just one leg first and ensure it’s all flat. If not, just re-heat the leg and adjust. - Tape is your friend for many little jobs. - I use my magnifier all the time, but only occasionally use the arms. I just adjust it so the work is visible as I look through the glass. - Esp if you take your glasses off, it’s good to have something between you and the work to protect your eyes, so the above is good for that. - I found a brass tip cleaner to work better than the sponge, but I always have both at hand. Now put your Disting in quantizer mode (or look into the 2hp brand Quantizer to keep the Disting free for other stuff), and have some fun! I find the TM to be very “musical” and inspirational.

@MoltenMusicTech

6 жыл бұрын

Good tips, thank you!

@BottleBass1977

6 жыл бұрын

Some really good tips above. I would add a couple of items - a decent pair of *small* side-cutters can really help get in close to the solder joint and leave virtually no excess leg. I'd also invest in a small jewellers' loupe (3x or 5x magnification) for doing close-up inspection of joints after soldering. Great if you have a magnifier on your "helping hands" set but I find those a bit unwieldy, especially if you may consider doing SMT projects in the future. Flux tip cleaner is useful too.

@mixchief

6 жыл бұрын

Perhaps also a solder smoke absorber would be good, to prevent inhaling nasty fumes for too long?

I have built a few modules lately (4ms Rotating Clock Divider most recently) and I can say that my soldering skills have improved by a million percent. It is an incredible feeling to hook up the module and watch it / hear it work. To top it off I saved significant money on it too and I can use that toward something else. I have quite literally become as obsessed with electronics now as my actual eurorack, even delving down a dark hole of learning how to build my own modules from scratch. You will be at the top of my list for sending out review units if I ever have a breakthrough and make one worth sharing :)

@MoltenMusicTech

6 жыл бұрын

Nice one - thanks!

Here I am from the future going to make this module you totally inspired me 😁💪👍

I love you brother. You make everything seem so much less intimidating haha

Quick tip for anyone reading this: Lead-free solder requires a higher temperature to melt than solder with lead in. A soldering iron with adjustable temperatures is my recommendation if you want to use lead-free. I find that 400℃ is more than enough to melt Lead-free. It is a bit of a hassle, however, lead-free is indeed less hazardous to one's health. Solder with lead is easier to work with, but has the health caveat.

@MoltenMusicTech

5 жыл бұрын

Good tip!

Warhammer and DIY Synth modules... I have found a kindred spirit.

Put a spring on the cable of your sodlering iron to prevent it from flopping down and melting. Good vids man, your journey so far with modular has been awesome!

I'm sure lots of people have or will point this out. Pop your PCB into your handy holder thingy when placing your resistors and the like and solder them in from the component side. IC sockets you may find easy to do one by one and just solder one pin to hold it in place before moving on to the next. Good work though Robin, looks like you enjoyed it too.

Just built the same kit myself, but started with the Music Thing pulses kit first to pratice my soldering. Amazingly, it all worked and very happy with it

Thank you for recording your learning process I loved your comments regarding the burnt-put soldering iron. I sometimes find myself tackling difficult projects "like a boss" only to discover I did something wrong and become demoralized. After hearing you expressing your feelings about it I felt inspired. When I become discouraged I need to remind myself that I've only been doing this about six months, and to have patience and perseverance.

The best ending! Spat the coffee out! Mine's just arrived, it's the second one module kit I've built. I made a multi bus power supply

Ou, ou! I got so much to tell you! You were the guy that inspired me to take the eurorack journey a few months ago, practically together with you. And i was at exactly the same point when you chose your first modules and now two or three weeks ago i too build the Turing Machine as my first Kit! :) I enjoyed the quiet concentrated work so much too. Oh, the exitement to put a module in your rack that you build! It's like in Cast Away - "I have made fire!!". A few days later i did my first SMD-Steps with the Turing machine "pulses" expander. Don't be afraid of SMD, it worked right away too, just like my Turing machine. The fine point tweezers that THONK recommends are a MUST! But you hold your breath more often, one wheeze and the parts are gone with the wind. :) Seriously i gotta learn to breath normally while doing SMD. And of course you will do a Radio Music! You gotta do a radio music. And i did a 4ms PEG (which is a through hole monster build!), a bit like Maths but with less mixing but more envelope-shapes and clock dividers. AND ou, ou! The Turing Machine "Voltages"-Expanders is just back in stock for you at Thonk and just waiting. It is WAY WAY better than the Volts-Expander. Because it has another signal out with its own attentuater AND and INVERTED(!) out and you scale and shift the randomness the way you need it! And the sliders with their center notch give you instantly more "related" values in the Turing Machine random patterns. It's SOOO hands on. Don't mind the Music Thing Simple EQ that Thonk recommends as a good first SMD Kit. The pulses expander is better for that. I have not found any good use of the EQ. Oh! Wes from Grayscale, if you ask him nicely, will give away free(!) PCBs for the Turing Machine Expanders if you order a grayscale panel! He has a few leftovers. For me that was my first step to learn NOT to rely on a readymade kit, but to order the parts from Mouser directly, with the lists that Tom Whitwell has on GitHub. Don't be afraid of that either. It was exciting too! And here is one more tip: I found this chinese soldering station "AOYUE Int936" for only 45(!) bucks, which is a steal, with features that you would normaly pay double the price for, an ESD safe ceramics heater, temperature control(!) and you will get a fine point tip for the SMD-work and the flat chisel for through-hole work from them. It worked like a bloody charm! And i can recommend to use a brass metal sponge instead of the wet sponge against the oxidation - super clean! And i quickly done away with the third-hand and used a small mechanics table mounted vice instead - MUCH easier handling of the PCBs in and out again. That's my experience to far. I keep awaiting your videos with anticipation, Robin. (Oh my, that's a lot of exclamation marks here.)

@MoltenMusicTech

6 жыл бұрын

+Stephan Möbius wow, thanks for all that, lots to think about 😊

That's a courageous first build!

Such a great video, thanks so much for this. Your honesty and vulnerability is incredibly refreshing and really helps for someone like myself who wants to start building modules. Getting a real look at the situation I will be in when I'm starting out!

Fabulous video. Just saw my first video of yours yesterday and you’re quickly becoming my favorite person on KZread. Wish I had a friend like you. About to try to solder my first thing ever as well.

That was really cool. I'm hoping to one day build my own eurorack from mostly diy projects. This video was really inspiring. I feel that it might not just be a pipe dream of mine.

Fantastic. Well done. Good to see the whole process from start to end. You’ve almost convinced me I could do this. Will test out my soldering skills with some cheap electronics DIY kits and go from there.

Mushin the Japanese would say. I love your style, sense of humor and way of teaching. Thank you for your creativity.

Thanks for the video! I'm just planning my first Eurorack system and Turing Machine's got a place in it :) Amazing module, i really hope i will have the same excitement on my face as you did at the end of the video :)

Well done sir! Your best video so far.

What a great video, thank you! You have given me the confidence to try building a module 👍

@MoltenMusicTech

2 жыл бұрын

Go for it!

Robin, this is a great video. I know you did it a long time ago but I have been inspired! Thanks for doing it!

@MoltenMusicTech

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

This is my favorite channel now! :)

Brilliant! That was a great video. I am hoping to start some DIY Eurorack soon. It was really useful to see up close your soldering. And it worked! Inspiring :)

Haha, I knew you'd have a"Eureka!" moment when you plugged in the clock! I love my Turing Machine and I second your praise for the build documentation. Great job on a fairly challenging (IMO) first project.

@MoltenMusicTech

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah, i was seriously worried - i cut out the 10 minutes of me swearing :)

Thanks, gave me confidence to build one. Built a A1 looping ADSR first then the TM. If all instructions are that good I’m not scared to try any now.

@MoltenMusicTech

5 жыл бұрын

Yay!

For IC sockets you bend pins outwards just like with the resistors (yes you bend their pins and then they sit low on the PCB nice and clean). Just bending the two opposite corners will hold the socket in place and once you solder them you can solder the rest. Also, apart from wiping the tip of your soldering iron (I very much dislike the classic sponge, you can get a brass mesh cleaner instead if you want) it's really good to have some flux handy. It is basically rosin, once you stick your soldering iron in it, it sort of dissolves the oxidation from the tip, you just wipe the rosin off and you have a clean tip ready to go. Also, before you turn your soldering iron off make sure to leave a little blob of solder on the tip - that way your tip won't oxidize. The solder on it will, but you'll wipe it away to uncover the fresh and nice tip below it. Oh, and pin headers. You can plug a cable on the other side while soldering so it stays flat. To avoid putting a lot of solder on the iron and not much on the joint, you should put the iron from the other side of your leg ("the bottom") and feed the solder from the other side. The idea is you heat up the pad on the board and the leg at the same time, and after they've become hot you put solder onto either of them. Not on the iron. Once the solder is in you wait a second or two for the solder to "soak in", then you take the iron out.

@QrchackOfficial

6 жыл бұрын

SMD soldering is not as hard as people make it seem, but you need the tools for the job. You need tweezers and a magnifying glass at least. A hot air station is handy but you can get away with a heat gun. You put solder on one of the pads, bring the part in with your tweezers and solder that one leg in place. Then do opposite corner, moving the part about to the correct spot. Then it's just touching the rest of the legs with the iron and a bit of solder. Nothing hard there, just a lot more patience. And you *will* lose a couple of parts so better work in an area where it's relatively easy to spot things which might have fallen under your desk.

@QrchackOfficial

6 жыл бұрын

There are some excellent kits over at AI Synthesis (aisynthesis.com/diy-synthesizer-module-shop). The multiple is cheap and really easy (just solder the jacks in), the mixer is handy as it works with CV as well, and the looping ADSR is great as it can work as an LFO as well. Nice big knobs and great contact with the owner. They're also available at Thonk

@MoltenMusicTech

6 жыл бұрын

Good tips. Yes i think surface mount stuff is possible - i need to prepare myself for it. I looked at the AI stuff and thought about it a lot but decided to do something more ambitious and funky :)

@QrchackOfficial

6 жыл бұрын

The looping ADSR is a great one as both ADSR and LFO, and you have a button you can push to fire it up which might be fun, if I remember correctly it's a bit more advanced with a 2 board layout, there are resistors which you put in vertically, might be handy to practice that

Brilliant! I'm defo getting one. Maybe for Christmas.

Cant. Stop. Rewatching your videos. Im kinda building a setup similar to yours minus the Mother but im running an O-coast in there.

I love watching your videos, it's a great fun! And this particular video convinces me that I should try DIY with modular :) I wanted to do it for quite a while, but with my soldering skills I was too affraid to do that. But here you go - you do that with not a simple buffered multiple, but with Turing Machine of 2 PCBs! :D Thanks for the inspiration, I like your approach - compared to many other reviewers you don't talk as an expert, but rather as an amateur, who isn't affraid to tell that he doesn't know something to other people, to burn his fingers off while trying DIY, etc.

@MoltenMusicTech

6 жыл бұрын

Yep, i think my lack of expertise is my biggest selling point (honestly!) Cool man. :)

Stunningly useful!

Sounds stunning man

@MoltenMusicTech

6 жыл бұрын

thanks!

Man I was grinning like a Cheshire Cat and applauding when the sound came out at the end! You may have just inspired me to have a bash at this DIY modular caper... Top work sir, peace ✌️

@MoltenMusicTech

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks

9.48 wise words Your vids are fantastic Peace and love from Bristol, England

Nice job Robin :) I see you finally completed the Turing Machine hehehe. Definitely pair it with a quantiser - the Penrose is super easy to build now that you've tackled the TM.

thanks for the video. I have built a few miniature synths before and would like to try this. well done video.

Now that's what I call entertainment! I was with you all the way, and although I couldn't stop laughing (`with', not `at') it was nervous laughter; I was terrified for you (and yet strangely inspired) and I really related to your journey into the relatively unknown. ( I'm a terrible/comedy solderer). Thankfully, your natural skill with the `Soldering Iron of Justice' carried you through to an absolute triumph.This was brilliant stuff. How about a one-man channel 4 sitcom (maybe with loads of ironic canned laughter) wherein you do fun things like this and people can learn whilst being mightily entertained?. This has surely been your best and most heroic video yet. Thanks so much.

@MoltenMusicTech

6 жыл бұрын

+paul carman aww thanks. Keeping at it.

Good job. I thought you made it look easy. I'm hoping to get in to modular soon and have worked my way through all of this series of videos. I've never soldered anything but it doesn't look too difficult.

You give me hope! I'm learning to solder but I really want to jump in and make this ASAP with my novice self :D I CAN DO IT!

@MoltenMusicTech

6 жыл бұрын

yes you can!

Robin, that's a great result for someone who only soldered a few times before. This is a challenging kit for a beginner, and if you accidentally mess something up it's too expensive to just throw in the bin and get a new one. Good call on the new soldering iron. The only thing I'd absolutely recommend is to switch to leaded solder, lead-free is a pain. Other than that, you're on the right track. Very interested to see where this journey takes you.

@MoltenMusicTech

6 жыл бұрын

Well while we're still in Europe then the powers that be won't let us poison ourselves so it's lead-free all the way.

@deniskobozev3916

6 жыл бұрын

I'm sure you can use leaded solder for personal projects. I know bigclivedotcom uses it exclusively, and he's in the UK.

@QrchackOfficial

6 жыл бұрын

There are laws that say you can't manufacture and sell products made using lead solder as a company, lead-free is not a problem for personal stuff at all. In fact, lead solder is much easier to work with (it melts easier)

@MoltenMusicTech

6 жыл бұрын

Fair enough - lead-free is all i had and it worked ok for me. Not sure where it came from, i found it in a drawer.

Great inspiring stuff.

Well first of all, glad you feel inspired to do some more DIY Eurorack! Music Thing have a range of fantastic modules. I particularly recommend the VOLTS and PULSES expanders for the Turing Machine. VOLTS is pretty interesting and the best way I can describe it is like a sequenced-mixer-thingy and PULSES is an interesting gate source which essentially just expands on the pulse output of the Turing Machine. PULSES has a tiny bit of SMD soldering but it's a good way to learn that. DivKid actually has a section on both VOLTS and PULSES in his video on the Turing Machine. On the DIY tips front, I have a few recommendations that might help in the future: - Instead of a solder sucker, maybe invest in some decent solder wick (flux-coated kind). The solder sucker can lift the pads off the PCB if you're not careful and then you have to do a bit of surgery to get things working, not ideal! - Make sure you tin your iron before and after use and never leave the iron on for extended periods of time. I find it better to turn down the temperature on the iron to the minimum when putting components on the PCB. Just helps to prevent the tip oxidising. - Instead of a sponge, I recommend maybe getting a brass sponge to use instead of/alongside the normal sponge. It cleans the tip better with the lead free solder that us europeans are more or less forced to use and doesn't bring the temperature of the tip down as much so you don't have to wait for it to reheat. I keep the normal sponge around as well though, usually to get rid of bigger solder blobs. - For IC sockets and headers, I find it helpful to put a blob of solder on the iron tip, then hold the socket/header in place with my finger and dab the solder onto one of the pads (making sure not to burn myself). This will tack the socket/header in place and then you can go over all the pads as normal. Make sure you do the first pad again though, because although you tacked it in place, that joint isn't great electrically. - For header sockets it's helpful to put the socket on the corresponding pins, then put the PCB down. This assures they'll line up. - Also a multimeter would be handy, some kits don't bag each resistor value and although you can read the bands, a multimeter is quicker. Also helpful for checking if your module will accidentally blow up your power supply! No need for a fancy one for this sort of work either. Hopefully those are explained clearly enough. Welcome to the wonderful world of DIY Modular!

@MoltenMusicTech

6 жыл бұрын

Good tips! Yeah, some of that brass stuff looks like a good idea.

I'm watching this very very late, but I really enjoyed it. Great work!

@MoltenMusicTech

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Ha ha, this was hilarious. Thanks for sharing. Maybe i'll jump into the DIY pool in the future.

Fantastic! Its amazing to see that emotion when you’ve finished it. The Turing expanders are great practice (and cheap) too. The pulses one has nice easy surface mount bits to practice on. Also, stick the output through a quantiser if you have one for nice melodic randomness!

@robertsyrett1992

6 жыл бұрын

A Turing and a Pulse expander can easily become the heart of your system.

@MoltenMusicTech

6 жыл бұрын

very interesting.....

@MoltenMusicTech

6 жыл бұрын

Yes i have a disting 4 that has quantization that i'll try out. Although i quite fancy the Penrose kit.

Congrats on having your first diy work on the first try, much more diligent work than I managed. I had to go back through on most of my diy modules. Mostly as I lack patience. You need patience and diligence. A turing machine was on my list but then I just picked up two modules with random generated from noise/S&H, which i think is how the turing machine does it too, just without the ability to sample and scale built in. I have a few MI pcbs on the workshop table, just psyching myself up to ordering to pieces. Stuff that comes in a kit is worlds easier. The argument is prebuilt=$$$, kit=$$, and complete diy=$. Seriously my DIY mixer was less than a 10'er

@MoltenMusicTech

6 жыл бұрын

yeah it opens up a whole load of other modules i hadnt considered because they were kits - and the savings are helpful.

I LOVE YOUR VIDEOS you are the one who has gotten me into modular synths but I’m still having a hard time find what modules I should get

@Tom-nm6qf

6 жыл бұрын

The Moog Mother 32 really is a great jumping off point because it has a bit of everything and you can find quite reasonable (for what you get) prices for it if you shop around. Then watch lots of youtube videos of modules to see what you want to get next.

@timerstorm2144

6 жыл бұрын

Tom Kellicut thank you very much

Top tips... 1/ always use solder with lead for home projects - it melts at a lower temperature than unleaded and gives a nicer finish (it’s just banned for commercial production). 2/ blutack is your friend. It can melt a bit (but doesn’t burn) and it’s great for holding stuff in place on the reverse side of the board 3/ for multipin connectors, tack them in place with two solder joints at opposite corners, re-check they’re straight then finish the rest of the connections 4/ get a flux pen. Flux is magical fluid that cuts through oxidation when heated. Dab it on difficult to solder joints, or when removing solder to get the solder to reflow nicely and cleanly.

@MoltenMusicTech

6 жыл бұрын

good tips - thanks!

Just watched your video Robin, so cool for a first time build! Newbie here and want to do similar :-)

Another tip with the ic mounts just solder two opposing legs on each one until they are all mounted and then solder all the rest of the legs.

@MoltenMusicTech

6 жыл бұрын

good tip thanks

love the pride evident at 30 mins in

Another Warhammer / synth crossover here :D Great videos.

To stop components from falling out when you turn the board over, stick them in place with some masking tape or similar... small blobs Plasticenne on the perimeter would also help.

@MoltenMusicTech

6 жыл бұрын

good tip!

Congratulations! It’s such a great buzz when they work isn’t it. Go for some Rebel Technology kits. Stoicheia would probably suit your rig, but have a chat with them and see what you think.

A great video above and some great tips below. I'll chime in with... - If you're new to DIY circuit building, then watch some YT videos on how to solder and get some practice in first. Buy some double-sided Veroboard and some insulated hook-up wire. Cut around 25-30 short (say 3-4cm) lengths of wire, strip the ends (also good practice), put them through the holes in the board and solder them in - you will soon get the hang of it. If you want to be really 'proper' about things, then 'tin' the ends of the wire first, by flowing a little molten solder into them from the tip of the iron, before you insert them in the board. Then you can practice your desoldering techniques - either with a solder sucker (yuk!) or with copper braid / wick (better). - Have a small bottle of isopropyl alcohol and some cotton buds handy, to clean off the resin flux residue from each new solder join. Do this after each solder join, while it is still warm and easier to clean off. - Wash your hands thoroughly before you start work and try not to rub your fingers over component leads too much - the grease from your skin can inhibit solder flow. You can use an abrasive component lead cleaner (like a wide pair of tweezers) to make sure leads are clean before soldering. This especially applies to components which may have been lying around for a few months. - When bending component leads for insertion in a circuit board, grasp them with a fine pair of pliers at the point where you wish to bend them, then make the bend. This will give a nice, neat bend and prevent damage to the component body. Or use a lead former, as suggested below. - Once you have built a kit for yourself, buy another one or two and build them to sell at (say) 20-25% above the kit price. This will help fund more modules ;-)

@MoltenMusicTech

5 жыл бұрын

Those are all good tips - personally, i like to throw myself into things with what i have lying about the place :)

Cool video. Thank god it worked at the end. lol.

R.I.P tiptop ADSR on the shelf. May you work your curvy shapes into a rack somewhere in the future! Good motivation this one, picked up soldering purely for Eurorack, and been pondering about getting this particualr module. Think you might've convinced me!

@MoltenMusicTech

6 жыл бұрын

Ha, i still haven't found a use for it - it will probably come back into play once i've figured out how to do more with the Maths than envelopes.

Leaving an iron on causes the tip to oxidize (corrode) much quicker than in normal use. The material layers in a tip start with a copper core, then iron, nickel and chrome platings over that, in that order. The chrome layer can be sanded with 600 grit sandpaper a couple times to restore it, but this will only work for so long before that layer is gone and it won't tin at all. You could have just got a new tip for your iron instead, but leaving it on isn't good for the internals either. I got an Aoyue 469 when my Aoyue 936 broke. Bit of a downgrade, but it's just as effective and smaller to boot.

I really love your videos. It's to bad they didn't make the through holes on the pcb with the correct resistor spacing so they sit flush.

This video makes me want to build another turing machine, the module was designed by Tom Whitwell

@MoltenMusicTech

6 жыл бұрын

I've just added another Turing noodle to Facebook - facebook.com/moltenmusictechnology/videos/2191448720881181/

Definitely looks a lot easier than the Deckard's Dream. Btw, did you hear about Deckard's Voice? Black Corp is apparently coming out with their own single voice eurorack, I think they said it was semi-modular, but it didn't look like it would have its own case/power-supply. My only hope is that it's affordable!

@MoltenMusicTech

4 жыл бұрын

Yes I saw that - very cool

Great job! Now, to get a pitch quantizer like the ADDAC207 so you can tame that randomness to your liking. :)

@MoltenMusicTech

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I was thinking along the lines of the Penrose which is about a 5th of the price :)

@jos9573

6 жыл бұрын

Oh neat, and that'll enable you to keep the DIY streak going, excellent!

I think I might try this or the radio thing? Yeah I wouldn't recommend lead free unless you've got a very high watt iron & I'm not sure it's wise to go too high anyway. With my 25 watt I never seem to be able to melt lead free enough for a decent joint so now I stick to leaded. Btw did you notice that 2hp do a ready built mini Turing machine called TM?

@MoltenMusicTech

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah, but i enjoy a big knob

BTW, dare we now say you passed the Turing Test?

@GuitarsAndSynths

6 жыл бұрын

Google should hire Robin to create next generation electronic music systems!

When soldering components that absolutely must be positioned properly (LEDs, display devices, headers, controls, connectors, etc) always solder one lead then you can reheat the joint and reseat the component if it moves. You were lucky it was only the power header the got skewed, if it had been the one that connected the cards together you would have had a nasty rework job on your hands.

I like the idea of the assembly becoming a drinking game .... you assemble, we drink ... otherwise it will never be completed. Home many alcoholic homicides can we achieve, do you imagine?

Minute 34 is priceless! :-). Very cool video. I love how you don't give a f---.

Just a quick tip and apologies if it's been mentioned before..... Best to plug in a freshly finished module seperately from you main system...just in case! You can build a super cheap power supply as a standalone unit (less than £15.00) and it could save you thousands. I built this one and it's super easy (others are available). www.frequencycentral.co.uk/?page_id=894

@MoltenMusicTech

6 жыл бұрын

Good tip - thanks!

Forgot to say...... I really love your shirt Robin. Do you know where you got it? Thanks 😀

@MoltenMusicTech

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Yes - joebrowns.co.uk

really was inspiring.... i added a few dollars to the patreon first because I’ve watched a dozen hours of your videos in the last week.. and second because I think I heard you say you are in a shed in Norfolk? I’m an old guy in the US but my mother’s family is from Peterborough and I have some memories of time in Hunstanton. Cheers.

@MoltenMusicTech

6 жыл бұрын

Wow thanks! I have memories of Hunstanton too :)

34:01 ITS ALIVE!!

Blu-Tak is your friend!

Also using desoldering braid is way easier than the solder sucker.

@luxaeterna8481

5 жыл бұрын

That's so true. Solder suckers suck at sucking solder - especially if you have to remove a component completely, as they always seem to leave a little bit behind.

You just missed out on the limited black panels, good vid as per tho dude

@MoltenMusicTech

6 жыл бұрын

+Grumbledore Music ha, I bought the kit 6 months ago 😊

8:04 - you could say we'll...solder on....right i'll get me coat

Had to laugh probably because they's exactly how wrong it would go for me. I want a soldering project and I just know it's going to go so much worse than your attempts. Fascinating stuff!

Lets see your Space Marines ;)

@MoltenMusicTech

6 жыл бұрын

I'm all about the goblins

33.16 - careful with that jacks, eugene

I suck at soldering so probably won't attempt this on an expensive module in the future.

dreadbox hades diy kit next please.

@MoltenMusicTech

6 жыл бұрын

I understood the Hades didn't require any soldering - might have that wrong. Happy to build one if someone wants to send me one.

@mej6519

6 жыл бұрын

they do a diy kit, but you have to supply your own resistors, luckily they provide a pdf with all the resistors that are required.

Last point on this. RoboticusMusic is blaming Alan Turing for shortening the war...because of Stalin and the Russian purges and the rest of the upheaval in Europe. How can anyone possibly blame Alan Turing for Stalin? Maybe Yugoslavia was his fault too! The mind boggles. His does at least. Boggles badly! I love this modular stuff. It’s utterly absorbing. Bet it’s great actually doing it. One day!

They say it takes about an hour to build... so I’ve booked in about 3 weeks. Lol

;-)

Warhammer!

This is cute n funny...

Robin...sorry mate. I thought you were asking my opinion. Just seen the Roboticus comment. A lot of people on KZread have seen a documentary and become experts in all things. You notice how often I write...”I THINK”, or “I don’t know”. It seems beyond many KZread commenters to LISTEN...they TELL. It’s a common thread. Roboticus will no doubt have the answers to all things Menshevik, Bolshevik and 1917. “In Gorbachev We Trust”...a brilliant album by The Shaman. Why did I just think of that? This is the reason I study the Holocaust. More of a sociological thing and the rise of Nazism by people who live in comfortable houses with food and hot running water and no bigger problem than getting the cat food. Yet they believe themselves to understand. How can you understand the unimaginable? Just ask a KZread expert mate. They know everything Robin...apart from wisdom! A wise old owl sat in an oak, The more he heard the less he spoke, The less he spoke the more he heard, Why can’t they be like that wise old bird? Always loved that.

@MoltenMusicTech

6 жыл бұрын

+Jamis Billson yes mate, I was talking to the other guy 😊 KZread comments don’t always thread well. Well anyway, I’m enjoying my randomness and it hasn’t killed anyone yet.

Do yourself a favour, buy an IC inserter instead of bending pins. They are really cheap and make things a whole lot easier..

Just Lego, not like old fashioned components or so.

I wrote a song about Alan Turing...I presume it’s that Turing and not the famous cashier who works in Asda near Luton airport! Out of all the stories of human disdain...Alan Turing’s gets me every time. That he saved hundreds of thousands, if not millions, if not the planet from the Nazis...and he was treated as he was! I’m not gay but but the amount of arguments I’ve had recently with people who are being told to blame everyone except those who should be blamed...the ones who have power. So anyone who isn’t made in the image of subjective man is the enemy somehow. Even AlanTuring. Sir Alan Turing...why isn’t he at least a SIR? It’s a disgrace. At least Queenie lol saw fit to pardon him! Pardon him for saving countless people. He has an OBE now I’ve just read...is that a SIRidge? Hope I’m proved yet again to be slightly daft and wrong. Turing Day should be created in honor of his work AND for his being someone who refused to hide who he was in those early days of liberalism...me thunks. Just saying. Brilliant video again mate. Your set up reminds me of a mini version of Trent Reznor’s studio...lots of wires and machines from from little companies who are enthusiasts rather than corporations.

@MoltenMusicTech

6 жыл бұрын

Nice one, and i totally agree about Turing :)

@mpingo91

6 жыл бұрын

It wasn't about his orientation. Poor Alan Touring was (also) a victim of many then gays embedded in the structures of power. A structures of the persecutor. Many of them were wearing miitary uniforms. His guilt was his name, which didn't sound "Mountbatten" or something like this. And it was all about consolidation of the ones who have power and share the profits.

@RoboticusMusic

6 жыл бұрын

I don't particularly agree with the metrics of what Turing did anymore. Over 100 million innocent people dead under Jewish Bolshevik Communism makes it hard for anyone to say he was on the right side of history :/

@MoltenMusicTech

6 жыл бұрын

Ok, go on then, what has Alan Turing got to do with 100 million people dying?

@RoboticusMusic

6 жыл бұрын

OP mentioned cause and effect and redeemable qualities, and I disagree based on how history has played out. Death counts and maths show us a very different narrative than the radical leftists would like us to believe.

Nice serie. The diy module sounds interesting. Just about "I have no idea how this thing works", it's a really lame joke.

@MoltenMusicTech

6 жыл бұрын

If only it was a joke :)

Lead-free solder is the worst thing in the (DIY) world. I wonder for how many failed projects build by the beginners is it responsible. I suppose a half, at least.

@MoltenMusicTech

6 жыл бұрын

+mpingo91 it’s the only sort of solder you can get in Europe and we’re all doing fine thanks.

@QrchackOfficial

6 жыл бұрын

Must be just in UK, here in Poland you'll find pretty much only lead solder in local electronics stores.

@mpingo91

6 жыл бұрын

I also live in the EU. :) The RoHS restricts the use of lead containing solder only in commercial products, so producers (except military ones!) have a problem. We, amateurs still can buy and use good ol' and *reliable* 60/40 Sn-Pb. Anyway, good job, your Touring Machine works great!

@MoltenMusicTech

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Well it's all I had and it seemed to work ok :)

@RoboticusMusic

6 жыл бұрын

How toxic is lead solder and what are the methods for mitigating the inhalation?

Congratulations, but i think you built it because of your colored shirts... thats why i watch...