Arduinoboy For the NES MPS
Here it is so far guys. All working on the breadboard. Gonna solder it all up tomorow!
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~ Wednesday, April 25 ~
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~ Monday, April 23 ~
The First LoFiFuture Product Showcase
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~ Sunday, April 22 ~
The circuit bent akai S2800 now for sale at:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/270962049953?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649#ht_659wt_1139
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~ Saturday, February 11 ~
NES MPS - LSDJ Demo
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~ Wednesday, February 1 ~
The NES MPS V 1.0 [Prototype] (NES - Music Production System)
The 8Bit MPC:
Well here she is, very nearly done just adding finishing touches and tidying the cables + testing.
This is the first of its kind. An 8 bit music production workstation to run Nanoloop or LSDJ. Its based off a GameBoy advance SP and built into an old NES case. There is also a 16BIT FX processor built in to apply FX to the Game boys output or and external device via the 1/4” jack inputs. The Processor also doubles as a 2 channel mono mixer, so you can mix an external device and the gameboys signal.
The switches under the “hood” are for the FX processor On/Off and the LEDs On Off. Two of the switches are to select whether you want the gameboys signal to be processed by the FX processor and come out the 1/4” jack out puts, or to just go straight to the dedicated RCA outputs. I have left two of the switches unconected for the next owner to do what they wish with (maybe overclocking mods?)
The big square arcade butons control Up, Down, Left, Right, A and B. The 4 smaller swithes are for Start, Select, Left shoulder and right shoulder buttons. The 2 pots to the left are the FX slect switch (select reverbs, flanger, rotary speaker, chorus or delay) and the LED dimmer switch witch i may relocate and use the pot there as the gameboys volume out. The 4 pots in a cluster are channel 1 input, channel 2 input, channel 1 mix and channel 2 mix.
The power suply is 3 transformers housed in an old XBOX power brick and connect to the console with a 9 Pin D-Sub connector. The gameboys body that holds the circuitry can be easily removed by unplugging the 25 pin D-Sub (witch carries the controlles, power, audio) and removing the 2 screws at the back. This allows for easy maintenance, modification or if you simply need to change the battery.
The console only needs the power brick to power the LEDS, the FX processor and charge the gameboy. You can run it standalone off the Gameboys battery if you just want the gameboys audio clean.
Thats it for now. Im just going to re-solder the audio out mod to ensure a good clean connection and solder in the “under hood” LEDS that will eluminate the witch board.
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~ Monday, January 30 ~
The NES MPS - Nearing Completion
All the controls are wired in, power managment sorted, paint is now complete. All that is left is a few LEDS!
Better pictures + Video coming soon!
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~ Friday, January 13 ~
So many wires!
I’ve given myself quite a task here. I wanted the GBA body to be removable from the unit for easy repair and maintenance. I opted to use 25 Pin D-Sub connectors to accomplish this. It just means soldering all the control points four times rather than two. Going to take a much needed break now and have a beer.
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~ Thursday, January 5 ~
College
This day is sort of dragging, just trawling around the internet trying to keep myself occupied. Oh and this is the setup we use in college. If your thinking of getting one of these Prodipe controllers. Just don’t. The keys feel crappy, the pitch and mod wheels feel really plasticky and the rotary encoders are really high resolution . In other words it take about 15 turns to get through the full 127 steps and occasionally jumps back a bunch.
Anyway, lets hope some parts arrive for the NES MPS arrive today.
So far im waiting on:
-9 Pin D-Sub Connectors (For the power connector)
-White Fender Amp Knobs
-Another GBA Advance SP for some parts
-LED Srips
I just want to get this thing finished!
If the CASIO SA-20 arrives today i’ll have a poke around on the circuit and determin where the best bends are. I’ll be creating a guide on bending the SA-20 so people are less likely to fry the circuit bending it (If i dont fry it myself)
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~ Wednesday, January 4 ~
My Casio SA-20 should arrive tomorrow. If so i can start modding it and posting the build process. For now I’ll leave you with a quick sketch of another idea I’ve had floating around for quite some time.
Its a commodore 64 keyboard workstation with a 49 key keyboard. It also has an integrated TR505. I’m thinking having a MIDI patch bay behind a door on the back would add versatility. So the midi jacks of the TR505, C64 and 49key keyboard are patchable.
I want to run MSIAH on the unit and display it on a little 7” fold down screen. This is just about big enough to use MSIAH comfortably (if you have good eyes) Of course i will add a composite and S-video output to hook up to TVs
I’m going to run dual SIDs on the C64 and modify the TR505. I want to have direct outs of every drum and all 4 mono SID outputs on the back but also have an integrated mixer to run to a stereo output.
As for the enclosure i want to construct it all out of real wood, then stain and varnish it. I just ordered a Circular saw as I’m sick of working with a jigsaw. Should provide some clean cuts! I’m currently constructing a 3D scale model in sketchup but I wont be starting this project until the NES MPC and CASIO SA-20 are done.
I’m gonna be pretty busy for the next few months.
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~ Thursday, December 29 ~
New Project/Update
Hope everyone had a great Christmas, sorry i haven’t been posting any updates, just wanted to take a break for a while. I just ordered a CASIO SA-20 witch i will be circuit bending and fitting into a new enclosure. I’ll post some sketches up tonight. As for the NES MPS, i just need to wait for all the remaining parts to arrive. should be done in a week or two then it will be up for sale!
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