Retro fitting old instruments

[Tony Hardie-Bick]

korg electribe es-1 mkII

"Marc Nostromo [M-.-n]" <marc.nostromo at gmail.com> wrote:

>Hi Gang,
>
>After successfully doing my first steps in the noob
>electronic/microcontroller land, I think I'm ready for an exciting
>project:
>taking an old gear that has a nice interface, ripping it apart and
>retro
>fitting it with a beagleboard/arduino combo so I can re-program the
>whole
>thing to behave exactly the way I want it - sonically *and* interface
>wise.
>
>So I'm looking for suggestion about cheap yet appealing hardware that I
>could use along those lines. I've got a few ideas for these. Some are
>more
>costly, some are more difficult.
>
>I've kind of collected one of each style in here:
>
>http://pinterest.com/mdashdotdashn/tear-it-apart-and-make-it-yours/
>
>The easiest so far is the groovebox style. Not too expensive and won't
>need
>a workbench nor fill my room with too much junk.
>
>I was wondering if any of you had suggestions along those line...
>either a
>dream-like one or a good base (somehow in the 100 euros mark) for such
>a
>project.
>
>Of course, doing this to a machinedrum or a cirklon would be awesome
>but a
>tad expensive :)
>
>Cheers
>Marc.
>
>-- 
>http://marc-nostromo.com
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