Retro fitting old instruments

tom adam tom.adam at thebigear.be
Tue Jul 17 14:19:19 CEST 2012


Roland MT-32... you can buy it for 25euro's on ebay ;-)
Cheers,
ToAd

Op 17-7-2012 13:56, Marc Nostromo [M-.-n] schreef:
>
> 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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