Monstrous casio keyboard circuit bend project
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Monstrous Casio Keyboard
Circuit Bend Project
Commission Specifications
Commissioned by Hannes Pasqualini from Papernoise
Modify a Casio VL-tone to include:
• A low pass filter
• Two audio oscillators, with patch bay
• Voltage starve
• As many circuit bends as possible
• Mounted in a customised wooden case
Selecting a box
I had a selection of boxes in my workshop, luckily I managed to find the exact size box that didn’t need many modifications.
Top Panel Demo
A wooden insert panel was made using ply wood and cut to size with a disc saw. The knobs were used to keep a scale of perspective. The gap around the edge of the keyboard is 1mm.
PATCH BAY
MOD 1
MOD 2
CIRCUIT BEND 1-11
POWER
AUDIO OUT
ON/OFFRESET
PITCH 1 &2MOD 1PITCH MOD 2 PITCH
1&2
Panel Demo Design
I made a quick sketch using word to show how the insert panel would look.
Panel Design
OSCILLATOR A
MODULATION
PITCH A Pitch B RESET
OSCILLATOR B PITCH
POWER
FEEDBACKOSCILATOR BOSCILATOR A L.P.F.
FREQUENCY
OSCILLATOR A
PITCH
STUTTER FOLLOWER BASS FOLLOWER
OSCILLATOR A
OSCILLATOR B
BASS STUTTER
The panel design was finalised in power point, the page size was set to the same size as the panel. The file was converted to 16-bit BMP format with the colours inverted. This is so that the file is compatible with the marker laser.
Box Logo
This is the Paper Noise logo. However, I forgot to invert the colours, which meant that I had to make a new plywood panel and re-etch the surface.
Laser Etched Panels
Populated Panel
Oscillator Circuit Diagrams
I used two oscillators on this keyboard. The first was a Hex Schmitt Inverter Oscillator and the second was a stepped tone generator (atari punk console). Below are the two circuit diagrams I used.
Low PAss Filter Schematic
The low pass filter is a passive design, this means it doesn’t need any power to operate, the drawback to this design is that it reduces the output signal by a noticeable amount.
The resistor used was a 10K potentiometer, so the frequency could be adjusted.
Wiring Up
Completed Box
Completed Casio
Casio Video
Online Projects
• http://www.youtube.com/user/circitfied?feature=mhee
• http://soundcloud.com/circitfied