[sdiy] powertran transcendent 2000

[Michael Zacherl]

Hi,

Richard Wentk wrote:
> If I hear a massive chorus of 'Yeahs!' I suppose I could even post some 
> MP3s of tracks I did with it on an old four track Portastudio and a 
> creaky old open-reel tape delay.

Com'on folks - speak up!

<massive_chorus>
    Yeah! Yeah!
</massive_chorus>

Seriously I'd really appreciate if you'd do that 
sometime. I never heard it how it sounded properly.

> You'll go mad trying to build one unless you etch the large PCB, because 
> there are a lot of parts involved. And the PCB is LARGE, so you're going 
> to find it hard to print/etch in any of the usual ways.

Oh dear - this was the worst time I had when 
trying SDIY.
I was 16 or 17 when I got the articles then.
I was trying to build this synth with no kit.
I etched the PCB. It was disastrous.
I remember having split the layout into two halfs 
somewhere in the middle because it was simply to big.
I copied the layout on transparent paper with 
indian ink by hand. Hours and hours. Allways 
checking at the windows if the sun shines through.
The etching itself was a nightmare.
Afterwards I tried to repair the under (or over-) 
etched traces with strands of wire.
I remember it looked terrible.
Not having a serious bubble tank or something 
similar I was just condemned to fail.
It wasn't the first PCB I tried to do myself, but 
way too big.
I'm serious when I'm saying this was quite an 
traumatizing experience. I never got it to work 
properly back then.

> There's no reason someone couldn't do a modular version though. That 
> would work quite nicely as a simple beginner's project. Each part of the 
> circuit is (almost) self-contained so it should be easy enough to build 
> on strip board.

Aren't there more attractive ciruits out there to 
be tried out by beginners?

    Michael.