[sdiy] finished my Fatman!

[Scott Gravenhorst]

Hi Michael, Ken et al,

Please note that the PAiA site has one mod that I wish they'd remove from
their site.  I've asked them to do that, but I think they are very busy
people.  Anyway, it's the "hard sync" mod.  First it's not even really hard
sync, it's more of an intentional soft sync.  The main problem is that it
doesn't work on 100% of the units.  I have a MUCH better synch schematic, and
it's real hard sync, at my website:

http://home1.gte.net/res0658s/FatMan/

The hard sync mod there will work on all FatMan synths and it's simpler than
the old one.  Also, anything that I have at www.paia.com will also be at the
above URL and updated.

-- Scott G.

"Michael Boracci" <mboracci at nfpcomputer.com> wrote:
>Ken,
>This is certainly a great project and if you go back to the PAIA site you
>will find tons of DIY mods ( Scott Gravenhorst, and others ) for it that add
>a lot of needed functionality. I have been beating on mine with a fast
>sequencer and it works very well. It went out of tune a lot at first, but
>after tuning it three times it has been stable for over a year now.
>
>Good luck with yours. I am currently moving mine into a different rack unit
>that will house two fatmen and a POLY-800 in a 4 U chassis. Then I can move
>onto the modular project.
>
>Did you buy the rackmount kit or the boxed version?
>
>Michael
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
>[mailto:owner-synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl]On Behalf Of Ken Luke
>Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2003 5:31 PM
>To: synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
>Subject: [sdiy] finished my Fatman!
>
>
>finally! Not completely DIY, but close enough for me. Took me about 22
>hours, my soldering skills certainly improved.
>
>Some people in the past have posted asking about good first projects, feel
>free to contact me if you have any questions about the PAIA Fatman as a
>good first project...
>
>
>------------------------------------------------------------
>  Ken Luke                               ken_luke at mentor.com
>  "Complexity is easy; Simplicity is hard."
>    -- Edmund Keane
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>
>
>
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