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Hi ---

Has anyone on this list built a Blacet Miniwave?? 

I'm wondering how great they are, and if you do have one, I'd love your 
opinion.

I see that they offer a MOTM-style version, which would work in my 
Dotcom. ....

Anyone?

- Dana Countryman

http://www.danacountryman.com

I love the MiniWave.  For me, it was the obvious first choice with which to 
expand beyond the Dotcom stuff.  I am a longtime fan of the old PPG-style 
wavetable stuff.  If you like that sound, you'll love the MW.  It does all 
the classic wavetable kinda things: metallic basses, gargling sweeps, 
synthetic bells and choirs...etc.  It interfaces quite nicely with the 
Dotcom stuff.  I often patch sequencer tracks into the CV inputs for 
wavesequencing.  Very cool.  I find its grungy eight-bit digital sound to be 
an excellent compliment to the analogue Dotcom.

Building it was pretty easy.  I did mine in a day, and was patching that 
evening.  In fact, so happy was I with that kit, that I promptly ordered up 
five more Blacet kits for my system.  I sound like an ad copy writer.  I 
aint.  I just dig the hell outta the MiniWave.

I recently screened and drilled a Dotcom panel for it...I'll be mounting the 
MW in that some time in the next few days.

Scot Solida
The Electronic Garden

>From: "Dana Countryman" <dana@danacountryman.com>
>Reply-To: dotcomformat@yahoogroups.com
>To: dotcomformat@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: [dotcomformat] Blacet Miniwave
>Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2005 20:09:10 -0000
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>Hi ---
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>Has anyone on this list built a Blacet Miniwave??
>
>I'm wondering how great they are, and if you do have one, I'd love your
>opinion.
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>I see that they offer a MOTM-style version, which would work in my
>Dotcom. ....
>
>Anyone?
>
>- Dana Countryman
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>http://www.danacountryman.com
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>Yahoo! Groups Links
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Order it NOW !!  The Blacet Miniwave is one the best ways you can
expand your synth.  I havr 3 of them.  You can also do quantizing
with them.  Ad, Motthew Davidson created many new ROMs which are
currenttly available through Modcan.

In addition, the Miniwave modification and expansion is supported ny
Stooge Industries, Dacve Hylander, and Tellun Corporation.

Hylander designed and sells a 10 PROM expander board which can select
from 10 socketed PROMS by using a rotary switch.  I designed a
voltage control board that switches between the ROMs on Dave's board.
 I gave the design to Scott JUskiw of Tellun who sells the voltage
controlleded add on PCBs.

Wife is calling me for dinner.  I'll get back to you with links
later.
Larry


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--- Larry Hendry <hendrysr@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Order it NOW !!  The Blacet Miniwave is one the best ways you can
> expand your synth. 

You can buy the MOTM version from Blacet.  Or buy the other version
and do conversion yourself if you want something different than the
Blacet layout.

I have a complete list of resources for this module here:
http://www.wiseguysynth.com/larry/mw2090/miniwave.htm

Some items of note from that list: 

 - Blacet uses 10 volt control voltage swings for the sweeping of
banks and waves.  Some modular control ranges are less.  So, I added
two resistors to make it work with 5 volts. Of course, since you have
CV attenuators included on the module, it will still work with 10
volts swings.

 - Full assembly instructions if you do the converion yourself:

 - A full set of photos of the monster Miniwav I built with 10 PROMs
and CV control of everything, including a movie of the PROM sweeping.

 - Unfortunately, Matthew Davidson is not selling the PROMs at the
moment.  But, You can get them from Modcan.

Link to Dave Hylander's Prom expander board:
http://www.hylander.com/miniwave.html

Link to invo on my CV design PCB available from Scott:
http://www.tellun.com/motm/diy/jlh2090cv/JLH-2090CV.html

Of course, I sell all 3 versions of the pamnels for those wishing to
convert their own.  I was considering making dot com panels available
for this.  But, Maybe Scot might be interested in that since he has
already done one.

You will see my panel layouts are different thant he Blacet MOTM size
layout.

Best,
Larry

Did I mention this is an extremely cool module?



		
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I was considering making dot com panels available
>for this.  But, Maybe Scot might be interested in that since he has
>already done one.
>

Actually mine is indeed in the Dotcom format, but I used a different 
lettering style...and it is all a little "rough around the edges".  Still, I 
could probably whip up a version with Dotcom lettering and such, if someone 
needed such a thing.  Though, I wouldn't want to interfere with your 
business, Larry...

Scot Solida
The Electronic Garden

I built one a while back, using the Hylander expander card as well. See 
details here:

http://www.guitarfool.com/modules/index.html

A very useful module - makes a very good CV quantizer - particularly with 
the modal scale rom.



----- Original Message ----- 

From: "Dana Countryman" <dana@danacountryman.com>
To: <dotcomformat@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2005 4:09 PM
Subject: [dotcomformat] Blacet Miniwave


> Hi ---
>
> Has anyone on this list built a Blacet Miniwave??
>
> I'm wondering how great they are, and if you do have one, I'd love your
> opinion.
>
> I see that they offer a MOTM-style version, which would work in my
> Dotcom. ....
>
> Anyone?
>
> - Dana Countryman
>
> http://www.danacountryman.com
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>
>
>

--- SCOT SOLIDA <scotsolida@msn.com> wrote:
> Actually mine is indeed in the Dotcom format, but I used a
> different lettering style...and it is all a little "rough around
the edges". 

We so use the matching fots and such on our dot com panels.  Of
course, it is hard for a different screener to be exactly the same.

> Still, I could probably whip up a version with Dotcom lettering and
such, if someone needed such a thing.  Though, I wouldn't want to
interfere with your business, Larry...

HA !!  Take My wife.... Please. (you have to be old to get that one).
 But, actually, the panels business is very time intensive and pays
next to nothing.  So, I am not at all concerned with someone taking
business.  The more the merrier as far as I am concerned.  If someone
can one up me on the panels, I will gladly find something else to do
with my time.  LOL...  Really.  I mean it. :-)

Best,
Larry

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Thanks, Everyone -- for your input.

Sounds like a need to work up the Miniwave sometime in the future.
I'm working on a CD project now, so I'll hold off on building the 
Miniwave until the fall..... I have JUST enough space in my big 
dotcom for one more goodie.

Best,

 - Dana Countryman

--- In dotcomformat@yahoogroups.com, Larry Hendry <hendrysr@y...> 
wrote:
> --- SCOT SOLIDA <scotsolida@m...> wrote:
> > Actually mine is indeed in the Dotcom format, but I used a
> > different lettering style...and it is all a little "rough around
> the edges". 
> 
> We so use the matching fots and such on our dot com panels.  Of
> course, it is hard for a different screener to be exactly the same.
> 
> > Still, I could probably whip up a version with Dotcom lettering 
and
> such, if someone needed such a thing.  Though, I wouldn't want to
> interfere with your business, Larry...
> 
> HA !!  Take My wife.... Please. (you have to be old to get that 
one).
>  But, actually, the panels business is very time intensive and pays
> next to nothing.  So, I am not at all concerned with someone taking
> business.  The more the merrier as far as I am concerned.  If 
someone

> can one up me on the panels, I will gladly find something else to do
> with my time.  LOL...  Really.  I mean it. :-)
> 
> Best,
> Larry
> 
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