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yeah so i've been building some stuff, and to build more stuff, some  
of what i've already built must be sold to buy more parts to build  
more stuff.

it's like that cocaine commercial in the 80s, but having nothing to  
do with drugs and with synth modules instead. lead fumes  
notwithstanding.

all the pics are in this directory: http://suitandtieguy.com/ebay/ 
diy_or_die_modules/

yeah ... that's right: "DIY or die!"  well okay so that's not really  
to be taken literally but some of us here (myself included) have  
roots in the rock of punk (or what was left of it in central IL in  
1995), and really there's nothing more punk rock than purple spray  
paint on repurposed aluminum moog-format panels with silver paint  
marker labels.

the front of these things may be "Never Mind the Bullocks", but the  
backside is all "Sandinistas!" ... no Spactrol pots here, but the  
trimmers are Bourns ... the jacks are Switchcraft 111s, and the pots  
are Alphas. my assembly skills are open to debate but i have been  
using them for a couple weeks and they seem to work fine. the VCF  
needs to have it's scaling calibrated but anyone with an oscillator  
(as in, someone who is not me) should have this thing calibrated in  
about 96 seconds or so. the VCA has a couple of bias trims that could  
be played with as well.

there are 4 modules altogether:

Ray Wilson dual VCA - $125

this is a pair of VCAs with initial gain control, lin/log toggle, CV  
input, and signal i/o per channel. the board will accommodate a  
second CV input on both channels but i wasn't sure if i'd have room  
for it on the back end. maybe next time. i am least happy with the  
wiring on this: it's a bit of a rat's nest. however it seems to work  
fine. WARNING: feeding fullscale audio from a CR-8000 into one  
channel, cranking the initial gain all the way for distortion,  
feeding the signal out to the filter and back into the other channel  
will result in low-level crosstalk on that final output channel. not  
using half of this VCA as a distortion pedal for your drum machine  
because you're a cheap bastard that won't buy an Arion guitar pedal  
and then the other half to attenuate it will prevent that crosstalk.

Ray Wilson EG - $125

this is an ADSR with a pushbutton manual trigger, "much slower"  
toggle, gate input, and envelope output. the total throw of the  
envelope is 5v but if you clip the resistor i have on the output  
(it's right there on the back of the jack) the envelope will go up to  
10v if you're into that sort of thing.

Ray Wilson 4-pole VCF - $175

this is pretty hot: it's a 4-pole VCF with VC resonance! the controls  
are cutoff, regeneration, and CV3 attenuation (labeled "FM" for some  
reason), and the i/o is CV1, CV2, FM, regeneration CV, audio input,  
and audio output. it's also purple: why wouldn't you want it?

Moog CP-style filters and passive ring modulator - $125

this is a pair of Moog control panel style filters (the passive  
switched-cap ones) and a passive ring modulator. no i did not use  
Jensen transformers, but i did spend a few hours matching the diodes:  
i can tell you that they are all "333" diodes, which i hear is the  
mark of quality ring modulation. the filters were built to the  
schematic from the Moog service manual, and then one of the values on  
the HPF was adjusted (i think it was that one, i did this like back  
in January) because i didn't hear any change at the first step. or  
something. this module may not be for you.

full details on the source boards used on the Ray Wilson modules are  
at http://www.musicfromouterspace.com

feel free to email privately with any shipping questions or build  
criticisms.

thanks much,
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Suit & Tie Guy
www.suitandtieguy.com