sequencer> sub 6

spent the weekend working on the sequencer.. friday i got the cd40193 counter chips in. thats the only one i didnt have extras of.. so i proceeded early saturday morning to change that guy out. BAM. thats what it was. so i guess i blew those out because it cant handle the draw of power when i had all the others chained after it. so like any other thing that takes power.. it blew.. like having too many speakers or heavy draw speakers on an amp.

so i started and finished the trigger section for the secong sequencer... ive named it the "drax" dual row analong sequencer. sounds kinda cool and menacing. and sort of makes sencse.. it will be the same as the first except that it has 2 independent rows of 16 coarse knobs as oppposed to 1 row of coarse and 1 fine like the other. im guessing eventually ill make another row of triggers for it as well since i know how to use the cd4514 chips to ties into the digital clock/control to drive them..

i also tried using the dpdt switches i got real cheap on this guy.. small slides. had to do some serious mcguyvering on it but they worked and look kinda cool. i used them since they have 2 poles .. one is for the triggers on/off . the second i used for an led indicator of on/off for that step. so when its on its lit, off its not. kinda simple but fun. usefull too to see whos active in the sequence. im going to try and see if i can figure out a way to have both voltages (current step led that flashes and onn-off led) become the same one.. maybe resist the voltage down on the on-off and tie them together so that when the clock comes around to that step it increases the voltage and drives the led harder (aka brighter) it would be kinda cool for sure.. almost like 808 909 type leds.. or maybe use a dual state led.. so that when it counting its red and when its on its green and off is no light.

all these are pieces that im trying to get in complete understanding of since im want to build really 2 more things.. a dual row 10 step sequencer and a 4 channel drum/trigger sequencer withe the option to expand each independent channel with cv as well. .. thats the end goal. a giant sequencer with many peripherals to make that one ridiculously dleicate and perfect sequence of music.