dawning of the levaithan..

so it was a super nice interlude doing the diy synth from doepfer.. but it only honed me up for the second round on the sequencer. after my incredibly botched test from a couple weeks ago, i decided that since there were far too many mistakes and shortcuts taken on that main board.. i decided to get another from MFOS. so i repopulated it very carefully, and with forthought of any mods and kluges neccessary. so the other day i got to test the heart of it and the see it run..:) YES! i tested the A channel of gate and cv. all was good. the gate can use the 4 bit inversion mod or run normal while the cv line runs moded. i made a little switcher tester set-up for the bench and then hooked p and connected the b line and that gate as well. DING another winner! then last was the slide and its led generator.. OHH SNAP! 3 for 3. all the connections have .10 headers to connect them with corresponding pots, buses, jacks, buffers etc, so it took quite a while to do the connectors and to get all the wiring coded, and discernably labeled.

so far its all good. i havent been able to see every channel running yet though since i dont have 3 sets of mod switchers on the bench test set up. so i would run one at a time to test the lines and connections. really the last thing will be testing the actual functions to make sure the cvs aer correct and that the gates are correct . i also have to wire the slide bus to the corresponding normal and portamento outs. then its trimming the pot shaft lengths with the dremel, wiring the connectors for the clock and rest links to the previos sequencers, finishing the rear panel connections for external 4 bit outs and power etc, and attaching the opening door/case for the entire enclosure, then last but not least putting on all the knobs and the rosewood trim strips. once all thats donr.. the very very last thing will be to make the 3- 12 conductore cables that go to the 4bit mod line inverters. then its install time. about fuckin time. whew....