Music Thing Modular Magnetophone and VCV Rack

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Music Thing Modular Magnetophone as a sound source and VCV Rack as an effect processor.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=In47yH8 ... e=youtu.be

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I dig the module idea, I gotta look for some unprocessed demo. Passed through that effect stack anything will sound about the same...

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Here is the second part, recorded sample played in vcv rack. This Nysthi Simpliciter reminds me of the Octatrack audio machine.
https://youtu.be/EnxZJC72xZ0

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i did something similar a while back with two old walkmans and guitar fx. can be fun if you cover a whole card in tapes going top to bottom, then move the tape head left to right, so from tape to tape rather than along one tape 8)

cool idea for a module though :tu:
nice tune too.

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@vurt thx! I'll try what you suggested.

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as i dont want it to appear im claiming a genius idea as my own, i got the idea from "handmade electronic music" a book about hacking various household items for the purpose of audio 8)

https://books.google.co.uk/books/about/ ... edir_esc=y

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vurt wrote: Tue Sep 24, 2019 1:33 pm as i dont want it to appear im claiming a genius idea as my own, i got the idea from "handmade electronic music" a book about hacking various household items for the purpose of audio 8)

https://books.google.co.uk/books/about/ ... edir_esc=y
(Ive got a spare copy of the first edition of that if anyone wants it for the cost of postage...)

when i was clearing out our equipment workshop I found a booklet full of door swipecards with magnetic strips on them. kept them for when I build a magnetophone.
my other modular synth is a bugbrand

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yeah, credit cards and such also give off some pops n clicks, beeps maybe.

it's a great book btw, even if you have no clue about electronics, not all the ideas require knowledge or solder :babd:

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how difficult is the module?
could be fun pre supercell :love:
(everything else is)

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vurt wrote: Tue Sep 24, 2019 5:27 pm how difficult is the module?
could be fun pre supercell :love:
(everything else is)
Should be pretty easy to build. less than 30 parts, mostly resistors and caps, plus a single IC.

https://thonk.co.uk/documents/magnetoph ... c_v1.1.pdf

There's a tapehead built into the module but an external one on a cable is probably preferable.

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my other modular synth is a bugbrand

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yeah the built in one probably requires more of a violin bow tape?

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vurt wrote: Tue Sep 24, 2019 5:41 pm yeah the built in one probably requires more of a violin bow tape?
its kind awkward that its vertical though. that's why I grabbed the swipe cards.
my other modular synth is a bugbrand

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does look a little awkward. not too difficult to swap out though.

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thx on the book and card tip!
yeah the module is really easy to build. the built-in head is at an awkward position, the knob is too close.
I'm not sure you could swap head to be placed horizontally, as it's mounted to pcb...

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