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Title: Lullavibe *Demo added
Post by: Guitarmageddon on September 13, 2013, 12:16:54 AM
The "Lullavibe" for my mate Matt. (one of his projects is "Space Cadet Lullabies")

(http://i1122.photobucket.com/albums/l524/guitarmageddon9/lullavibe2.jpg)

It's a modified Roger Mayer Voodoo Vibe.
An extremely malleable LFO and an obsolete waveform generator ic make it a tweakers delight. Controls are for symmetry, bias and pulse or sine waveforms selector, a huge range of speeds, from very slow to super fast, chorus or vibrato modes AND one it's got one of the sweetest tremolos I've heard.
It's led based and runs on 9v, but still has the right sound. It's also very quiet too.

(http://i1122.photobucket.com/albums/l524/guitarmageddon9/guts-6.jpg)

I've made a few mods to increase the vibe depth, bass content and I reworked the output buffer into a LPB style booster- a lot louder, easily able to overdrive an amp. The flashing speed control is also very useful for seeing exactly how the waveform is being manipulated.
Matt wanted Neil Armstrong on it, a challenging etch, but I think it came out pretty well. Very many hours of work went into this one, but well worth it.

(http://i1122.photobucket.com/albums/l524/guitarmageddon9/deet.jpg)

(http://i1122.photobucket.com/albums/l524/guitarmageddon9/lullavibe1.jpg)

A real quick demo before it went:

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Post by: selfdestroyer on September 13, 2013, 12:58:59 AM
Wow this is stunning. I love the whole thing, great job.
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Post by: lincolnic on September 13, 2013, 02:23:52 AM
Holy cow, the level of detail in that visor! Such a good job.
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Post by: hoodoo on September 13, 2013, 02:33:11 AM
Always love your work mate, but this is unbelievable, the detail in that etch= awesome  8)
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Post by: midwayfair on September 13, 2013, 02:37:14 AM
I think that might be the most detailed etch I've ever seen.
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Post by: jimilee on September 13, 2013, 03:10:02 AM
May we have a sound sample?
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Post by: rullywowr on September 13, 2013, 05:25:26 AM
Absolutely killer etch and build.  Love the led chicken head knob and the plethora of options for different tones.
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Post by: billstein on September 13, 2013, 06:15:12 AM
Wow! I didn't know an etch like that was even possible. You've set a new standard. Great work.
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Post by: Tremster on September 13, 2013, 07:52:27 AM
 :o :o :o
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Post by: LaceSensor on September 13, 2013, 08:07:01 AM
will you be sharing the project at all?
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Post by: Guitarmageddon on September 13, 2013, 08:21:48 AM
Thanks Guys!
I've been experimenting with the dot matrix shading for a while. It's all in the timing. Cut too deep and you loose it all. I have a fingertip which I've donated to the cause, pull the box out of the acid and feel the surface to gauge the depth of the cut...That fingertip is a lot smoother than my others. :o
Quote from: LaceSensor on September 13, 2013, 08:07:01 AM
will you be sharing the project at all?
It's actually quite an old project. You can find it at freestopboxes.
It's scattered in a couple of threads so there's no quick direct link, sorry.
If you have trouble locating any of it I'm happy to help.
I probably should re-work it with my updates at some point....
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Post by: raulduke on September 13, 2013, 08:29:42 AM
Awesome build dude. Magnificent!

I hope he was well chuffed with it!
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Post by: Cortexturizer on September 13, 2013, 08:42:53 AM
My mind is going...I can feel it.
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Post by: alanp on September 13, 2013, 11:00:33 AM
Oooh... I really, really like that! What is the function generator chip?
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Post by: Bret608 on September 13, 2013, 02:33:28 PM
Oh my, an etchable layout of this exists? I might have to do this. Yours looks amazing, though I am a little worried about your fingertip!

What size enclosure is this, by the way?
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Post by: jkokura on September 13, 2013, 03:27:30 PM
I agree. That's a shoe in for the September contest. The etch sets it apart so well, nevermind the complexity and challenge of building that whole thing and getting it working. Great, great job.

Jacob
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Post by: spaceboss on September 13, 2013, 03:30:31 PM
Truly special build and etch.  :o
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Post by: hammerheadmusicman on September 13, 2013, 04:08:05 PM
I said it on Facebook and will say it again. Witchcraft!
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Post by: Bret608 on September 13, 2013, 04:40:16 PM
At FSB, I found a thread called "Little Voodoo Vibe by Kaputapalla." Is this the same thing? The layout looks about right.
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Post by: Guitarmageddon on September 13, 2013, 09:43:02 PM
Thanks again guys.
The enclosure is a 4S 1590DD. It was a very tight fit with not enough height for the rotary switches and board in the same place. Ideally, a deeper enclosure would give you more layout options.
The build info is on this page (http://www.freestompboxes.org/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=507&p=227288&hilit=voodoo+vibe#p227288). You'll be wanting the zip file called "kt66_voodoovibe", second post down.
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Post by: Guitarmageddon on September 17, 2013, 08:20:47 AM
Quote from: jimilee on September 13, 2013, 03:10:02 AM
May we have a sound sample?

There yo go.

A real quick one before it went:

Title: Re: Lullavibe *Demo added
Post by: gordo on September 18, 2013, 02:54:33 AM
I'd pay big money just to get the chameleon effect on my strat!
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Post by: brejna on September 18, 2013, 09:59:02 AM
Awesome build!!