Turing Machine in 5U?

sduck · Post by **sduck** » Fri Nov 20, 2015 1:27 pm

Nope. They're sitting here in a drawer somewhere.

Paradigm X · Post by **Paradigm X** » Mon Feb 15, 2016 8:16 am

Hi mr duck. Did you get any further with the expanders at all?

Ive acquired the full set of expanders, and the original, and looking for inspiration to put them all into 1 panel.

Cheers!
Ben

raveboyy · Post by **raveboyy** » Mon Feb 15, 2016 9:00 am

I've designed my panel so far (180x80mm), the PCB's will be mounted on a bracket

fac · Post by **fac** » Mon Feb 15, 2016 9:48 am

I never knew much about the TM. I'm taking a day off from work so maybe I'll try to program something similar for the ardcore.

kindredlost · Post by **kindredlost** » Mon Feb 15, 2016 9:54 pm

fac wrote:I never knew much about the TM. I'm taking a day off from work so maybe I'll try to program something similar for the ardcore.

Keep us informed about your progress.

What I like about the concept of the Turing Machine is the idea of random or a blend of random and set patterns all under voltage control. Also the idea that the steps are selected simultaneously instead of just one at a time in sequential order.
The last thing to give it a little more

is the Write switch. All these things make the Music Thing build quite broad and unlike any other random generator like the Makenoise Wogglebug, Buchla Source of Uncertainty or Wiard Noisering etc..

My first modular synthesizer had a tiny Rockwell 6500 processor unit which I was able to use John Simonton's "Pink Tunes". The program had this pseudo-random control over aspects of pitch, note duration and octave range and blew me away back in the 1970's/80's. Larry Fast used it on his album "Computer Experiments Vol 1". To be able to touch upon this idea again in some limited way is the reason I have two full TM's in my system today.

Great stuff!

mumblinstevedubya · Post by **mumblinstevedubya** » Mon Feb 29, 2016 2:44 am

Just about to start building mine.

I also have the expanders which I will incorporate into 1 panel.

Looking for BYTES expander if there is anyone out there who has a pcb they are not going to use??

Steve

raveboyy · Post by **raveboyy** » Mon Feb 29, 2016 3:55 am

I've got one vactrol mix pcb if anyone is interested...

Paradigm X · Post by **Paradigm X** » Mon Feb 29, 2016 4:07 am

ive not got the bytes one, i was going to put the original, voltages and pulses all one one panel. not started yet tho, hate mechanical stuff.

theres also the mix expander and the bytes one you mentioned. be interested to see what you come up with, could always buy additional pcbs.

cheers

magman · Post by **magman** » Mon Feb 29, 2016 5:31 pm

I've got an expanded Turing Machine part built at the moment in a 3U width MOTM panel. Not wired it as yet and need to repair some PCB tracks I damaged by mistake, but might see if I can finish this off in the next week or so.

Regards

Magman

Paradigm X · Post by **Paradigm X** » Tue Mar 01, 2016 7:20 am

wow magman, that looks great. has to go 3u i guess. thanks for the inspiration!

i was trying to understand the 1+2/4+7 thing, not clear from the docs etc.

cheers

beautyofdecay_ · Post by **beautyofdecay_** » Fri Dec 23, 2016 1:45 pm

Here is a picture of my 5U version of the Turing Machine module with Pulses and Volts expanders.

Still work in progress...

donkey for rent · Post by **donkey for rent** » Fri Dec 23, 2016 4:06 pm

Lovely panel layout!

Dob · Post by **Dob** » Sat Dec 24, 2016 1:56 pm

Damn, love those panels, very stylish.

beautyofdecay_ · Post by **beautyofdecay_** » Thu Dec 29, 2016 5:46 am

Thanks!

However, while wiring the panel I just discovered I forgot to add holes for the Pulse and Clock LEDs

I guess I have to live without them...

sduck · Post by **sduck** » Thu Dec 29, 2016 12:42 pm

No drill? There's definitely room for those 2 leds. And more blinkenlites is always worth the bother...

beautyofdecay_ · Post by **beautyofdecay_** » Thu Dec 29, 2016 2:02 pm

sduck wrote:No drill? There's definitely room for those 2 leds. And more blinkenlites is always worth the bother...

I agree, more blinky lights is good and I do have a drill. But I won't manage a neat enough hole for the 3mm LEDs I'm using and that would definitely annoy me. I might change my mind on that though...

BTW, I'm halfway done wiring the panel. See the pic below...

beautyofdecay_ · Post by **beautyofdecay_** » Sat May 06, 2017 2:12 pm

Here's my finished 5U Turing Machine + Pulses and Dual Volts Expander in action.

And a look behind the scenes...
The Pulses expansion PCB was piggy backed on top of the Turing Machine PCB. The Volts Expanders are connected by flat cables behind the panel.
I made custom Aluminium brackets to mount the PCBs.

Jamnuska · Post by **Jamnuska** » Sat May 06, 2017 4:09 pm

That is super nice. Any ballpark on costs?

beautyofdecay_ · Post by **beautyofdecay_** » Sat May 06, 2017 5:21 pm

Jamnuska wrote:That is super nice. Any ballpark on costs?

For the panels you mean? The Turing Machine panel was about 69 Euros, the Volts Expanders panel about 58 Euros.

You can download the fpd files from my website if you like: http://www.ecalpemos.nl/2017/01/07/musi ... 5u-panels/

You can decrease the cost if you remove the graphic elements.
I wanted to add the extra functionality to my 5U modular and wanted to preserve the look of the original Eurorack panel.

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Turing Machine in 5U?