BUILD YOUR OWN DRONE (1 Viewer)

[theoootini]

looks/sounds pretty deadly.

Oscillator bank.
De-tune and fade the volume of four oscillators to create rich drones.
Audio input
Add external signals into your drone or use the Lab’s filters and distortion as an FX processor.
Low pass filter
Modify the tone of the oscillator bank and input signal before it goes into the distortion.
Distortion
Adding distortion brings out the phasing rhythm between two or more tones.
Band pass filters
Two slightly resonant band pass filters can be adjusted to drastically alter the tonal character of your sound. Achieve wah-wah and phaser sounds as well as creating classic analog synth filter effects.
Tremolo bank
Add movement to drones and create interlinked pulses and complex sequences. Sync the master tremolo clock to a limitless number of other drone labs to create a rhythmically linked drone orchestra. Alternate clock sources may be used such as modular synth clocks, drum machines, piezo triggers and simple DIY clocks such as the 555 timer.
Battery or wall power
The Drone Lab draws very little power and will work for days straight on a single battery. In the event the you don’t have a battery it can also be powered using a standard 9 VDC wall wort power supply.
Add your own circuits!
It may be small, but a proto area has been added to the board to allow for simple circuit addition. We’ve got oodles of ideas that we’ll post as the project goes on. Hopefully others will contribute their ideas and designs as well.

he'll be selling the pcbs shortly.

 

[тхеодоре кацзынски]

not one of these then?

 

[theoootini]

nope!

 

[the departed]

i was looking at that last night. looks pretty good. particularly interested in the audio input and filters etc.

although, as per usual, my lack of electronics skills will probably mean i wont be getting one.

 

[chutneyfarmer]

Wow, I'll definately be keeping my eye out for that!!! Always wondered why there aren't more little synth type kits. The only ones I can think of actually are the MFOS Sound Lab or WSG ones.

 

[HMD]

Will someone make me one of these please?

 

[theoootini]

do it yaself!the tremolo thing sounds deaderly...

 

[Red_Dog]

If you just go moooooooowahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhbbbbuuuuuuuuoawhhhhhhaahhhhdddhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhmuhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhagaggaggaahhh

In to a beans tin it sounds the same

 

[Space]

Will someone make me one of these please?

If you buy me a pcb I'll make ya one. See how much they cost first I suppose.

 

[HMD]

If you buy me a pcb I'll make ya one. See how much they cost first I suppose.

deadly, nice one.

 

[aoboa]

Cool. This looks like one worth getting for sure.
Will you make sure to bump the thread when the kit is available?

 

[theoootini]

Drone Lab in Norway

I’m celebrating the release of the Drone Lab at the Piksel festival in Bergen, Norway. November 19-22. Kits will be available for sale and there will be a DroneLab building workshop followed by a participatory drone performance.

cool.

 

[dubh in seattle]

whoa. evil plans already churning in my head... 2 units with cross-modulation possibilities...

 

[theoootini]

preorders up now.

50 quid for a bare pcb is a bit too rich for my liking though...

like, consider this guy selling a full parts/pcb kit for a CV synth module for 85 dollars...

 

[aoboa]

and 200 for the kit. That's a bit much alright.

 

[theoootini]

way too rich. that sampler thingy i made recently was 85 dollars for the kit.

 

[chutneyfarmer]

like, consider this guy selling a full parts/pcb kit for a CV synth module for 85 dollars...

Any direct links to the seller's site? Can't access the electro-music forum in work

 

[theoootini]

he doesn't have a site i don't think, just send him a mail. he's on the ball. i've got stuff from him before.

[email protected]

 

[chutneyfarmer]

ta!

 

[theoootini]

looking at that link again, it looks like the pcbs are hand etched? that would add to the cost i guess. still no way i'm going to get it at that price though...