SWTPC PSYCH TONE - Displaying a rare 70's programmable synthesiser
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- čas přidán 22. 08. 2024
- A Little video on how I am displaying the SWTPC psych tone, a rare piece of 70's synthesiser history! do check out this video for more information :-
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Where I get hold of it and make all the necessary modifications to make it friendly to be displayed.
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check the video where I go into depth on the function of this machine here czcams.com/video/3-iTcMpbOFE/video.html
Looking to fully open very soon, obviously its a bit tricky due to the hands on approach to it all, but it'll definitely be before end of July! that is for sure
A we sure everything (well, more anyway) doesn't need to be brought down to a more child friendly height?
"Museum of obscure oddities... " - It will be top 2 in tripadvisor at least - soon, and I can't wait to visit it once I am allowed to travel again.
That’s funny about having stuff organized based on what kids can reach lol, thinking ahead.
yeah. having built things for exhibitions before, even if they are supervised those little blighters break stuff
fun stuff. cant wait to visit when everything is opened up. big fan of what you are doing
When exactly the museum will open? Need to book my airplane tickets.
soon, tbh if you are coming from afar i would wait for the next season, itll be much more finished by then. only focussing on getting bare bones done before it opens and building on it. deffo next year if you are popping over from afar
That spring speaker totally works with it, awesome sounding.
Can’t wait to visit, Sam you’re a genius and a visionary!
Very cool. Sounds old but good. Robot meets reverb
This project gave me a strong sense of (literal) deja vu and I don't know why. But I was reading Poptronics in the early 1970s and interested in synths, so I very likely saw the article back then and I dunno, perhaps I was for a while giving serious thought to building one and that was what my brain was trying unsuccessfully to remember. Needless to say I didn't build one, but in 1977 I did build another Poptronics cover article synth, the PAiA Gnome. Which would be a cool thing for the MOEE too, if you can find one.
funny this vid I got to near the end and though gosh damn wish I had already put together that analog output quantiser!!!!!!
ill try find a gnome!
So awesome.
I managed to order all transistors to the Syke-Tune, but decided to drop the ICs as they were too expensive - $10-15 each. CMOS could do the same job. The "computer", don't remember if that was mentioned is a Pseudo Random Noise Generator, the kind often seen as noise generators in some synthesizers, but run on slow speed. Normally made up by shiftregisters and EXOR-gates.
The fun thing is that back in 197......4, I think I did actually sat and taped the PCB, had a friend at the Swedish computercompany DATASAAB to etch the PCB (original), but I never got around to get the components and build it. I am still prepared to build a version of the THING, but maybe alter some parts like the filter.
Anyway - thanks a lot LMNC for the review. And articles on the MACHINE are out there, or check AmericanRadioHistory, where loads of scanned copies of old electronic magazines are available.
check the link to my other video in the description I actually build the sequencer on stripboard to show how its working hope it is useful!
sounds cool!
Sounds great, very eerie. When the museum opens and it gets busy its gunna sound mad with different bleeps and bloops
ha yeah thats the plan, there was a point i was going to synth everything timing wise, but figured its acutllay better simpler and less sync! around the building anyways ha
SWTPC - now that is a blast from the past. I remember the SWTPC 6800 computer series but didn’t know they made a synth!
indeed!!! if you see the other video link in the description i chat about the 6809 i got hold of as being a catalyst for looking into the SWTPC company
@@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER Thanks for the link - really enjoyed that! I miss the days of great kits made from discreet components with a good technical description on their design. Inspirational times!
Wow sounds great 👍🏾
glad you like!
Very appreciative of your child friendly (safety) considerations. Cheers!
thinking of safety of kids is on my mind but at the same time they need to be supervised. but everything is bolted down for instance plinths are bolted to the floor and whatever is on them if they have a precarious centre of gravity are secured, this is down to the safety of kids, I have done as much as I can from my side to not cause harm. but in the end of the day they need to be supervised, and there are a number of notices stating this fact. it isn't a family fun time frenzy ha. if there are kids going mental there might be some conversations to pop them down to the local creche :D...... saying that a few kids have already been around and are far more responsible than I gave them credit with my risk assessments. but there are always those super hyperactive ones so I gotta be careful
@@THISMUSEUMISNOTOBSOLETE Dude, a reply from LMNC! I dig it! I plan to visit the museum someday with my kid. LMNC is a household name around here. And yes supervision is the name of the game. Love the vids and jams, keep em coming.
Think about tying it into one of the scopes, might make some interesting patterns. You would be able to see how the different knobs affects things
bip bipbipbipbipbip bup
I'm going to have that stuck in me head all day now.
With the spring speaker it reminds me of Bertha, no need for a burglar alarm in the museum just leave this on and anyone trying to break in will get the willies and leg it.
483km via Dover Ferry. I think i come with my bicyle.
Liked the prev vid on this little doodad.
Like this one, too.
Hell...I like all your vids!
When you open TMOEE, I'm going to have to figure out how to afford the airfare from Chicago to you...
Man i'll love to visit it once its ready. Just need to check if i need a visa or something since GB isnt in the EU anymore.
The museum of everything else, sort of save. :)
I can't recall, did you cut the monitor speaker out of the circuit so that you only hear the spring speaker above, or is it still always on regardless?
It'll still go if you turn on the monitor switch on the front of the panel
Hey more of a general question regarding the museum, lots of your exhibits are hands on, at the best of times synth modules can be temperamental and somewhat fragile. Are you worried at all about the constant usage of these exhibits causing modules to break and such?
well yep. one of the things is coming to the museum nothing is actually guaranteed to work. things break, its part of the process. hopefully people are careful. I have had quite a bit of experience with building for exhibitions and had had nightmare scenarios and good reliable turnouts. im prepared, but like I said nothing is guaranteed to work.
Hi! Cool video! I bought a psych tone from an estate sale in Detroit earlier this year. Fully functional. It really seems to burrow its way into your psyche. I love it, but have decided to pass it along to another synth/vintage gear nerd. Wondering if you or anyone on this thread might know a good platform for a sale. :)
I wonder what this would sound like with a clock speed in the audio range...
look at the other video I made another version fit with faster clock.
I strongly suggest swapping the visual representation lower than the functional antique, and adding to the representation circuit something that cranks the clock back to a default after say 5min idle. Could be highly kid friendly.
It's too tall for kids anyways. The representation isn't musical in this setup. The other item I was.thinkinh of putting on a timer but then I swapped.the power supply so figured fudge it
@@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER sorry , I meant the silent representation, if slightly ruggedized & perhaps with a clock that resets, would be a good piece to intentionally put into kid range. Apologies for not being clearer.
@@crafty_geek ahaaa I see! Nice. Yeah makes sense now. Yeah mebbe! I'm sure something else flashy will sit down there :D thanks for the input
i hope opening day is a madhouse and every day after . have you tried having everything on all at once ?, just in case you pop fuses .
ha well lets see! hopefully at the start it aint too overwhelming ha who knows lets see! as for popping fuses im sure its fine, this stuff is low current but who knows
you also work on cars?
Hook it up to some Instruō modules and call it the "saïch tone"
2nd
Yo
I hope you have a master switch to turn everything off, otherwise you're gonna get visited from synth ghosts from the past each time you try to leave the place :P
haha yeah i have it arranged into 3 master circuit cutters. nice and speedy for everything that needs to be turned off :D
Yay first lol