Very impressive album indeed. Well done Drew... and youre co-conspiritors

Sorry I just suddenly disappeared. youtube decided i wanted to look at something quite different, and I couldn't get back

If push comes to shove, you can get USB isolators - don't know if there are any that can do the full USB3 negotiation

That's a really nice chill-out track. Thanks.

Hugh Robjohns wrote: ↑Thu Apr 25, 2024 3:26 pm

In any case I'd be inclined to suggest using a plug and socket so it's not permanently attached...

The reviews and manuals I've seen talk of a 3-pin DIN socket to connect the expression pedal.

This one has a 4 core captive cable. The lamp ground doesn't share the signal ground.

I just entered the following in my browser (Firefox)
synthfestuk2024

This returned the link:
https://www.synthfest.co.uk/

As of today that's showing a different page

It's definitely proving to be an interesting project! In the industrial world the Italians were well known for taking a 'different' approach to everyone else, and it seems they carried this over to music kit! Internally nothing at all is plugged. It's all hard wired with a central laced wiring loom....

Arpangel wrote: ↑Thu Apr 25, 2024 10:04 am I was going to say he makes a lot of money out of this, but it looks like a lot goes to charity.

He is very vocal about the charities, and gives them a lot of space on-site. He also does a lot for the local community.

I've just noticed there is a page up for this with a link for tickets, but the link invites you to buy ones for 2023

Martin Walker wrote: ↑Wed Apr 24, 2024 3:31 pm Even he seemed to be mildly bemused by being honoured

I'm not surprises. I only saw him once at Glastonbury 2000, and he seems very quite unassuming.

About time!

Thanks for that

Not so sure about the 'dynamic' bit
I'll prolly be along between 9 and 10 - to avoid the rush hour traffic.

Thanks for the heads-up James
Great so see independent mention.

Very interesting drawings. Only a few specialist chips, the rest are pretty standard. I would hope it will be mostly a matter of copious switch cleaner and cap changes to get it tickety-boo.

Tony, can you print off a copy of that PDF? My printer seems to be having a bit of a 'sleep'

OK, I was playing a bit dumb, but for (I think) a good reason. I wanted to know what other people think of as an oscillator!

The reason for that is I see people online getting excited about having (say) a whole 4 oscillators. I'm used to seeing at least 16 (but mostly only using 4 or 5).

BJG145 wrote: ↑Fri Apr 19, 2024 3:43 pm Oscillators...

They're the source. The lifeblood.

Go read some Gordon Reid. All 63 parts. Then read them again.

https://www.soundonsound.com/techniques/whats-sound

Well I probably would if I could find them, but from what I've seen so far, I'm not expecting any surprises.

Not having much familiarity with {cough} conventional {cough} synths, I get quite confused when people talk about number of oscillators. For a start, what exactly do you call an oscillator? Is this something that operates per key? Or is it in some sort of matrix arrangement? I'm coming from a backgr...

Stickman0_3 wrote: ↑Fri Apr 19, 2024 3:21 pm Is there yet another bug in the system?

FTFY

OK, I'm a bit perplexed, and it's my first time using a Farfisa, there seems to be no output volume knob, but there is a volume pedal connected via a 3 pin DIN plug, this doesn’t seem to be working, just tested it. It sounds great through the internal speakers, if a bit noisy, hum. It also has an &...

If, as DM says, they can be retrofitted surely they can also be 'retroremoved' and whatever blanking mechanism fitted in their place? Yes they can be. You remove any sticky out bits, then get a thin strip of plastic trim and the adhesive from the likes of B&Q, cut it to fit the full width of th...