Wow I built that same unit all those years ago and it provided many hours of fun, I built many of the projects in those days including the Trancendent 2000 synthesizer designed by Tim Ore and the Chromatic 5000 lighting controller all from ETI projects, I used to purchase kits of parts to make these and the front panels were included and these came from a company called Powertran Cybernetics that I think has long gone now, Keep up the good work, love the videos........Dave
I have 2 ETI Vocoders built in the early 80's which are waiting for refurbishment. They belonged to my best mate and neither of us can remember whether either of them ever worked. Looking forward to seeing your progress.
Different from your normal videos, but a welcome video all the same! It was really good being able to see the process of making a panel like this from a blank sheet of aluminum to the end product! Thank you Julian! And like Macca said earlier... I'd love to have ready access to these guys!
Talk about tool envy! That would take me 2 weeks to make with my battery drill and step drill bit. I knew instantly the term vocoder and I might have used one but can't remember where - that's the grey matter for you. I did spend over a decade in the pro-av industry. Can't wait to see more of this project.
A great old skool project, made in a great old skool way ! Very enjoyable. 1:09 "Change sex or orchestrate yourself" - LMAO clever wording. Btw, apparently Bob preferred his name said like lawn mower, 'mowg' as pronounced.
Very nice, thanks for showing that manufacturing process. Interesting deburring tool you are using for the edges of the panel, never seen something like that. Mind explaining what that is?
ForViewingOnly I probably won't do much with the finished vocoder, probably just make a lot of silly noises. But the fun will be in building and testing the various circuit elements. The Moog is being built by a friend, but he doesn't do electronics, so I'll be helping (and making videos).
Good to see something still made in England. Here in the United States I think... I think we still make fruit roll ups? I think? Maybe not the pineapple ones those might be imported from the Philippines?
Hello Julian, i'm interested in this project, i also like to build DIY synthesizers. It works your vocoder? The wiring is not too complicated to achieve?
The ETI vocoder is something I've been meaning to build for a while. I'm looking forward to your progress. As for the Minimoog... Are you building a clone?
gslug1 The Mini Moog is being built by a friend - not sure if you'd call it a clone though. He wants lots of illuminated switches which the original certainly didn't have. But the circuitry is likely to be pretty faithful to the original.
assistantto007 That's true - I had several silver-fronted Hi-Fi separates. I'm not sure why I made such a fuss about the colour - I'm probably going to ruin it by labelling the pots with dymo tape!
How expensive is to do that panel ? Maybe ordering an aluminium PCB like the one I have on the Solar BMS at the bottom works better. You can do all letters as either coper pads or white painted over the black silk screen. Anyway it looks good and was done really fast.
***** So, I've been following your MBS builds.... How do you get your project so professional looking? I can understand the PCB; but the other bits and pieces, where do you get those done?
Donovan Lym Thanks. Can you be more specific is almost all done from PCB parts. There are no other custom parts. And on the new SBMS will be the same just a lot more PCB pieces that is more of a 3D puzzle made of mostly FR4 PCB except for the metal core PCB at the bottom. Someone noticed that even my house build uses a similar strategy :)
When the machines are available, making panels is easy if not time consuming (in business terms) but to try and make the same panel at home is a nighmare. I was going to make the comment the electrostatic generator in the spray booth might not be working.
Wow I built that same unit all those years ago and it provided many hours of fun, I built many of the projects in those days including the Trancendent 2000 synthesizer designed by Tim Ore and the Chromatic 5000 lighting controller all from ETI projects, I used to purchase kits of parts to make these and the front panels were included and these came from a company called Powertran Cybernetics that I think has long gone now,
Keep up the good work, love the videos........Dave
I have 2 ETI Vocoders built in the early 80's which are waiting for refurbishment. They belonged to my best mate and neither of us can remember whether either of them ever worked. Looking forward to seeing your progress.
Nice run-through of the panel process. Looking forward to your build(s).
I would like the Aluminium Case Company in my backyard,a very handy addition...
The powder coating makes it look so professional. I hope to see the final project posted soon.
VoltLog The finished project will take a while, but I'll starting on some parts of the circuitry fairly soon
That was one of the most interesting vids . So thats how the panels are made ! Love those imperial graduations . Thanks Julian .
Different from your normal videos, but a welcome video all the same! It was really good being able to see the process of making a panel like this from a blank sheet of aluminum to the end product! Thank you Julian! And like Macca said earlier... I'd love to have ready access to these guys!
Powertran kits are brilliant. We had a Powertran digital delay unit at one of the studios I worked at and it sounded fantastic for its age
Talk about tool envy! That would take me 2 weeks to make with my battery drill and step drill bit. I knew instantly the term vocoder and I might have used one but can't remember where - that's the grey matter for you. I did spend over a decade in the pro-av industry. Can't wait to see more of this project.
djkelectrical I'm looking forward to getting some sounds out of it, even before it's fully built
A great old skool project, made in a great old skool way !
Very enjoyable.
1:09 "Change sex or orchestrate yourself" - LMAO clever wording.
Btw, apparently Bob preferred his name said like lawn mower, 'mowg' as pronounced.
slider2732 Ha, that is clever wording - I hadn't noticed that.
Ingersoll rotary wafer door lock- very nice.
Very interesting fabrication process. Thanks for sharing.
Amazing! I was considering water jet cutting existing faceplates off the shelf. But I may give these chaps a ring, they're just down the road from me!
***** Please do!
Love the Aluminium Case Company. Nice... very expensive... very nice... things.
nice when you can call a favor like that. Funny, i was thinking earlier today that i need a vocoder!!
Wow it ended all of a sudden, could have watched a lot more of that.
Very nice, thanks for showing that manufacturing process.
Interesting deburring tool you are using for the edges of the panel, never seen something like that. Mind explaining what that is?
I'm intrigued what you're going to do with a vocoder and a mini-Moog. A Kraftwerk cover band? :-)
ForViewingOnly I probably won't do much with the finished vocoder, probably just make a lot of silly noises. But the fun will be in building and testing the various circuit elements. The Moog is being built by a friend, but he doesn't do electronics, so I'll be helping (and making videos).
Julian Ilett Cool, looking forward to the videos Julian.
Good to see something still made in England. Here in the United States I think... I think we still make fruit roll ups? I think? Maybe not the pineapple ones those might be imported from the Philippines?
I remember the ETI articles well!
You used to work there.... but still have a key? hahaha your secret's out now :)
Hello Julian, i'm interested in this project, i also like to build DIY synthesizers. It works your vocoder? The wiring is not too complicated to achieve?
The ETI vocoder is something I've been meaning to build for a while. I'm looking forward to your progress. As for the Minimoog... Are you building a clone?
gslug1 The Mini Moog is being built by a friend - not sure if you'd call it a clone though. He wants lots of illuminated switches which the original certainly didn't have. But the circuitry is likely to be pretty faithful to the original.
Julian Ilett Everything seems to be covered in LEDs these days! Sounds like a fun project.
Julian, do you have a video on how you did the lettering? Thanks.
Now-now, the 80s is remembered for its SILVER gear....
But I'm sure your project will look just fine with whatever colour you could have selected.
assistantto007 That's true - I had several silver-fronted Hi-Fi separates. I'm not sure why I made such a fuss about the colour - I'm probably going to ruin it by labelling the pots with dymo tape!
How expensive is to do that panel ? Maybe ordering an aluminium PCB like the one I have on the Solar BMS at the bottom works better. You can do all letters as either coper pads or white painted over the black silk screen.
Anyway it looks good and was done really fast.
***** So, I've been following your MBS builds.... How do you get your project so professional looking? I can understand the PCB; but the other bits and pieces, where do you get those done?
Donovan Lym
Thanks. Can you be more specific is almost all done from PCB parts. There are no other custom parts. And on the new SBMS will be the same just a lot more PCB pieces that is more of a 3D puzzle made of mostly FR4 PCB except for the metal core PCB at the bottom.
Someone noticed that even my house build uses a similar strategy :)
Your a bloody Genius mate :)
i love your videos!!!
What an excellent video, can they make a battery box for me?
Andrew Bryant pianotunerbristol Thanks Andrew. Give the boss a ring, his name's Mark
Cheers Brother :)
how would one do the lettering on this?
Oh my my...
When the machines are available, making panels is easy if not time consuming (in business terms) but to try and make the same panel at home is a nighmare.
I was going to make the comment the electrostatic generator in the spray booth might not be working.
Good people to know. Good you didn't burn your bridges! :)
Ah! So that's what you look like!
Good to put a face to the voice!.
Moog.... Pronounced "Mogue". ;)