Mimsy Modular - a DIY noisebox

https://makertube.net/videos/watch/09b2e0d6-c748-4c72-bc39-446d7c118f41

Phoenix vs. Mimsy round 2- DIY modular synth noise

https://makertube.net/videos/watch/9101ef73-7d2c-43b6-94bf-50328d6325bc

Hello nice Web peeps!! Has anyone had any experience with building an #AtariPunkConsole from #Rakit? I’ve successfully built mine and it’s sounding good. The only thing is when I connect my #Microfreak via CV and gate the notes ascend and descend the opposite way from usual. Any ideas?

@kurth
Here's a short #audio #sample of my #AtariPunkConsole

And my Atari Punk Console is finished. It's really very cramped in there, but it worked and I can still close it. I also added date and signature on the inside.
#AtariPunkConsole #synth #diysynth #555timer

It's almost done now. The main #circuit is soldered and tested, the boost converter is set to 9.2V and only the headphone jack and the cables to the main board are missing.
Some of the components are held in place by hot glue.
#AtariPunkConsole #synth #diysynth #soldering #555timer #555 #oscillator #hotglue

I built an Atari Punk Console on a #breadboard few days ago, and now I'm planning how to build a nice #enclosure for it.
I want to fit speaker, audio jack, salvaged #LiPo battery, #TP4056 charging and protection board, boost converter to get the 9 Volt, USB-C socket for charging, and of course some potentiometers, switches, and a minimized board for the #circuit.
Planning the #PCB layout was done using #KiCad, using SMD resistors.
#AtariPunkConsole #synth #diysynth #soldering #perfboard

Lessons in Mass Production from an Atari Punk Console https://hackaday.com/2023/11/16/lessons-in-mass-production-from-an-atari-punk-console/ #designformanfacturing #ataripunkconsole #massproduction #manufacturing #MusicalHacks #packaging #scale-up #Parts #apc #dfm

Here is my take on the Atari Punk Console. It is a "wheel" I've been thinking about "reinventing" for a while now :)

These PCBs were once again supported by #SeeedStudio Fusion.

https://diyelectromusic.wordpress.com/2023/09/02/atari-punk-console-pcb-design/

#pcb #AtariPunkConsole #SynthDIY

Atari Punk Console shenanigans https://youtu.be/OZ75F2cR6MM #makers #makerspace #ataripunkconsole #MakersOfMastodon #oscillators #steppedtonegenerator #556

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#ataripunkconsole #diysynth

Danger, rude noise! Ever wanted an Atari Punk Console synth but couldn't find the time to twiddle knobs? With an @adafruit MacroPad RP2040 & my “autopunkconsole” you can get Punk Console-like sounds, automatically! And if you have a #MacroPadSynthPlug, you can pipe the audio to your sound system!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nk56RTjSVIY
Thanks to @cedargrove's awesome `cedargrove_punkconsole` library:
https://github.com/CedarGroveStudios/CircuitPython_PunkConsole for doing all the hard work
#CircuitPython #MacroPadRP2040 #rp2040 #AtariPunkConsole

It's alive! One more step for this experiment left! #ataripunkconsole #lowpowerelectronics #noise #mastoarṭ

I feel like I always have some sort of problem building Atari punk consoles whenever I need them, this one is now alive! Now onto the next step with some photoresistors!

#LM556 #ataripunkconsole #lowpowerelectronics #mastoart

The Atari Punk Console, Now With More Vacuum Tubes

Most of us have beheld the sonic glory of an Atari Punk Console, that lo-fi synth whose classic incarnation is a pair of 555 timers set up to warble and bleep in interesting ways. Very few of us, however, have likely seen an APC built from 555s that are made from vacuum tubes.

It's little surprise to regular readers that this one comes to us by way of [David] at Usagi Electric, who hasn't met a circuit that couldn't be improved by realizing it in vacuum tubes. His "hollow-state" Atari Punk Console began with the 18-tube version of the 555 that he built just for fun a while back, which proved popular enough that he's working on a kit version, the prototype of which served as the second timer for the synth. With 32 tubes aglow amid a rats-nest of jumpers, the console managed to make the requisites sounds, but lacked a certain elegance. [David] then vastly simplified the design, reducing the BOM to just four dual-triode tubes. Housed on a CNC milled PCB in a custom wood box, the synth does a respectable job and looks good doing it. The video below shows both versions in action, as well as detailing their construction.

As cool as a vacuum tube synth may be, we realize that not everyone goes for the hot glass approach. No worries -- plenty of silicon Atari Punk Consoles to choose from here. There's one built into a joystick, a circuit sculpture version complete with mini-CRT, or even eight APCs teamed up with MIDI control.

#classichacks #musicalhacks #555 #apc #astable #ataripunkconsole #monostable #oscillator #synth #vacuumtube

Kinetic Synth-Kebab Sculpture Plays Punk Sequentially

What's better than an Atari Punk Console synthesizer? How about four Atari Punk Console synthesizers. And what better way to present them but as brass wire art sculptures. We'd have forgiven [iSax] if he'd stopped at four brass wire synths, but he took things to another level with his kinetic sculpture that does double duty as a mechanical sequencer. Called the Cyclotone - The Mechanical Punk Console Sequencer, it features wood, brass, brushes, and 555 timers. You can see the demonstration in the video below the break.

If you're not familiar with the Atari Punk Console, it's a circuit first described as a "Sound Synthesizer" in Forest Mims' "Engineer's Notebook: Integrated Circuit Applications" first published in 1980. It utilized two 555 timers in a single chip, the 556. Later dubbed the "Atari Punk Console", the circuit has stood the test of time and is still quite popular among hackers of all sorts.

[iSax]'s build adds a sequencing element that allows the synths to be played automatically. The synthesizers are skewered 90 degrees from each other on a square dowel, which is turned at a variable RPM by a stepper motor controlled by a knob at the base of the sculpture.

On either side of each synth is a commutator that contacts salvaged rotary tool brushes which provide power through the hexagonal brass supports. Each synth retains its own speaker and controls and has its own segmented numeral displayed with discrete LED's that light up when each synth is played.

We applaud [iSax] for a well executed and imaginative build that successfully meshes circuit scultpure, kinetic sculpture, classic electronics and even blinkenlights. If you enjoyed this build, you should also go have a look at a free form Atari Punk Console build and another one built into a joystick. If you come across a project of any kind that catches your fancy, be sure you let us know about it via the Tip Line!

#digitalaudiohacks #555 #555timer #ataripunkconsole #circuitsculpture #kineticsculpture #mechanicalsynthesizer #synth #synthesizer

Spent half the day to create a portable #ataripunkconsole box aka #AtariPunkCloud as well as building a pcb layout