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July 21, 2011

I'm building a theremin.

I'm building a Moog Etherwave. And getting over a cold. News at eleven.

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Update 7-26-11: So I got it all put together beautifully last week... circuit soldered tightly (first soldering I've done in years), cabinet painted a lovely gloss black, and I plug it all in and... nada. Oy. So, after a weekend of purposefully *not* spending all my free time trying to fix it, I called Moog, and the guy very helpfully walked me through some diagnostics with my multimeter.. Turns out there's a bad coil (they're fragile, and it's not uncommon). They're sending a replacement, which I'll install on the board, and hopefully that will fix it. Stay tuned. The cold is much better.

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Update 8-5-11: Got the part yesterday and popped it in today, and it worked like a charm. Me and my kid played with it for quite a while.. he got the hang of it right away. Very fun. Playing it feels like dancing to me. Next up is getting it adjusted so it works with the cover on, and learning how to be a bit more specific with the pitch when I want to.

Posted by richard at 11:23 PM