Re: [AH] CSQ-100 hacking CSQ-600 step/rest feature

From sines
Sent Sun, Mar 4th 2018, 00:57

I never opened it up to investigate, but figured it was 4x boards and a =
big old ugly switch in there.=20
I=E2=80=99ll ask Sean. I thought Ramiro might know, or maybe Ko.. =
CC=E2=80=99ed here


Todd

> On Mar 3, 2018, at 7:51 PM, Kenny Balys <xxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx> wrote:
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> Do you already have your 2114's to biggyback or some large dynamic RAM
> to cascade through?
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> Shouldn't any rotary switch do it?
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> Not trying to be snotty, just wondering if you are working off a kit =
or something like that.
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> On 04.03.18 24:40 , sines wrote:
>> Side note / thread hijack.
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>> Anyone have the lead on the 3-6x rotary switch that allows you to add
>> more sequence locations? Sean McBride had his done this way, but I
>> can=E2=80=99t find the info on it.
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>> Still on the search for Eurorack sequencers that do all of this,
>> which isn=E2=80=99t much, but does it so well.
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>> Todd
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>>> On Mar 3, 2018, at 7:34 PM, Kenny Balys <xxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx>
>>> wrote:
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>>> I am looking that the schematics of both and the CSQ-600 has 2
>>> kilobytes of  sequencer RAM and the CSQ-100 has 512 bytes. This
>>> makes me suspect that the CPU coding isn't going to be exactly the
>>> same.
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>>> But the switch matrix and surrounding logic looks the same!
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>>> So there is a step in socket on the 100 thus adding the STEP button
>>> is just a diode and a pushbutton.
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>>> And the B.Step is a diode, pushbutton, NPN transistor (2SC945P or
>>> 2SC1815GR) and 1 resistor.
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>>> Then I could finally add a rest!!!!
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>>> So this will work??? Thats pretty cool.
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>>> What about the portamento button? Did you implement that too?
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>>> Also, where did you put the buttons? On first glance, the front
>>> panel bushings look would work as then no new holes need to be
>>> drilled.
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>>> On 03.03.18 20:42 , Florian Anwander wrote:
>>>> I am replying public to this private  email, because I think it
>>>> wasn't meant to be private.
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>>>> I haven't seen any info yet (and I don't remember from whom I got
>>>> this hint), but I once improvised the "step back" function and it
>>>> worked. So I assume that the info is correct.
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>>>> Florian
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>>>> On 03.03.18 20:51 , Kylee Kennedy wrote:
>>>>> That's awesome is there any info out there on how to do those
>>>>> mods?
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>>>>> Kylee
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>>>>> On Saturday, March 3, 2018, Florian Anwander
>>>>> <xxxxxxxxx@xxxx-xxxxxx.xx <mailto:xxxxxxxxx@xxxx-xxxxxx.xx>>
>>>>> wrote:
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>>>>> BTW: did you know, that the CSQ-100 uses the same processor /
>>>>> firmware as the CSQ-600. You only hav to add some transistors
>>>>> and pushbuttons, to get all the step programming possibilities
>>>>> of the CSQ-600.
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