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

From Kenny Balys
Sent Sun, Mar 4th 2018, 00:50

Do you already have your 2114's to biggyback or some large dynamic RAM
to cascade through?

Shouldn't any rotary switch do it?

Not trying to be snotty, just wondering if you are working off a kit or 
something like that.


On 04.03.18 24:40 , sines wrote:
> Side note / thread hijack.
>
> 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’t find the info on it.
>
> Still on the search for Eurorack sequencers that do all of this,
> which isn’t much, but does it so well.
>
>
> Todd
>
>> On Mar 3, 2018, at 7:34 PM, Kenny Balys <xxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx>
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> But the switch matrix and surrounding logic looks the same!
>>
>> So there is a step in socket on the 100 thus adding the STEP button
>> is just a diode and a pushbutton.
>>
>> And the B.Step is a diode, pushbutton, NPN transistor (2SC945P or
>> 2SC1815GR) and 1 resistor.
>>
>> Then I could finally add a rest!!!!
>>
>> So this will work??? Thats pretty cool.
>>
>> What about the portamento button? Did you implement that too?
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>> 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.
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> Florian
>>>
>>> On 03.03.18 20:51 , Kylee Kennedy wrote:
>>>> That's awesome is there any info out there on how to do those
>>>> mods?
>>>>
>>>> Kylee
>>>>
>>>> On Saturday, March 3, 2018, Florian Anwander
>>>> <xxxxxxxxx@xxxx-xxxxxx.xx <mailto:xxxxxxxxx@xxxx-xxxxxx.xx>>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 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.
>>>>
>>>