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Spring Reverb Mk ii
EXPANDER
(November
2017 onwards)
Music Thing Modular Spring
Reverb Mkii EXPANDER
PLEASE DO NOT LINK TO OR REDISTRIBUTE THIS
DOCUMENT WITHOUT PERMISSION FROM THONK
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document please visit –
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Refer also to the Music Thing
documentation here -
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DIY INSTRUCTIONS
This document gives detailed instructions that assume you have purchased a
complete Spring Machine Expander kit from
November 2017, it also assumes no previous knowledge of electronics.
To learn to solder try
the Adafruit guide to excellent soldering –
Watch and understand that whole YouTube video! If you're not achieving the
results shown in the video then you need to buy new tools or seek advice.
You will not end up with a working unit otherwise.
TOOLS REQUIRED
Soldering iron, snipe nose pliers, wire strippers, small flat head screwdriver
and diagonal cutters AKA snips AKA side-cutters. A Digital Multimeter is
always helpful for checking for bad solder joints and continuity. Thonk sell a
range of inexpensive tools here -
November 13th 2017
Eurorack DIY Kit
Instructions
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpkkfK937mU
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Version 1.00
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Summary of Contents for Thonk Music Thing Modular Spring Reverb Mk ii EXPANDER
- Page 1 Soldering iron, snipe nose pliers, wire strippers, small flat head screwdriver and diagonal cutters AKA snips AKA side-cutters. A Digital Multimeter is always helpful for checking for bad solder joints and continuity. Thonk sell a range of inexpensive tools here - http://bit.ly/1jxqF3n...
- Page 2 This isn’t about perfectionism, you are very likely to end up with a destroyed, damaged or defective unit if you’re not hitting that standard. This photo is from the Adafruit guide to excellent soldering - http://bit.ly/1l77tF4 and is reproduced under an Attribution-Sharealike creative commons license - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ November 13th 2017 www.thonk.co.uk...
- Page 3 RCA jack coming into contact with the metal panel. If the RCA jack grounds have connectivity to each PLEASE TURN OVER FOR RCA other via the metal panel then the INSTRUCTIONS spring tank simply doesn’t work. November 13th 2017 www.thonk.co.uk...
- Page 4 Next take the four conductor ribbon wire included and break into two double conductor sections like shown. Strips both ends of all four conductors and twist and tin with solder. Your wire is likely to be different colours. November 13th 2017 www.thonk.co.uk...
- Page 5 Next solder the RETURN RCA. .green wire. on the ground ring is going to the PCB input marked Ring, the .blue wire. on the tip of the jack is going to the PCB input marked Tip. November 13th 2017 www.thonk.co.uk...
- Page 6 Again remember, you need to attach the shunt when the expander isn’t connected or the module will not work. CALIBRATION Calibration doesn’t need specialist tools, just your EARS If you are using a real spring tank then before putting the big knob on the November 13th 2017 www.thonk.co.uk...
- Page 7 Set the level so that the volume of the reverb sounds roughly equal on both sides. For more information on this module and selecting a suitable tank read here - https://medium.com/music-thing-modular-notes/everything-i-know-about- spring-reverb-1fb4b32abf87 November 13th 2017 www.thonk.co.uk...
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