Turning an Old Toy into an Eurorack Drum Module

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    In this video I turn the circuit board from an old toy into an eurorack drum module.
    Thanks to Spenny for letting me use some of his footage in the video!
    Check out his RUclips channel: ‪@SpennyDubz‬
    For more projects like this check out my website: sandelinos.me
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Комментарии • 80

  • @agentmith
    @agentmith Год назад +20

    This is exactly the kind of video I needed to see in order to wrap my head around a bunch of stalled projects. This is great, please do more videos! I’m curious about that DIY filter you have in the eurorack too.

    • @SandelinosDIY
      @SandelinosDIY  Год назад +1

      The filter is my stripboard version of Kassutronics' KS-20 filter. If you want to build one you can find the stripboard layout on my website: sandelinos.com/diy/ks-20-filter

    • @Skootavision
      @Skootavision Год назад

      Same exactly!

    • @Beardqt
      @Beardqt 8 месяцев назад

      @@Skootavision lol I keep seeing your username on every single video I end up on so we must be some sort of youtube twins, which is creepy so I'm gonna pretend it doesn't happen now

  • @oasntet
    @oasntet Год назад +3

    Very nice! I did a bunch of circuit-bending like a decade ago, and got into diy eurorack stuff this last year, and this seems like a very straightforward way to merge the two.
    A lot of devices have a playback speed resistor that can be replaced with a potentiometer, but if it's actually part of voltage divider it might be very easy to add CV. Even if not, a vactrol could do the job, too, if a little less cleanly. Those animal noises often get really interesting at low speeds.

  • @sub-jec-tiv
    @sub-jec-tiv Год назад +1

    You are a cool MF 🤘💖 . The sounds are perfect “low-fi 1990” drum sounds

  • @fredscallietsoundman9701
    @fredscallietsoundman9701 6 месяцев назад +1

    Amazing module ! When do you start shipping them out ?

  • @dtharmo
    @dtharmo Год назад +5

    Wow great explanation, really enjoyed from start to end, you did some awesome job there!

  • @FrikiObsoleto
    @FrikiObsoleto 9 месяцев назад +1

    32:42 a sampling mode very Jean Jacques Perrey.

  • @MeeBilt
    @MeeBilt Год назад +6

    Great work and a really cool project! 😊👍

  • @Gin-toki
    @Gin-toki Год назад +4

    Great little projekt and great execution! :)
    For drilling larger round holes in thin plates I can highly reccommend step drills, they leave almost perfectly round holes compared to regular twist drills which have a tendency to make tribular shaped holes aswell as grapping the thin sheet metal. Moreso when hand drilling those holes.

  • @iamsushi1056
    @iamsushi1056 Год назад +2

    Why not add in some transistors to make the animal/drum switch voltage controllable? Then you could use a 3 position switch for manual override drums/cv or gate signal controlled/manual override animal sounds.

    • @SandelinosDIY
      @SandelinosDIY  Год назад

      This definitely would've been possible. I just didn't decide to do it because I didn't feel the need for it personally.
      BTW here's another way to do it without a 3-way switch with an XOR gate: url.sandelinos.com/animalinstswitch

  • @boriscat1999
    @boriscat1999 Год назад +1

    That Sony looks like it was a pretty cool toy back in the day. Your hack made for a very usable module, lofi drums and crazy sounds. Love it!

  • @KeritechElectronics
    @KeritechElectronics Год назад +1

    Look, mum! It meows! And no computer.
    Nice project :)

    • @ArtSproul
      @ArtSproul 7 месяцев назад +1

      I see what you did there ;-)

  • @HenricWallmark
    @HenricWallmark 8 месяцев назад

    Great! How come you didnt replace the toggle with cv changeable so you could flip between animal and drum on the fly?

  • @richardf3327
    @richardf3327 Год назад

    Can I ask - what soldering iron are you using (my next upgrade maybe. I'm using a TS100 atm

  • @indigocotton4187
    @indigocotton4187 Год назад +1

    A real life wizard ! Very interesting to watch. 👍

  • @unsoundmethodology
    @unsoundmethodology Год назад +7

    Nice! I did this same thing a while back with one of those toy drum kits with the roll-up rubber pads, but mine is kind of a poorly documented hack. You've done a fantastic tutorial here.

    • @SandelinosDIY
      @SandelinosDIY  Год назад

      That's awesome. Is this one yours? old.reddit.com/r/synthdiy/comments/zls7pw . Do you have a sound demo of it anywhere?

    • @unsoundmethodology
      @unsoundmethodology Год назад

      @@SandelinosDIY Yup, that's the one! I haven't actually recorded a demo for it - I should really do that.

    • @SandelinosDIY
      @SandelinosDIY  Год назад

      @@unsoundmethodology I'd love to hear it

  • @outaspaceman
    @outaspaceman 9 месяцев назад

    Thank you for doing the thinking bit on my next project, adding triggers to a novelty Calculator/DrumKit..🙏

  • @gizzyrecords9194
    @gizzyrecords9194 9 месяцев назад

    What power supply are you using?

  • @iamsushi1056
    @iamsushi1056 Год назад +1

    I noticed you’re using trs patch cables, even though eurorack traditionally runs on ts jacks. Why?

    • @SandelinosDIY
      @SandelinosDIY  Год назад +1

      I got a bunch of these TRS to serial cables(url.sandelinos.com/trsserial ) for free so I soldered patch cables out of them.

  • @mutedsounds2k
    @mutedsounds2k Год назад

    Now I need to find a Sony TCM 4040!

  • @richardf3327
    @richardf3327 Год назад

    Great video, thanks.

  • @benjiaomodular
    @benjiaomodular Год назад +1

    Very nice 👌

  • @scruffycatstudios
    @scruffycatstudios 5 месяцев назад

    Nicely done! Especially liked the work you did cutting everything down to what looks like 8HP? Brilliant!

  • @switchon1325
    @switchon1325 7 месяцев назад

    lol, pitch mods now

  • @danielkibbee1907
    @danielkibbee1907 Год назад

    Really cool. Was so hoping you were gonna hit that switch after programming the drums...❤🔥❤️

  • @rautshsale1948
    @rautshsale1948 Год назад

    btw, what's the case? how / out of what is it made? seems very rudimentary, but i like it a lot

    • @SandelinosDIY
      @SandelinosDIY  Год назад +1

      It's built out of old Eurocard (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurocard_(printed_circuit_board) ) racks I got for cheap 2nd hand.

  • @luanaleobas5858
    @luanaleobas5858 8 месяцев назад

    This is geniusssss!!! 😭

  • @leveaudor8577
    @leveaudor8577 11 месяцев назад

    cyriak energies

  • @cristianz8021
    @cristianz8021 Год назад

    ian curtis vibe

  • @danieloberhoff1
    @danieloberhoff1 Год назад +1

    very cool 😀

  • @tcdontplay4914
    @tcdontplay4914 Год назад

    love this! 🎉

  • @lorencarlin2087
    @lorencarlin2087 10 месяцев назад

    Just, WOW! So much time and energy involved. While easily duplicated with readily available drum machines, I'm forever in awe of those who can create their own stuff. Kudos!

  • @CarolandBradRendl
    @CarolandBradRendl 9 месяцев назад

    nice nails

  • @glauciogv5225
    @glauciogv5225 5 месяцев назад

    Good job !

  • @TheGreatDP
    @TheGreatDP Год назад

    What was the circuit design software you used?

    • @SandelinosDIY
      @SandelinosDIY  Год назад

      KiCad! It's awesome and it's free and open source.

  • @ShaggyMummy
    @ShaggyMummy Год назад

    amazing

  • @barrycullen1032
    @barrycullen1032 Год назад

    Would this 'transistor trigger' approach work with a PNP if the IC chip wanted the pin to go high?

    • @SandelinosDIY
      @SandelinosDIY  Год назад +1

      Yes but due to the nature of the PNP you'll have to add an inverting circuit in front of it.
      Here is the circuit I would use to trigger a toy that needs it's pins pulled up: url.sandelinos.com/invertedtoytrigger

    • @barrycullen1032
      @barrycullen1032 Год назад

      @@SandelinosDIY thanks for sharing that. Very kind of you.

  • @maxpatzelt8314
    @maxpatzelt8314 Год назад

    Love it

  • @PnPModular
    @PnPModular Год назад

    Excellent video love how you show the process for creating the schematic really useful!!

  • @justincatterall9597
    @justincatterall9597 Год назад

    Brilliant work. I wish I understood electronics better than I do; I'd love to have a go at something like this. Looking at the reverse of the original PCB, I bet that second IC has a lot more sounds on it than the 8 you're using... though I'm not sure how you'd get access to them.

  • @Ouefdie
    @Ouefdie Год назад

    Oh, very nice i was just recently wondering how to trigger buttons with CV! Thank you for htis video!

  • @AlexBarnDavis
    @AlexBarnDavis Год назад

    You got my sub. Keep this crazy shit coming. You have the funnies working for ya

  • @peladofreak
    @peladofreak Год назад

    great video thanks, would be great to have a tutorial for begginers to know how to indetify the initals pins to run the extracted board, also i want to do the same with a casiotone mt-70 that i keept for a long time, and dont know how :/ thanks a lot again!

  • @erickvond6825
    @erickvond6825 Год назад

    I think if it were me, I'd have simply recreated the circuit on the strip board.

    • @philip6252
      @philip6252 2 месяца назад

      Wasn’t you, though. Was it?

    • @erickvond6825
      @erickvond6825 2 месяца назад

      @@philip6252 You know what, your right. At least what I posted was constructive criticism. What a sad and shameful life you must live to have to go around pointing out everyone else's faults to make yourself feel better. Pitiful....

  • @Justin-TPG
    @Justin-TPG Год назад

    I hoped you kept the most important feature and I was not disappointed

  • @abominablemusic
    @abominablemusic Год назад

    your knowledge is impressive, nice one!

  • @verdielg
    @verdielg Год назад

    This was awesome to watch and so cool. Wish I had your electronic smarts. Brilliant adaptation!

  • @MirlitronOne
    @MirlitronOne Год назад

    Love the animal noises option. Good job!

  • @channelite
    @channelite Год назад

    Really cool to watch you build this. Awesome video!

  • @Soundbrigade
    @Soundbrigade Год назад

    So cool!
    There are tons of musical toys that should be able to modify and adjust to make into synth modules.

  • @dillipphunbar7924
    @dillipphunbar7924 Год назад

    Cleverly done and demonstrated. subbed

  • @distantcomets
    @distantcomets Год назад

    My god, that's badass! Congrats!

  • @SkullDraizer
    @SkullDraizer Год назад

    I like the resistor insertion special effect.

  • @majordabalert
    @majordabalert Год назад

    So sick. Love the song at 20 mins too

  • @synaesmedia
    @synaesmedia Год назад

    Very nicely explained

  • @nelsoncolereis4058
    @nelsoncolereis4058 Год назад

    Nice! There might also be a resistor controlling the pitch on the circuit board. If you replace that for a pot you can also control the pitch of the drums/samples.

    • @SandelinosDIY
      @SandelinosDIY  Год назад +1

      This board uses a crystal for the clock so there is no pitch resistor here. I do have some other toy PCBs that do have pitch resistors that I might feature in a future video though.

  • @Brumata
    @Brumata Год назад

    Great tutorial. Cool project! 👍

  • @ProfessorHumblesDelusions
    @ProfessorHumblesDelusions Год назад

    You’re a master at this!

  • @MegaDbase
    @MegaDbase Год назад

    Great job

  • @Mikere5
    @Mikere5 Год назад

    You are wearing fingernail polish ......hmmmm

  • @apollorobb
    @apollorobb Год назад

    And next we paint our finger nails like our sister

  • @I_Stern
    @I_Stern Год назад

    Interesting Site you have. Will keep me busy for next couple of weeks. ❤️👍

  • @VagPoop_
    @VagPoop_ Год назад

    💅 fabulous