x0xb0x runs to be discontinued:

OriginalJambo · Post by **OriginalJambo** » Tue May 06, 2008 2:40 am

urbanscallywag wrote:Or am I missing what you mean?

Well now that it's been discontinued and the prices seem to be on the rise it seems there's still a good market for 303 clones. Therefore it might be sensible for another manufacturer to step in and to help fill the void that's been left, so to speak.

Post by **Stab Frenzy** » Tue May 06, 2008 3:16 am

urbanscallywag wrote:
OriginalJambo wrote:Wouldn't it be great if someone just developed a really accurate 303 digital (software or hardware) sequencer (step programmable complete with the weird glide and accent 303 functions) that outputted either MIDI or CV? Then you could just plug into any old analogue synth with MIDI/CV inputs?
The x0xb0x project could be used for this. It comes with CV/gate and MIDI out.

Or am I missing what you mean?

Also the x0xb0x sequencer doesn't need any of the rare or expensive parts, so it's cheaper and easier to build.

urbanscallywag · Post by **urbanscallywag** » Tue May 06, 2008 3:56 am

Stab Frenzy wrote:Also the x0xb0x sequencer doesn't need any of the rare or expensive parts, so it's cheaper and easier to build.

Righto. The schematic is there for the taking, of course following open source restrictions. The sequencer only board could be quite small and customized to the designers preference.

I imagine the whole sequencer could be built for $60-80 if someone did a run of boards.

Or someone could pick up the concept and run with it commercially and hit $300-400 for an assembled unit.

Post by **Stab Frenzy** » Tue May 06, 2008 4:28 am

urbanscallywag wrote:I imagine the whole sequencer could be built for $60-80 if someone did a run of boards.

Or someone could pick up the concept and run with it commercially and hit $300-400 for an assembled unit.

Would probably cost a little more than $80 with the case and power supply, I'd estimate $150 for the full kit.

Rusty O'Hara · Post by **Rusty O'Hara** » Tue May 06, 2008 10:08 am

c1t1zen wrote:Thanks for the links th0mas. I went ahead and grabbed all the rare chips. Didn't take long at all. But I can see why the kits were discontinued, as I'm going to be receiving 5 boxes from all over the world just for these few parts. The rest I'll order from the regular sources Digikey, Mouser, etc.

I might look into getting all the parts as well and get a mate to build one for me.

What kind of cost all up are we talking?

And how much effort to find everything?

th0mas · Post by **th0mas** » Tue May 06, 2008 2:36 pm

Rusty O'Hara wrote:
c1t1zen wrote:Thanks for the links th0mas. I went ahead and grabbed all the rare chips. Didn't take long at all. But I can see why the kits were discontinued, as I'm going to be receiving 5 boxes from all over the world just for these few parts. The rest I'll order from the regular sources Digikey, Mouser, etc.
I might look into getting all the parts as well and get a mate to build one for me.

What kind of cost all up are we talking?

And how much effort to find everything?

answer to both questions is it depends on what is on ebay at the time. It took me about 2 hours and around $100 to get enough rare parts for 5 x0xb0xs.

pricklyrobot · Post by **pricklyrobot** » Wed Jul 02, 2008 6:45 pm

More kits:

http://ladyada.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6365

th0mas · Post by **th0mas** » Wed Jul 02, 2008 6:52 pm

pricklyrobot wrote:More kits:

http://ladyada.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6365

Crazy! at first i felt cheated but realized that I'm still not at the end of the list (9/13/07) so still probably am better having self-sourced all the parts.. and it was the 'no more kits' announcement that pushed me to do it, so it all works out.