{"id":369,"date":"2013-09-17T08:32:45","date_gmt":"2013-09-17T08:32:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lushprojects.com\/blog\/?p=369"},"modified":"2013-09-24T16:21:58","modified_gmt":"2013-09-24T16:21:58","slug":"building-a-lushone-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lushprojects.com\/blog\/2013\/09\/building-a-lushone-system\/","title":{"rendered":"Building a LushOne system"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_371\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lushprojects.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/LushOne-System.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-371\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-371 \" alt=\"LushOne-System\" src=\"http:\/\/lushprojects.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/LushOne-System-600x275.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"275\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lushprojects.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/LushOne-System-600x275.jpg 600w, https:\/\/lushprojects.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/LushOne-System.jpg 705w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-371\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">LushOne system<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p>It has always been my intention that it should be possible to use the LushOne to build big systems. Now we\u2019ve got three modules designed we\u2019ve got the basics of a capable modular synthesizer. The building blocks available in the three modules are functionally very similar to those found in classic systems like the mini Moog and MS20. Still, it\u2019s natural to want more of everything and it is particularly helpful to have more oscillators and more mixers in any synthesizer. Over the last few months I\u2019ve been working on my own LushOne system.<\/p>\n<p>The physical design is very simple. It\u2019s just a piece of plywood with holes on a grid to mount LushOne boards on spacers. The layout is set up for a 3 x 3 grid of boards. I\u2019ve designed a special board to hold the RECOM DC to DC converter. Power is distributed by \u201cchocolate block\u201d terminal strips under the LushOne circuit boards. Currently there are two LushOne base modules, one LushOne Contour and two LushOne Inca modules.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_375\" style=\"width: 391px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lushprojects.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/psu-pcb.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-375\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-375\" title=\"Power supply - hand made board\" alt=\"psu-pcb\" src=\"http:\/\/lushprojects.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/psu-pcb.jpg\" width=\"381\" height=\"378\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lushprojects.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/psu-pcb.jpg 381w, https:\/\/lushprojects.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/psu-pcb-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 381px) 100vw, 381px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-375\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Power supply &#8211; hand made board<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p>The boards have been somewhat modified for my own requirements. The same MIDI input controls both LushOne Base modules. This allows four oscillators to be controlled from the keyboard. The LushOne Base modules are running the prototype version 2 software which provides additional wave shapes as well as the ability to run the OSC2 to an octave higher or lower than the main oscillator. One of the LushOne base modules has been modified so that the OSC2 output is at a signal level rather than at a control voltage level. This makes is really easy to have textured base notes with several harmonics.<\/p>\n<p>The LushOne Contour module is standard. But, one of the LushOne Inca modules has a potentiometer and photo cell fitted instead of the joystick as an alternative way to provide input.<\/p>\n<p>The additional flexibility of the system with so many oscillators and signal processors is great. When I get time I\u2019ll write up in detail some of the modifications. At the moment I am playing with digital delays using the PT2399 chip and I really must build a second LushOne Contour to get a second ADSR.<\/p>\n<p>It may not be the prettiest synth in the world, but I think it looks cool and the bang-for-the-buck is hard to beat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It has always been my intention that it should be possible to use the LushOne to build big systems. Now we\u2019ve got three modules designed we\u2019ve got the basics of a capable modular synthesizer. The building blocks available in the three modules are functionally very similar to those found in classic systems like the mini [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lushprojects.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/369"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lushprojects.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lushprojects.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lushprojects.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lushprojects.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=369"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/lushprojects.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/369\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":378,"href":"https:\/\/lushprojects.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/369\/revisions\/378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lushprojects.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lushprojects.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lushprojects.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}