Building the Yocto #21 – Soldering the Sequencer
The sequencer is now fully assembled apart from the MCU and SPI EEPROM not being mounted, according to the instructions. Video and photos in the post!
Building the Yocto #20 – Soldering the Master section
This section was quite small and was quickly assembled without any issues. I am however starting to think that there will be some horrible issues when I finalize the unit. But that is a problem for another day. Video in the post!
Building the Yocto #19– Soldering the Hihat
Continuing with the Hihats of the Yocto.. No issues here (unfortunately?), let’s hope things continue in this manner. Just the master section and the sequencer left now. Video in the post
Building the Yocto #18 – Soldering the Cymbal
The Cymbal is soldered now. I had some issues with calibration and had to replace som resistors to get the calibration right. Video in the post.
Building the Yocto #17 – Soldering the Cow Bell
Things are coming along nicely, apart from the fact that my arm is now covered with ink from a pen which I forgot to recap while soldering the Cow Bell. Check out the video in the post!
Building the Yocto #16 – Soldering the Hand Clap
So I moved in July if 2017 and after that I haven’t really done anything with the Yocto unfortunately. I have done some work on restoring a Korg Polysix with various issues, but that will be a separate post. But now I have actually managed to get my thumb out of my ass to finish...
Building the Yocto #15 – Soldering the Rim Shot
Things are progressing slowly. I am currently quite busy with work and searching for a new apartment and preparing for moving so I haven’t relly had the time/energy to do any soldering for a while. I finished the Rim Shot section a couple of weeks ago but I actually forgot to upload the video, but...
Building the Yocto #14 – Sorting the Rimshot
Guess I better get going sorting the rest of the components, working on the Rimshot section. Instead of sorting to baggies I decided to just tape the components to a piece of paper (using paper tape). Saw someone suggest it on a forum and it actually feels much more organized. Will waste less plastic also....
Building the Yocto #13 – Rework of Low Tom SW8
As you may have noticed (if someone is actually watching!) I managed to put the switch in the Low Tom section on the wrong side of the board. Don’t understand how I could miss that, but shit happens I guess. Decided to spend some time on the new year to resolve this issue.
Building the Yocto #12 – Soldering the High Tom
Didn’t feel like reworking the switch mounted on the wrong side of the PCB in the Low Tom section. Will do that another day! I continued with the High Tom, no big suprises here either but once again I seem to be getting sloppier with the solder so I had to use both solder wick...