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Building the Nava #18 – Updating the Firmware

2019-10-312019-10-31 Laban
Updating the firmware via MIDI SysEx to the latest version I could find (v1.028beta). Used “Syxex Librarian” in MacOS to do the transfer but MidiOx on Windows should work fine also.
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Building the Nava #17 – Installing the Power Switch

2019-10-312019-10-31 Laban
Installing the powers switch in the Nava. Used crimp connectors instead of soldering so it would be easy to take things apart when needed
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Building the Nava #16 – Case fitting & Adjustments

2019-10-222019-10-22 Laban
Fitting the E-Licktronic Nava in the metal case. Had minor issues with the scale LEDs not fitting properly due to the holes being too small. I also had some issues with the back screws as the spacer was off some fractions of a millimeter. Later on I managed to bend these slightly so the screws…
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Building the Nava #15 – Soldering the Master Section & Startup

2019-10-202019-10-20 Laban
So we’re getting closer to the end of this project, hopefully, here I solder the master section and I try to power it up for the first time and see if I get any sound at all from it.
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Building the Nava #14 – Crimping cables

2019-10-152019-10-15 Laban
Crimping all of the cables for the E-Licktronic Nava. I decided to use connectors on both ends of the cables as I am not fond of soldering cables directly to a board, so twice the amount of crimps! If you are going to do this I would recommend buying 5-10% more of the crimp terminals.…
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Korg Poly-800 Mk1 – Replacing Battery & Restoring Presets

2019-10-132020-06-14 Laban
This Korg Poly-800 Mk1 had suddenly started to behave oddly. If it made any sounds at all they were inconsistent and random. This would indicate that the memory is corrupt due to a bad battery. As I understand it there was no internal battery mounted in all of the Kort Poly-800 Mk1, they required batteries…
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Building the Nava #13 – Soldering the I/O board

2019-10-102019-10-10 Laban
Soldering the I/O board of the E-Licktronic Nava TR-909 clone. The only issue here was that the DIN connectors did not have the correct spacing between the outer pins so I had to modify them as I did not want to wait for “proper ” ones. This worked out fine!
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Building the Nava #12 – Soldering the Sequencer

2019-10-052019-10-05 Laban
This video shows the soldering and troubleshooting of the E-Licktronic Nava Sequencer section. The biggest issue I had here was that the supplied LED holders were too big and did not fit side by side. I resolved this by using some 10MM high M3 spacers that I had. These fit perfectly; You just have to…
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