Super-fun GAKKEN SX150 analog circuit synth revisited

[@kimthompson5871]

Cool . Much like the stylophone .

[@gearfacts]

Yeah like a super-stylophone

[@lostcrow]

I have one of these they are great fun 👌

[@gearfacts]

Pure sonic recreation and fun. Love it :)

[@Handcraftedrock]

KZbinr Motohiko Takeda was selling MIDI IF for it. Also, Korg SQ1 makes it more interesting. You can watch Synthesiser Dave - Episode 10 - Gakken SX-150 Mk II

[@gearfacts]

It's an external effects thang, no doubt about it

[@stompingstones]

Take the Gate Out from the SQ-1, to the Line In of the Gakken, then CV out to the stylus (tip of cable). Note: the Gakken isn't 1v/oct...it's 2.5ish. So you need to set the SQ-1 to 5v, and everything around noon or above in the steps sweep, will be your usable range. Cool side effect, everything below that threshold will retrigger the filter on the next note.

[@UrryKurtz]

Dunno. Prison souvenir type thingy :)))

[@ralphhathaway-coley5460]

If that grey/black strip is a resistor then adding a keyboard to this would be a piece of cake I would think, then even more versatility. Cheap synths do sound so much better through some old guitar pedals!

[@ChunterInfo]

I think they didn't want to be bothered to calibrate CV Because you're right otherwise

[@gearfacts]

Oh yeah it's just begging for some pedal friends!

[@stompingstones]

Connect the outer two legs of a potentiometer (try 1m) to the screws on the ends of the strip, with the stylus connected to the center leg of the pot. You now have a handsfree drone, with a more easily sweepable pitch...if you connected a switch you could accuate the drone as needed...if you connected several of that pot/switch set up in a chain, then tune each to scale, and played like a "normal" synth