Comments on: $2 sampler hack

By: casper

casper — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 20:21:02 +0000

@Kimaxe:
I haven’t modified the sampler beyond what is shown in the drawing. I imagine there is more to find with some searching.

By: Kimaxe

Kimaxe — Sun, 09 May 2010 16:20:12 +0000

hello

big thank you for your explanation of this cheap sampler

i want to know if you have found some other modification
into this sampler (distortion ,cheap effect ,very low sampling with ltc 1799,lfo …) ?

i have receveid two piece of this lil sampler and i want to search if is possible to found other things with it .

good continuation

By: casper

casper — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 17:52:06 +0000

@tara: There’s an important step missing from the drawing. Look at the two points on the board where the pitch pot is connected. Between those points is a small resistor. you have to remove that resistor! then the pitch adjustment should work.
The loop is unfortunately a fixed length. It will be the same no matter how long you record.

By: tara

tara — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 17:23:25 +0000

thanks for posting this!
I’m giving this a go but I’m not getting the pitch shift to work. Also the loop time is very short – no matter how long I record – will replacing the cap fix that?

By: david wright

david wright — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 01:46:35 +0000

what a cheap and trashy good time
thanks so much for puting this up

http://www.notbreathing.com/lilsampler.jpg

By: jackybraillard

jackybraillard — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:56:31 +0000

Awesome !

I knew you would probably have a trick for that problem, thank you so much dude

Cheers from France.

By: Tommy

Tommy — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:58:21 +0000

Here’s a link to Alex’s take on it. Thanks Pete…nice schematic.

http://www.getlofi.com/?p=1152

By: casper

casper — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 01:32:44 +0000

Hey Jacky,
yeah that clicking is really annoying! Not all of them do it, about 1 in 4.
The good news is it can be fixed.
Remove and/or replace the cap C1. It is the one that the loop switch connects to. On the drawing above, follow the wire from the left lug of the loop switch. This wire connects to C1. Removing it will get rid of the click but I vaguely remember it causing some other problem. In any case replacing it should do the trick. I think it’s just a bad cap.

By: jackybraillard

jackybraillard — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 01:25:02 +0000

Thanks for the schematic man, you roxx !!!

Got one of these but unfortunately there is an unexpected “click” sound in background… and that sounds loops in time whatever duration of recordings, soooooo anoying

–> The yada yada yada toy sounds better !

By: Joe

Joe — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 11:56:57 +0000

Hi,
nice idea.
Any demos?
Thanks