by barry72 » 11 Nov 2012, 03:20
HI BRIAN ,, Thanks for the Praise mate ,ERIK ,of denmark did a great job for me on the Facia panel from dimentions sent via email etc ..& yes I agree that PIET the designer of this project should be recognized & I have done this..
My add-on top Panel containing the LCD & valve controls is a recent addition [5days-ago] to accomidate the LCD &4x buttons . was the only place left to do this ,as I did not want to build another casing ..
I am a born Tinkerer & have built Johans Automation ,with his guidance [as I am not good at the DSP technology needed ]he has walked me though his Arduino set-up by many,many- emails to & from OREGON &Australia ,without his kind help i could not have done it..JOHAN ,like, PIET are Wizards at the digital DSP programming needed to design these projects .
AS i only play at home here i do not really require the Automation as the Manual controls do the job just great ,[as originally designed by PIET to keep this kit affordable & less complex],but as said i like to Tinker ,so in my Etap-2-HW I have the options all in there & can use the Automation if required & or Manual,[i tend to like Knobs HA.haar] & i have many on this unit ,as you see , adding the ''Meazzi-circuited-valve audio'' as an option has added more contols on the top cover ..
In the future the automation will be enhanced & allow more patches etc to be made available etc,etc.for those who like that.
But if one builds this Etap-2-HW kit as first concieved by PIET, I can assure that you will get all the vintage Shads sounds needed covering 95% odd of the tunes ,& the intended use was to be very similar to how HANK used those old MEAZZi's manually adjusted for the various sounds required ..& we all know the results of those day's ..,sounds we still all try to emulate ,,HA.Haar .in the Etap-2-HW one can dial-up a sound to his &or her liking as was done as said in those old MEAZZI's ..
CHEERS ,BRIAN & ALL ,,,,,,,,,,,,,BARRY from OZ..