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S800 EQ build update - New front panel design.

The parts have arrived!!! Yay! Looking at the contained components, quality is really really high. I cant believe these parts, the pots are all UK made and they even included the sockets for the IC's. Very nice indeed. This is a combined kit for 4 of the S800 EQ mono channels from Audio Maintenance Limited. 

S800 EQ front panel - Front Panel Express

There is this amazing company that provides a software application that enables you to design your own front panels. Not only do they give you the software but they make it for you too! Amazing! Ive spent the last 6 hours fiddling with this front panel design. Measurements are made to fit the S800 PCB's mounted pots. Just remember! If you use this layout you will need to replaced the switch on the far right of the PCB with a panel mounted toggle switch.

This was designed by myself, but I don't mind if you use it. Or share it for that matter.

Download the Front-panel Express file below.
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S800 EQ PCB's have arrived.

They have arrived! I'm quite excited to say the least. I am also coming across more info on the s800 as I go along. Peterc (Group Diy member who used to supply the boards) got hold of me offering a little advice on the project. I will be posting info here as I go. But for now I am very glad to say that I have the PCB's. I was lucky to get them, they came through a member on the group diy forum who had them but hadn't used them. So I grabbed em! Excellent!

Medium res scan below. I will be attempting to "trace" a PCB trace layout for home replication. But for now, here is a scan of the actual board. Board dimensions are 160 X 87,4 mm.  

The beginning of a new EQ project S800 EQ

Right! I told myself that I wouldn't start another blog. But here I am typing away like a fool! Anyway, I thought it would be good to document what I am doing with my soldering iron. I haven't been building pro audio stuff for long. I'm only on my second project as we speak. But damn! I'm having such fun building this stuff that I think I'm going to carry on. I'm posting progression and documents here so that perhaps others that are keen to get stuck in might benefit. there are a lot of projects about and few resources that actually help. So keep your eyes peeled, there might be something worth looking at here one day.

S800 EQ