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SC-1 Mic Preamp NOW ON SALE!!!!

After many months of development, testing, troubleshooting, frustration, problems, and accomplishments... the SC-1 mic preamp kit, PSU-1848 power supply kit and power transformer kits are now available for sale!

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Photo of a finished SC-1 mic preamp kit!  (Note: XLR jacks and wires shown on picture not included in the kit.)

Features:
- Low-Noise, transformerless, High-Quality Mic Preamp
- All solid-state design, using chipsets from THAT Corp and Burr-Brown
- Soft-start, slow ramp-on +48V phantom power
- Crystal clear Red LED indicator for phantom power
- Electronically balanced input and output stages
- 12-position Grayhill gain selector switch
- Gain range from +6 to +72dB, in 6dB increments
- Input RFI protection
- Input clamping protection
- Output surge protection circuit
- Output RFI protection
... read more...

Download PDF file of Assembly Guide/Kit Instructions

Related products like the PSU-1848 Power Supply Kit, Power Transformer Kit, Power Control Kit are also available for sale. Click here.

 Wednesday, November 29, 2006
Thursday, November 30, 2006 2:46:19 AM (Central Standard Time, UTC-06:00) ( )
So you finished your project and it's now in a 1u or 2u rack chassis. Very nice.

However, the problem is nobody else except you know what all those knobs and switches are for. You need a way to paint labels on thos knobs and switches so it looks like a commercial unit.

You can use a service like FrontPanelExpress and have them create the front panel for you. They'll take care of drilling the holes, and labeling them by engraving the text on the aluminum plate. The result is a very professional front panel. They even provide you with a CAD software so you can layout and create all kinds of holes and openings (including D-sub connections, XLR, etc.). Then you submit the resulting file and you bare aluminum  front panel to them and they'll ship you back a finished product.

Click here to download the FrontPanel Designer CAD program. Sorry Mac users, Windows only. (Or run this via Parallels Virtual Machine software.)

Of course, the downside is it's very expensive. For a one-off project, and if you need odd shapes and openings, this may be acceptable. But if you're on a serious budget, there are other ways to create professional looking front panels.

I found this guy from the UK who's into building synths and he has written a nice article on the different options you have for getting those labels on your front panel. He's tried the Toner-Transfer method, Ink-jet Adhesive film, and Lazertran Paper. It seems Lazertran is the best solution and you can read up on his techniques to get it going.

Here are some pics of his work. Very nice. Check out his website by clicking here.

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