KBD 2e - Keyboard Converter

Keyboard converter / interface. Features...

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1 volt per octave control voltage Key gate Modulation LFO Modulation VCA Scaleable over 8 octaves. +/-12 or +/- 15V

Requires one or two switch per key keyboard with a voltage divider of 1 resistor per key 100ohm 1%.

Like most EFM modules the KBD2e is multi functional. It's primary function is to convert a cheap plastic keyboard into a synthesizer controller. It can be built on a panel and bolted in the rack or installed in the keyboard case. Getting the keyboard can be a problem. The easiest to convert I have found so far are the four octave Casio's. Once you have one you can ether build it in the case it came in or remove the keyboard and build it a more useable new case.

The hard part is converting the keyboard....We want to turn something like this...

Into something like this...

Remove the screws from the case and then cut, carve, pry, unscrew, and pull the existing electronics from the case. Be careful not to break or damage the PC-boards on the keyboard itself. Cut the keyboard away from the plastic case. Be careful to leave enough plastic on the sides of the keyboard to mount it to another case.Remove the screws holding the PC-boards to the back of the keyboard. Then remove the PC-boards. Save the screws and mounting hardware we will put the boards back on. The keyboard is really a bunch of switches connected by a diode matrix. We need a resistor chain so the diodes must be removed from the board and the solder pads cleaned. The chain is made with 100 ohm 1% resistors, one for each key minus one. So if you have 48 keys you need 47 resistors. It does not matter how many keys you have the

keyboard circuit can be scaled. Remove the diode matrix form a switch buss using the switches and built a 47 resistor chain of 100 ohm 1% resistors. After all of the resistors are in place bridge the solder pads on the edge of the board to make a common point for all the switch pads to connect. Solder the connection wires to the ends of the chain and the common point before you screw it back to the keyboard. Attach a digital ohm meter to the common point and one end of the chain. Press a key and measure the resistance. It should be 100 ohms X the number of resistors between the pressed key and the end of the chain. IE.. The lowest key should be 0 and the highest key 4700 ohms on a 48 key keyboard.

PARTS LIST Small Kit C1,C2,C9 C3 C4-6 C7 0.1 .001 .01 33p 3 1 3 1

C8 R1,R2,R4,R6,R8,R9,R16,R21,R22,R24,R28 R3,R5,R12,R13,R14 R7 R11 R15,R17 R18,R27 R19 R20,R23 R25 R26 D1-D3 Q1 Q2 Q3 U1,U2,U4 U2 Full Kit P1 P2 P3 T1

1.0 10K 100K 100 47K 390K 33K 470 2.2K 22K 220 1N914 2N3819 2N3904 2N3906 TLO72 LM13600

1 11 5 1 1 2 2 1 2 1 1 3 1 1 1 3 1

1M 50K 100K 10K

1 1 1 1

On Keyboard - 100 Ohms X the number of keys minus 1

Joystick C3 .001uF 6 R1 10K 5 U1 7 P.Bend Out C4 .01 R4 10K 2 1 R5 100K S1 Gate Disable Q1 2N3819 E 2 3 U2 1 F Pitch Out U1 3 R6 10K Mod Out P5 50K Mod Range P6 50K P. Bend Range

R3 100K

T1 50K

R2 10K

C5 .01uF

R7 100 D C6 .01uF Lag In

P1 1M Glide

R12 100K 6

C8 .01uF D3

4 R8 10K 3 U3 R10 33K R9 10K 5 C7 33pF

D2

U2

R13 22K

Q2 2N3904 G R14 100K Gate Out

D1

K C9 0.1uF 2 3 Jump R17 Jump R15 U4 1 * 1N4148 5 R15 10K 6 U4 7 I R20 2K2 P3 100K Rate R19 1K J L VCA CV O R18 33K VCA In M R25 22K

13 14 U3 16

12

10

VCA Out

R26 220 R21 10K

R24 10K

R27 33K

R28 10K

Q3 2N3906 R22 10K

H P2 1M WIDTH

* 1N4148

P4 50K VCA Init

R23 2K2

1 +12V C1 0.1uF Connections for keyboard wiring harness Keyboard A B C Joystick Mod P.Bend E B C 2N3904 2N3906 3819 J112 4 S GD D S G TLO72

16

5 8 9 LM13600

C2 0.1uF -12V

Q1 - 2N3918 or J112

-12V

+12V

KBD2E Keyboard Interface/Converter 11/15/99 - 1/5/2001 Copyright 1999-2001 EFM

K 32 16 8 4 2 Sub Range 1 Range2 Range 3 +5V H C C3 .001uF 6 R1 10K 5 U1 7 M From LFO Tri Out R2 10K T1 50K Mod CV R22 10K 4 3 U3 1 R* 220 R* 10K VCA CV R* 10K P* 50K VCA Init R* 2K2 Q* 2N3906 Glide Gate R* 10K R9 10K R10 33K R* 10K P4 50K Mod Init VCA Out R23 2K2 Lag In R25 22K 100ohm 1% X5 B 13 14 U3 16 R26 220 R21 10K R24 10K R27 33K 12 10 9 P2 1M WIDTH N Mod Out * 1N4148 VCO3 VCO1 2 VCO2 Jump R17 3 Jump R15 U4 1 * 1N4148 5 6 U4 7 I R20 2K2 P3 100K Rate R19 1K J L C9 0.1uF R15 10K R18 33K

R28 10K

Q3 2N3906

P1 1M Glide

VCA In

R* 22K

R7 100 E

Q1 2N3819

2 3 U1 1 F Lag Out

C8 1.0uF R* 10K

R* 1M

+12V C1 0.1uF E B C C2 0.1uF -12V 2N3904 2N3906 3819

4 S GD 2N3918 TLO72

5 8 9 LM13600

KBD2E to RXCV Expander Modifications 11/15/99 - 1/5/2001 Copyright 1999-2001 EFM