Repairing an Axon AX 100 guitar-to-MIDI converter (part 2)

(Note: this was originally posted on the Edinburgh Hacklab blog on 4th April 2015)

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So the replacement LCD (a Midas MC21605B6WK-FPTLW) arrived last week, and I headed to the lab to try it out.

Repairing an Axon AX 100 guitar-to-MIDI converter (part 1)

(Note: This post originally appeared on the Edinburgh Hacklab blog on the 24th March 2015)

I've wanted a Guitar-to-MIDI converter (a.k.a. a guitar synth) for yonks. In particular, I've been looking for an Axon AX 100 unit; they were renowned for the speed and accuracy of the tracking that the proprietary neural network software could achieve. Unfortunately the AX 100 has been out of production for years, and used units are commanding prices in the high hundreds of pounds. However, I recently found a reasonably priced spares-or-repair unit on eBay, so I picked it up.

Post 0: Welcome, and an introduction

Hello there, and welcome to my new blog; let me introduce myself and what this blog will cover.

Photo credit - @tinyblob

I am a maker and hacker living in Edinburgh with a particular interest in music and audio, playing with everything from MIDI to synthesis to valve amplification and everything else in between. I was a co-founder of the Edinburgh Hacklab makerspace and most of the things you'll see here will be at least partly developed in there - indeed, I've blogged a few times over there already.

The blog was primarily born out of a desire to share some of the discoveries I've made with pieces of equipment I am working with, but I'll also try to show some of the things I'm working on as they are developed.

If you find anything useful or interesting, please get in touch to let me know!

Cheers
Gareth