Humkillers, Video-amps and simple matrixes : WHO's INTERESTED ???

[dronkie]

So...

Now that I've got your attention.
On this very moment, I'm finishing some nice video-applications:
Since they weren't available, I had to make 'em myself ...
You never would expect them to ever exist :


Low priced humkillers
Low priced 1in 4out Video-amplifiers
Low priced Videomatrix
(don't know the config on those yet)

Well ... as low priced as i'll get them to be ...
I would like to know if ther's anyone interested in having one off them. That means : i have to make the pcb's and buy the ingredients for this electronics soup. If you're interested, let me know.
I know you all would die to get your hands on one of those fancy 250 ? humkillers, well here's yer chance to have one for a fraction of that price. Lemme know folks, mail or call me ...

Dronkie from Belgium

[robotfunk]

sure i'm interested, especially in the matrixes and amps.
any more info re price and, more important, quality of these parts?

[komart663]

yep;interested too by vid amp and matrix,got a question : what's hum killer ?

[burstingfist]

Yes, interest here...

[InsideUsAll]

interest here too...

[2Bit]

ditto

[ToddGraft]

Count me in on the Christmas sale, I 'll take a box set.
Ps. If you wanna kill your hum then I suggest prevention, not cure; but they are useful if someone else is plugged in and you're going live (sic)

[hyperdimensional]

...and me.

[wellREDman]

wellREDmans hand is in the air

[fluchtpunkt]

...mine too

[AudioVisualizers]

me too! interest in all...can I afford it...that's another story. how can I not afford it! willing to do trades? need any tritium? ;) get the stuff out, and take pix, etc, and forward to me, and I will host 4 you (free), or link to your site, or help you with e-commerce or whatever. your choice. but get it out there. I want some. and know others who do too....

[sofarok]

low priced matrix sounds interesting, possibly the other bits to

[wellREDman]

will the matrix be composite or svid?

[eXhale]

count me in for a matrix and amplifier :)

[dedhedgehog]

def interested in the amp matrix

[dronkie]

Euh ... I think that's a 'yes' if ther's soooo many people interested ...

Dronkie

:)

[bigloose]

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[fisheye]

Matrixes.... i like them ... i want them , but only if they have a RS 232 port..... So you can program them

F!sh-I

[epoch]

very interested!!!!!!!

[mikimoto]

----------------- me too! ---------------------
sorry for asking but : What`s a humkiller? sth to amplify the signal?

[PilotX]

And another for a matrix possibly.

[burstingfist]

A humkiller (humbucker) removes signal noise due to ground loops. Ground loops can be caused in a number of ways. The main culprit is different, interconnected devices using different electrical circuits. Hum will show up as an audio static sound or as a video 'roll' (a slow rolling horizontal variation in the output). It can also be caused when certain devices are ungrounded and other devices are grounded. Not a common occurance, but when it happens, it pisses you off...

[mikimoto]

thanx burstingfist!

[dronkie]

Yeah ... i must admit that i'm already dreaming of controlling them through rs232... But i'll have to learn how to walk before i can run ...

Wouter

[murph]

sign me up!

[apu]

very interested in a PAL matrix with composite connections. not svhs

how much approx. any idea. wont hold you to it. i promise :D

look fwd to hearing about it soon

cheers.

BTW

It so cool how the community is gearing itself up like this.

[krokodril]

very interested...

[jeffhtg]

I wanna matrix :)

da's are pretty easy to find inexpensive ones all over ebay and whatnot.. i have a couple of the oldschool panasonics i picked up for 20-60$ here and there

[scarab]

me too
definatly interested

[psychodude]

A bit late, but also interested in the amp's and matrixes.

[MoRpH]

I'm sure EVERYONE is interested (especially in the matrixes) so whats the dealyO????

You got specs, prices, etc.... yet?

[dronkie]

I've done a lot of research on the chips made by MAXIM. They make a lot of great matrix and cross-point-chips. if you go and have a look on this site, you'll see that they have a whole shitload of video-applications.

http://www.maxim-ic.com/MaximProducts/Video/video-ics.htm

It was because i found one of the chips in a shop in Antwerp (which is right where i live, but this means : Belgium).
That I started thinking. So : I have here in front of very own face a selfmade 8x2 matrix based on two max455's. you can operate it by using a few buttons to make simple routings.
I'd say : total cost to make this matrix : +/-125 euros.
Which is NOT specifically low. I mean : the ships are not really cheap, and before you have a machine that is working fine ans operator-friendly, you'd have to spend a whole lot more.
I must admit that a small matrix I have here is nothing compared to let's say ... this little beauty :

http://www.maxim-ic.com/quick_view2.cfm?qv_pk=3210&ln=

So if you're a bit handy : buy the chip and start soldering away...
Let's say that my enthusiastic start was a bit 'wishfull thinking'.

What is NOT so wishfull thinking is the videodistributors I'm working on. I have one here I built a few years ago. It's a 1 in 16 out. Okay okay I know you don't need 16 outputs, but hey, it was the clients question back then. So the chip we used for that videodistributor/amplifier was the ELC2099 made by elantec (or EL2099C... have to check). And what do you guess : obsolete by now. So that was a bummer, because it's a chip that was working fine. Bugger...
So I found the suggested replacements for that chip, but they're also impossible to find.
What we have found recently is an SMD-version of those chips. They have been ordered, so they should be available one of these weeks in the shop in antwerp. And i had to order 50 pieces, so there'll be enough for anyone.
A distributor like that (maybe less outputs, so you'll need less connectors, which is less money) you can build for let's say 30 ?. And then you have a machine that's working fine. Not some crappy molynx or Kramer shit-box.

And for the groundloop-killer : tests are still going on (really !!!)
I know it's not really much but ...

Wouter

[skitz]

yup. any news? DEF interested in a matrix and amp. possibly a humkiller too.

[psychodude]

I am very interested in the gear. Please let me know @ krisvielfont@hotmail.com

[ToddGraft]

what ever happened to this thread Dronkie??
I have a tour that I wish to carry a hum killer with me.

Is there still an option on Hum killers or does anyone know a few links to find a commercial product.
thanks in advance

[sleepytom]

www.allenavionics.com - they are fairly expensive but worth their weight in gold...

if you don't want to buy then i have a couple that i'd be willing to hire out.

[ToddGraft]

Thanks Tom,
not being a regular user it might suit to hire them from you although I have submitted a request with this company
are yours composite or Y/C

[sleepytom]

composite - they'll do Y/C with Y cables though...

[ToddGraft]

Tom sent you a PM about dates etc