@C0d3man, tnx!
I have not made any lay-outs. The boards are so simple, that I just place the main components on the boards and go soldering. I will see If I can make one…
I also have no music online somewhere. Perhaps in the future 
Cheers,
Kees
Hi everybody,
One week ago arrived the aluminium box @jofemodo sent me and finally I could discard my ice cream ZBox. Here the mounting process, perhaps it can help somebody.
Take care to not overtight nuts when mounting the touchscreen. @jofemodo I think it would be a good idea to add a separator between touchscreen and box frame to avoid overtighting nuts.
Brown wire connected to pin 1 in pcb.
As I’m gonna use the RCA connectors on Hifiberry I didn’t connect the other audio jacks. Same case for MIDI-din connector, I’m using USB-MIDI.
It is a really easy task (specially if you order pcb’s with all components soldered).
Regards.
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Hi @smespresati! Thanks for your detailed report
I’ve ordered some cheap knobs from 'banggood". If you don’t have a better option, i will send you 4 for your ZBox when i received it
Yeah, ttl-midi works! Just a small video of my Seq4 interfacing with Zynthian 
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Hi All,
this is my first try to use a small box for so much hightech and a router (for the rectangle display hole).
I followed Holgers instruction but soldered my own PCBs for 2in1 and controller boards and built the nice ribbon cables. Although I was confused by the naming of the allocated GPIOs of the RBPI, I decided the most logical connection… drilled some holes in the alu case…
and tried the first launch:
Then I touched a key on my masterkeyboard…: WOW, AWESOME so clear and fat sound I did not expect (and by the way I did not believe that my PCBs will work).
At this moment I want to thank the Zynthian team for their great effort!!
Then all the boards had to go in the case.
Close it and try again:
Lucky me, it still works…
The next step will be to use the right metal screws and a good design for the front with the name and the (short) knob description. The cheap china encoders are a bit wobbly, they should be changed also.
At the moment I hear a quiet high frequencied noise when it is running, may be the display or the cables that are very near to the hifiberry. I will try to find out how to get rid of it.
Very very nice project, thanks again!
Best Regards
Michael
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Hi Michael! Congratulations! You made a really good work with your Zynthian!!!
I love this case. Jeje! One little question … why you don’t “open a window” in the case to give access to the USB/ethernet connectors? It’s really important to have access to this connectors, believe me …
Zynthian is also a network beast. It can get updated directly from the network, and you can open the native GUIs of some of the synth engines from your computer:
http://wiki.zynthian.org/index.php/Zynthian_Network_Connection
Also, very soon MOD-UI, the fantastic web interfaz created by MODDevices will be available too:
Best Regards, and welcome on board!!!
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Hi @jofemodo,
thanks a lot for that big compliment!
Now as I know how important the access of the raspi connections are, I will make them accessible. My understanding of synthesizers was that they have at least only the audio output 
. Then I will try the “new” possibilities.
Best Regards
Michael
Hi @StoneTMoN!
Also, you can connect several MIDI-USB keyboards directly to Zynthian. It’s an obvious feature, but there are very few synth modules in the market that can do that. Really! Almost all the synth modules in the market with an USB connector don’t allow direct connection and you have to put a host (computer) in the middle. It sucks! 
Regards!
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Hi all!!
Finally I built my Zynthian box (some post above there was only my “naked” setup"). I used a Hammond box 1590DBK (you can find it on Mouser, TME, RS etc.) and with my father (the mechianical expert of Garretlabs 
) we engraved it in order to insert the electronics inside!
Regrading the knobs… I used orange ones because the current Zynthian GUI has orange/grey as main colors! 
The knobs are the following: http://www.musikding.de/Orange-Fluted-25
It is a great instrument…and I play it more or less all days!
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Hey, a new image, time to finish my Zynthian build. (Quite a journey, bought and build a 3D printer to print the parts for my CNC-router (MPCNC) to mill the parts for the case )
The result…
Finaly, a slot to access the SD-card 
Making sounds already!
Cheers,
Kees
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Hi!! Really nice!! Congratulations!!
I think you are the first person who have reported a 100% printed 3D box. Could you give some extra feedbak? Did you find some problems related to the 3D case? What version did you print? It doesn’t seem the last one …
Thanks!
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Hi @ejdzi,
Nice build. Is it a liitle “treasure chest” containing your Zynthian synth? I guess so…
Regards, Jose
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Really nice! It is so funny what kind of different boxes are shown here! Have you thought about coming to Maker-Faire Berlin in June?
We (Zythian project) have currently no acceptance… but I hope we get one!
Regards, Holger
What a nice treasure chest!? nice build
