I love the haptic of the old tapedecks. The Klicking-Sound when press Play,
Noise when FF/REW. And especially, the backlight db meter
So i will adapt an old Tapedeck as an Controller for a Volumio Player.
Functions of keys/switches:
Play -> Play
FF -> Next title
REW -> previous title
STOP -> Stop
REC Volume -> output volume
some switches -> 2 to 4 fix Playlists
The Tape should turn, but with a dummy cassette.
Play, forward and rewind should work
Maybe the status of the Volumio should also be readout constantly
and should so controling the motor control for play/stop
Hardware Volumio:
- Raspberry Pi 3
- Hifiberry DAC+ Pro
Hardware Controller:
The hardware controller will communicate via some gpio boards
with the volumio software.
misc hardware:
power supply 5V/12V
adapter for correct level
for the final version, the tapedeck should be something like
a Fisher CR-5122 or a Nakamichi, JVC, Marantz, …
For the first tests, i got a Yamaha K-300 for horrible 12,- euro
i will post here the progress of my project, maybe someone is interested too
Andreas
I got the Yamaha K-300 very cheap, because it doesnt work.
the seller say, lights lit, pressing Play make 2 seconds Sound, then stops
he mean, that maybe a belt is broken.
ok, so i disassemble the tape and find out, what happens with an 30 year old rubber belt:
it does not got hard and break, it goes LIQUID!
total crazy and a hard Job to remove this black sticky mass
on the Picture you can see the main belt, an aprox 5mm wide belt
i remove both heads, i dont need them in the future
the belts where replaced for testing with simple rubber rings
next step was to find out, how the 2 Motors and the 2 Solenoid switches work.
and then to control the 2 Motors and Switches for loading/playing the tape
was easy:
the main Motor turns always in the same direction.
activating Switch #1 and turning Motor brought the heads to tha tape.
then the Motor only drive a small pin against the rubber roller to Transport the tape
activating Switch #2 and turning brought Bach the head unit to start Position
here is the running System:
youtube.com/watch?v=2L5jmfYymHY
there is a key field in the tapedeck for the main control:
Looks easy, 6 keys, cable with 7 Pins …
… could be one common pin and 1 pin for each key?
naturally NOT
no idea why, but it is a small Matrix
so in this way, i can scan the keys