# DIY cutdown Gills **URL:** \ **Category:** Hardware\ **Created:** [November 26, 2024, 6:39pm UTC](https://ksoloti.discourse.group/t/diy-cutdown-gills/135 "2024-11-26T18:39:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![IrregularShed](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/ksoloti.discourse.group/irregularshed/32/78_2.png) [@IrregularShed](https://ksoloti.discourse.group/u/IrregularShed)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2024, 6:39pm UTC](https://ksoloti.discourse.group/t/diy-cutdown-gills/135/1 "2024-11-26T18:39:46Z")
I’ve made a DIY version of part of Gills - everything on the H1 header and the MIDI on H3. I call it Chia, because it’s half a Gills, and the zoological term for ‘gills’ is ‘branchia’… ![20241126_170021](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/ksoloti1/original/1X/9ffd81bf6d6c1d69a17a58c56549a5524c2695e6.jpeg) Inside it’s point-to-point wired on a protoboard. Outside it’s 3D printed (including the encoder knob) and is Eurorack sized for if I want to go that direction with it (obviously would need level shifters). At the moment though it lives with my MPC One and other line-level bits and pieces. ---
**Author:** ![Ksoloti](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/ksoloti.discourse.group/ksoloti/32/71_2.png) [@Ksoloti](https://ksoloti.discourse.group/u/Ksoloti)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2024, 6:18am UTC](https://ksoloti.discourse.group/t/diy-cutdown-gills/135/2 "2024-11-27T06:18:33Z")
Very cool. All the essentials and no clutter. ---
**Author:** ![IrregularShed](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/ksoloti.discourse.group/irregularshed/32/78_2.png) [@IrregularShed](https://ksoloti.discourse.group/u/IrregularShed)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2025, 6:13pm UTC](https://ksoloti.discourse.group/t/diy-cutdown-gills/135/3 "2025-01-22T18:13:57Z")
I found myself expanding this to get the Gills version of Clouds to be usable. Sticking with the Eurorack sizing, and the naming, and the design cues, so this time I made a 40HP wide version of my existing 20HP wide desktop rack/holder. (I really need to share that design somewhere…) > [@Clouds - Gills version](https://ksoloti.discourse.group/t/clouds-gills-version/155): > > thanks to Émilie Gillet (not Oliver Gillet) from Mutable Instruments for creating Clouds. This patch is based on Clouds by Mutable Instruments. There are 2 modes in this patch: granular or delay/stretcher. Button S1 to freeze. Button S2 does different things in different modes. Button S3 to switch modes. Button S4 to center pitch. download here: [clouds.axp](https://ksoloti.discourse.group/uploads/short-url/ll5pysfWBYNHPaXEJsbK6YUHyFb.axp) (32.5 KB) Page 1: Granular Regular mode for Clouds. Button S2 triggers a grain sample. Position Size Pitch: Button S4 to center p… ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/ksoloti1/original/1X/e43d3ddd93b549ae93f00508de45511f71ece243.jpeg) Deliberately gave myself 12HP to create a utility module to bring out USBs and SD, power supply and level shifting for Eurorack (my cases are all homemade 40HP ones so it matches up). If/when I create that it’ll be called ‘Lung’. ---
**Author:** ![Ksoloti](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/ksoloti.discourse.group/ksoloti/32/71_2.png) [@Ksoloti](https://ksoloti.discourse.group/u/Ksoloti)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2025, 3:21am UTC](https://ksoloti.discourse.group/t/diy-cutdown-gills/135/4 "2025-01-23T03:21:01Z")
Please tell me that black line starting on Chia, then expanding into a curve(? pool?) on Bran, will continue on the utility module! That alone will make it worth it. The arcade buttons look like they’re making it even more fun to play! Also I am a fan of cream colour, very nice choice of plastic, if I may say so. ---
**Author:** ![ktttttt](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/ksoloti.discourse.group/ktttttt/32/305_2.png) [@ktttttt](https://ksoloti.discourse.group/u/ktttttt)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2025, 8:41am UTC](https://ksoloti.discourse.group/t/diy-cutdown-gills/135/5 "2025-01-23T08:41:54Z")
will you make a video of Bran & Chia? ---
**Author:** ![IrregularShed](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/ksoloti.discourse.group/irregularshed/32/78_2.png) [@IrregularShed](https://ksoloti.discourse.group/u/IrregularShed)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2025, 10:48am UTC](https://ksoloti.discourse.group/t/diy-cutdown-gills/135/6 "2025-01-23T10:48:57Z")
> [@Ksoloti](#): > > Please tell me that black line starting on Chia, then expanding into a curve(? pool?) on Bran, will continue on the utility module! That alone will make it worth it. Absolutely! I didn’t know where I was going with it but I’ve been thinking of it as a river since printing it and that’s going to continue. And the font for the text, I love that… Bahnschrift looks like it belongs on a map (and probably is in some places). And it’s bundled with Windows! Due to the way I’ve let it develop, the arcade buttons are S3 and S4 but their LEDs are L1 and L2. Not that intuitive, but I can deal with it. Plus, when you power it up, the whole buttons flash 😀 ---
**Author:** ![IrregularShed](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/ksoloti.discourse.group/irregularshed/32/78_2.png) [@IrregularShed](https://ksoloti.discourse.group/u/IrregularShed)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2025, 10:50am UTC](https://ksoloti.discourse.group/t/diy-cutdown-gills/135/7 "2025-01-23T10:50:47Z")
One day I will! I’ve got too much going on at the moment though (and my workshop/studio/office/attic is an absolute mess) so it’ll likely be a while…