VCI-100 Modding

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VCI-100 Modding

Hi guys!
am a newbie to this forum
just thought about opening a thread about mods of the vci-100,
like ean did on his own, took some of the ideas of ean`s SE
in the last 2 weeks i modded mine, would be curious to see yours
was much more work than expected



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some more pics


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Was this an original silver vci?

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yes
the case was sandblasted, brushed and then anodized
the plates were sanded, phospatised and than blackened
afterwards the plates were superscribed with a yag laser (many thanks to the super nice guy from “zill lasertechnik”, he charged me only 50€ for 3 hours of extensive work on this:smiley:)
90% of the LED´s were exchanged to superbright blue, white and red LED´s

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It looks real clean, nice job. The custom plates set it apart also.
How much did it all cost you?

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psychoguru - Nice mod dude ! Thanks for your post.

I was thinking of sand blasting and painting my VCI-100 with a little airbrush art on it. Ill post here when i get around to it (eventually). Plan on putting the arcade buttons on too, they look like a great mod.

I love what you have done with the LED’s this is fantastic ! How hard were the LED’s to resolder ? Defiantly inspiring me to do this myself.

Though i wonder if i painted it if the jogs would still behave correctly? this worries me ! Anyone have any ideas about this ?

I have to give the letting some thought too, not too sure how i will tackle that just yet.

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50€ laser titeling
35€ for the bLACKENING of the plates
50€ for anodizing (:rage:cause i had to do it twice, after the first sandblasting there was still lots of paint on the cutouts)
7€ sandblasting
30€ for the LED`s
~2€ for the paint for the knobs and faders
~180€ overall
not mentioned my countless hours of work, esp. the transfer from my initial photoshop layout into the vectorised illustrator file was a real pain in the a…

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thanks for your compliments!

about the LED-mod: it took me one very long night (till´5am), it´s quite tricky to get the old LED´s out, and on the last one i accidentially pulled some of the leads out of the board, getting them back together, really pulled my nerves

since my jogplates are not painted just blackened, they are even more sensitive than before:slight_smile:

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Dude that is one sic job, nicest one I’ve seen so far
Mad props!

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LED Mod

I’d like to see how you did the LED mods…This is something I would love to do.

Also, what paint did you use on the knobs? Do you notice the paint rubbing off?

BIG-UPS on the mods.

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nice work! thats great. Get in touch with me directly and lets put together a brief tutorial on how some parts of this job could be duplicated by others. Then we can post that on the blog.

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Would it be possible to repaint the vci-100 with glow in the dark paint I mean know you could do that for the body of it, but would the jog wheel plates need special conductive paint is the thing I’m wondering?

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wow thats amazing!!! very nice work!!!

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4 little questions here :

  • do you loose the warranty if you paint your VCI black and change the leds ?
  • could you guys but a tutorial with a bit more advices on the exact process of how to remove the case and change the leds
  • is changing the leds hard if you’re not a pro electrician ? is there a risk of completing destroying the vci if you’re not really talented for DIY ?
  • how did you paint the knobs ?
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incredible job :wink:

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  • is changing the leds hard if you’re not a pro electrician ? is there a risk of completing destroying the vci if you’re not really talented for DIY ?

There is a potential chance of destroying certain electronic components, in particular transistors. You could also apply too much solder and cover multiple paths, or too little and have a connection that will give out after a while. I would certainly try your hand at a hobby kit or two and get a feel for soldering before attacking your VCI with no experience. That said changing LED’s is one the easier things to do when it comes to soldering, so don’t get frightened, just be sensible and practice a little on something else first :slight_smile:

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This is my Semi blacked out VCI-100. Still got LED’s to change.
Click pic to enlarge

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VesTecs VCI-1210

I was thinking of modding one of these bad boys with a Technics 1210 theme, primarily blackening it to a 2 tone gray/back matte finish just like a genuine 1210 and if i could get use of a CNC lathe i’m pretty confident i could make up some pretty genuine looking miniature technics platters to replace the jog wheels with.
had an idea too, to use genuine technics replacement pitch slider heads for the volumes/faders/pitch. some genuine technics start/stops would tie the look/function together NICE but i don’t think they’d fit it unless I made a new lower plate altogether, if even.
might even fit some genuine technics feet to the base!! LOL! :roll_eyes:
anyone else on a brainstormer?? if you have any, get the ideas up, no matter how funny they might sound, give the rest of the members some inspiration!
get the finger out!:smiley:

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I have been thinking of ordering some Rane rubberised knobs and faders to complete my black conversion, and they have awesome feel. If any one out there has both a VCI and a Rane could you check if the Rane knobs will mount on the VCI ?

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An old thread but thought to use this one instead of new thread.

I’m planning on replacing the leds. Opened up the VCI last night and there seems to be a lot of work ahead. Lot’s of those little bastards inside. :smiley:

But could someone who has replaced the leds tell me what kind of leds did you use? They seem to be 3mm size but are there any other spesifications? What kind of resistance is needed?