Colour (Sound) Organ


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Anyone who has been to a night club, concert or school dance has probobly seen a colour organ. Colour organs cause lights to blink and flash to music from your TV, stereo, guitar and even your own voice. The colour organ presented here needs no connection to the sound source, it picks up sound from its built in microphone.

Schematic

This is the schematic of the Colour Organ

PC Board Layout

This is the printed circuit layout of the Colour Organ

Parts Placement

This is the parts placement of the Colour Organ

Parts

Part
Total Qty.
Description
Substitutions
C1122uf 250V Electrolytic Capacitor
C2122uf 250V Electrolytic Capacitor
C310.1uf Disc Capacitor
C410.01uf Disc Capacitor
C510.0047uf Disc Capacitor
R1147K 1/2 W Resistor
R2, R426.8K 1/2 W Resistor
R3, R521M 1/2 W Resistor
R613.3K 1/2 W Resistor
R7, R8, R931K 1/2 W Resistor
R10, R11, R12310K Pot
D111N4004 Diode
Q1, Q222N3904 NPN Transistor2N2222
Q3, Q4, Q53106B1 SCRTeccor S2003LS1
T1110K:600 Ohm Audio Transformer
S11SPDT Switch
J1, J2, J33AC Socket
MISC1AC Line Cord, Crystal Microphone, Case, Wire

Notes

  1. R10, R11 and R12 control the response of the different lights.
  2. The circuit can handle up to 300 watts per channel.
  3. This circuit is NOT isolated from the 115 Volt line. If it is used with the case opened or not installed in a case, you could recieve a bad shock or be killed.
  4. You can also use the Teccor S2003LS1 SCR for SCR1. These give better sensitivity and brightness than the 106B1 units.
  5. Thanks to James Maloway for redrawing the schematic.

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Comments

Burnett
Colour (Sound) Organ
Saturday, May 10, 2008 5:17:58 PM
Is there a way where instead of there being a mic for your sound input that you could wire either rca cords or like 3-4 3.5 jack inputs for your sound and if so what are the schematics of it....thanks for your time and please email me back
anonymous
Colour (Sound) Organ
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 3:08:56 AM
Could you upload the 12v version for everyone to see?
Kermit
Colour (Sound) Organ
Saturday, February 23, 2008 5:40:56 PM
correction: DC version with SCR (thyristor) wont clear lights after triggered once. Use a transitor instead, no clue what type is best
Kermit
Colour (Sound) Organ
Saturday, February 23, 2008 11:19:12 AM
Changes for 230 V AC Version: C1 & C2 = 22µf 500V Electrolytic Capacitor R1 = 100k 1/2 W Resistor Q3, Q4 & Q5 = C106D or S4003L Changes for 12 V DC Version: remove C1, C2 & R2 replace D1 & R1 with a wire connect +12V on top (common at bottom) use 12V bulbs ;)
arunprakash
Colour (Sound) Organ
Thursday, January 17, 2008 3:27:23 AM
What is the cost of colour (sound) organ?
anonymous
Colour (Sound) Organ
Sunday, December 16, 2007 2:36:04 PM
Where can you buy all of the parts because i am doing science fair and i am running out of time.... and what would be the estimated cost please get back to my asap Thank you very much.
Pirate Paul
Colour (Sound) Organ
Saturday, December 15, 2007 5:39:18 PM
The circuit schematic, pictorial, board layout etc shown here are identical to kit #152 offered by Graymark Int'l Inc, POB 2015, Tustin Ca 92781. Beware identification of the primary and secondary of T1 is vague and ambiguous. Obviously, it will not work with T1 installed backwards. For other kits, check Hobbytron.com (where I got the Graymark kit on closeout).
nazeel
Colour (Sound) Organ
Saturday, December 08, 2007 12:35:01 PM
whta is the cost of implementing the circ???????? whhat cld be the cheapest??????
Kyle
Colour (Sound) Organ
Thursday, December 06, 2007 11:22:32 AM
Is there another type of transformer I could use with the 120v circuit? It's a bit hard to find that transformer and when I did it was an $80 piece. Can a power transformer do the same thing or maybe a less expensive transformer. HELP QUICK PLEASE Thank You, Kyle
bob
Colour (Sound) Organ
Wednesday, November 21, 2007 3:21:20 PM
yeah pls send over a 12v version... really might use that..
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