Thanks!
I will ship to your Paypal address unless you specify otherwise in the transaction notes. Please don't PM me with these unless there is some problem preventing you from doing so through Paypal. (harder to keep track of)
I think this should work fairly well. Please post any questions you have here, and I'll get the mod list and build notes up ASAP. All components are labeled with values (recommended values/parts) on the board. I'll try to make a list though sometime soon.
Thanks for all the interest and support. I can't wait to see what people do mods-wise
Will post some new audio demos, mod lists, and other notes soon.
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Hey,
So Mark said he didn't mind me doing a run of these. I'm working on some improvements, both practical (like adding a proper power connector,) and luxury (hoping I can shrink it and cram two on a board...) I'd also like to figure out an alternative to using the 3080 OTA IC. Mark went discrete for this, which seems reasonable, but if anyone can think of an easy alternative, or if nobody cares about using a 3080 (and therefor not have perfect tri-symmetry) then I'll just keep it the way it is in that department.
I really haven't had any issues. I'm sure my symmetry isn't perfect, but the sine sounds good to me. I'd like to amplify it a bit, so I'll see if I can get the output closer to non-Buchla spec. (10V P2P)
I estimate that I can have a new layout for this by sometime next week, and could send it out shortly after that. I always manage to forget some small item, and need to revise, so I'm going to check it, have someone else check it, a few times before getting them made.
I'll document any changes from the current layout, fix any issues (I've already fixed the expo-converter orientation and things like this.) So it should be a fairly simple build. I'll test before sending them out, and then after that, everyone will be on their own. I don't mind fielding the odd question here, but one condition of this was that people don't start asking Mark about them.
So, I'm thinking about doing a simple run of 50. I'd like to gauge interest, so if you want one of these (or think you might,) let me know. Then when I have the design finalized (in a week or so,) I'll ask for orders, then send it out, and get them shipped out immediately upon return. There is a 2 week turnaround with the board maker I use, so my rough estimate is that we could have these in our hands in around a month.
I'm posting here first. If I don't get the target 50 I'm looking for, I'll cross post to Electro-Music. This is my first full run, so that's why I'm starting with 50. I don't want to get overwhelmed the first time out.
Thanks!
Oh, and just to be absolutely clear, these are roughly 258 based. Triangle core, VC waveshape Mutant-Pseudo 258 boards. They are 1V/Oct, not 1.2V/Oct. If you want the real thing this isn't it, but it's pretty close. That said, I LOVE the sound of my prototype. I'll see if I can whip up a raw demo this evening. (I've combined mine with a wave folder to create a super-bastardized-mutant-pseudo-258/259,) but I can just get an output from the pseudo 258 portion.
Here's what mine sounds like combined with the folder:
http://home.comcast.net/~r3cogniz3r/More258.mp3
It's being FMed a bit by a Teezer, otherwise it's the mutant combo.
