#1

well, a new edition was uncertain: we haven’t made the arc since 2012 for many reasons. but i’m happy to share that the redesign is nearly complete-- and it was a substantial undertaking. all new mechanics (fully custom yet again) and this time we’ll be using high precision contact-less magnetic detection.

as a result of these developments i was able to get the entire thing onto one circuit board, which facilitated a form factor which will perfectly match the size of the new grid. warm white LEDs. same enclosure design. we’ll only be making a four-knob version.

once i have the final proven mechanical prototype (right now we have various parts that are close but need tuning) and (of course) a photo, i’ll announce pricing and a delivery date. i’m hoping to have this shipping mid june, along with a paired eurorack module that will fit nicely into our existing ecosystem.

update below: Arc approach

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Arc and Ansible update
#2

Wonderful! Not being familiar with the mechanics and feel of the “old” Arc, will the encoders have a clicked or completely smooth feel?

#3

incredibly smooth, and noiseless.

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#4

The day is coming and my happiness is more than 20 characters.

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#5

Forever a tool of desire. Can’t wait to see the new iteration and intergration.

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#6

There is something very appealing to the bare PCB. There are these groups of three dots inside each circle. Can you explain to a non-engineer person what these are?

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#7

wow stunning pcb!

can you talk a bit about “magnetic detection”? (they were optical encoders before? why the change?)

#8

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah

is nobody else seeing this!!!

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#9

Omg omg omg
Well, I just saw it. Can’t wait!!!

#10

Wow, that’s great - I am really happy about this! Looking forward to getting to know the new module - is it some arcy CV circles? Accompanying the many triggers we are already lucky to have.

And will it be pushable?

#11

Oh my, beautiful! Wouldn’t want to miss that one!! Click or non click, I’m in.

#12

Can’t wait!
I’ve only ever used a super oldschool press+turn arc, so I can’t imagine how smooth this is going to be!

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#13

Will the module support the older ARC?..I mean mine :neutral_face:

#14

old arcs will be supported by the module.

new edition is non-push.

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#15

will the eurorack module work with an old 2-knob arc as well as the 4 knob version? i was only thinking today that it would be great to get an arc controlling a modular in some interesting way…can’t wait to see details of the module

#16

Really exciting news. As a young father to a brand new grid kit (with beautiful pink leds I might add), are there any plans for a DIY kit?

#17

That’s great news, congrats on what looks like another great idea! – Give us a sneak peak of the module panel!! :smiley: :smiley:

#18

@lintfresh i’m not anticipating an arc kit. i had to use insanely tiny packages for many chips which require hot air rework to actually attach. and the mechanics are prohibitively expensive to even merit a price break for a kit.

that said, the serialosc protocol is open source and the concept quite straightforward, so it’d be a trivial project for someone with the skills to make a compatible device with OEM encoders etc.

@knecht yes it’ll have support for arc2, but like the 64 in current modules, some advanced functionality may be missing.

@polyoptics must spread out the surprises hey!!

#19

Excellent!..my arc4 has been sitting next to earthsea/eurorack giving the grid filthy looks! I can’t bare it anymore!

#20

I figured that was the case. Looks like you’ve got some beautiful custom machining happening there too maybe?

Regardless, you, sir, are an inspiration.