#251

yes. weight will determine the detuning and of course position. It works extremely well. I even change the pitch during playing often. As well just a few cents apart for beating effects. Without microtuning, I wouldn’t use it so much.
I use neodymium magnets, as they are strong and hold on the times

#252

What do you think of lubadh?

#253

For me it’s an instrument.

There is still a lot for improvement:

  • pre/post tape speed recording option
  • quantize dividing/multiple mode (1/2,1/4, etc) for pitch knob
  • slew adjustment for CV speed (down to no slew for quick pitch jumps)
  • rec. pushbutton are quite loud when working with mic’s or playing lowercase sets in chamber music settings (the audience will hear the clicks).

On the plus sides:

  • Two reels are nice
  • 9min length is perfect
  • Cv over start-length
  • Overall simplicity
  • Excellent sounding !
  • Routing (but i had two units with a small bug in the aux section)
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#254

I would love this even though it can be done by bouncing to 2nd deck and then recording over that. This only goes so far and requires extra steps and thought. It would be great if it could be more spontaneous.

I sold my Harmonaig mainly for this reason. The clicks were a big distraction. I’ve been using a Doepfer a-177 and much quieter foot controllers to trigger the Lubadh record buttons. Mostly to free my fingers for other things, but very happy not to hear the clicks.

I am really excited about the routing possibilities as well. Still trying to figure out the aux section. I think mine needs calibration as deck 1 bleeds when aux out fader is far right. I plan on experimenting more this weekend.

#255

I would like to get my hands on a spare push button to see if it is hackable. Removing/replacing the spring with something softer. I did a search on Mouser but can’t find the part. Does anyone know the part-number of the buttons Instruo uses ?

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#256

if you take the panel off I’m sure you’d be able to see what the tact switch looks like / measure the dimensions and find the correct package from there. tact switches are made with a variety of actuator forces so it’s likely feasible to replace, but depends on your soldering/desoldering abilities.

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#257

I spent the better part of the past month researching different loopers and finally decided to try out the Lubadh. Unfortunately my unit came with some pretty drastic issues that I’m troubleshooting with the designer and might have to send back for a new one, but even with that, the sound and workflow are everything that I wanted in a looper.

I was hesitant about the need to bounce signals between decks in order to layer time effects, but in practice it’s actually very intuitive, and leaves you a record of the past layer to work with if you want to go back and I’m really enjoying that.

Some initial experiments with it here–layering kalimba, radio noise, and synth patches.

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#258

is it on the aux section ?

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#259

Partly. The aux output slider has no effect on the left deck’s output, it is always present at full volume no matter where the slider is. Other issue is that the right deck’s speed drifts pretty drastically. I tried turning off the capacitive plates and that reduced it a little, but it’s still present and it didn’t actually turn the plates off. Jason was quick to respond when I emailed him about it but I’ll have to wait until Monday to get more assistance.

#260

What’s the best way to check Lubadh? Mine is in the mail right now, would like to make sure it’s ok once it arrives

#261

Just record something and test out all the inputs and outputs, let things play back a while and listen for any issues.

And keep in mind that each deck’s output is normalled to the other’s input, so you’re going to get a duplicate signal if you have the output on one of them up without anything else plugged into its input.

#262

I’m still wrapping my head around the signal routing and experienced the same with the aux output. When I have the signal coming out of aux and I turn down both output knobs the cross fader reacts the way I imagine it’s supposed to fading back and forth.

There are also bias trim pots on the back.

Please let us know what you find out.

#263

there was a step by step guide on muffs but it didn’t work for me. After rebooting, the capacitive plates were back on. They react when I touch the pots on the lower end…

There are a few things I wish for they fix and add. At the moment I am using a matrix-mixer A-138 which works well for signal routing and mixing new sounds in/out

#264

Chase bliss did an excellent job with the new 1.2 update for blooper, Very solid with no pops/clicks so far and very handy auto-off-modifiers. Nice powerful little blue box

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#265

I just tried that method for turning off the plates myself and had the same experience as you–they’re back on after power cycling.

Also I’ve found that the aux out crossfade works just fine if I use an external CV instead of the onboard slider. Pushing the slider to the left and then sending a 0 - 5V offset sweeps the circuit through it’s full range as expected, so the crossfader itself seems to be fine, but the connection to the slider is somehow messed up.

#266

So my lubadh came a couple of days ago. And boy it’s an awesome module. Completely agree with @pelang it feels like an instrument. It seemed to me deceivingly simple, but it can get you very far :slight_smile:

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#267

Instruo got back to me and said that my module needs to be replaced. More issues popped up as well, like the whole unit freezing every hour or two, and the right deck appending new recordings onto old loops that were supposed to be erased. The bias screw for the output crossfader had no effect on the signal from the left deck.

Detroit Modular is going to send me a replacement as soon as they’re restocked. Which I hope is soon because I really love the sound and controls of the thing.

#268

I’m having to send my Arbhar back to them too :sleepy:

#269

I got lucky and Detroit Modular had an extra Lubadh they were holding for someone who ended up cancelling the order. So I got my replacement yesterday and I’m glad to say it’s working perfectly after installing the latest firmware. I’ve racked it in a small case with a fixed filterbank for now and I’m looking forward to finally making some usable recordings with it!

A side note for anyone curious, the Lubadh seems to do just fine boosting an external signal up to reasonable eurorack level. I’ve been sending audio from my phone straight into it and it sounds pretty good.

I have to give a shout out to Detroit Modular’s customer service, too. They called to let me know about the extra module and shipped it to me same day, before I’d even sent them the defective unit which they emailed me a shipping label for.

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#270

good to hear it worked out. I use the looper mostly with acoustic “instruments” and an external mic. For me it’s a very rewarding workflow.
Did you installed the 1.2.f version ?

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