Pre-release & Ordering Hype Megathread (archive)

bc3 · 2023-08-09T11:59:53.234Z

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4 Zone CV Bus Case (Pre-Order)

Our 208hp 7U 4 Zone CV Bus Case arrives ready to use. Just add modules, patch cables, and inspiration. The powder coated metal construction offers excellent mechanical durability. The lid is removable and can be closed with the system fully patched....

Price: $949.00 USD Brand: Make Noise

$949

crunchydrums · 2023-08-09T12:54:15.995Z

Really curious to see what the control interface is

Jensu · 2023-08-09T13:08:18.415Z

And… It only has 3 zones?

mateo · 2023-08-09T13:21:54.394Z

The 4 zones refers to the 4 areas of the bus board, although there are still 4 buses in the centre row as well

JES · 2023-08-09T13:30:19.486Z

Am I right looking at it that the headers are unshrouded?

Jerome · 2023-08-09T13:36:48.936Z

IMG_5053824×540 40.3 KB

Seen yesterday on MN’s Insta story … Something’s cooking ?

bc3 · 2023-08-09T13:43:43.683Z

Yes, looks like it to me too.

smonthms · 2023-08-09T15:11:07.999Z

Rene mk3 maybe? 20 characters

JES · 2023-08-09T16:39:01.573Z

bc3:

Yes, looks like it to me too.

Twenty characters of “bah humbug” in lieu of a rant about cheaping out on important stuff.

ciso · 2023-08-09T18:23:16.217Z

20 steps…interesting. Buchla 5 step sequencer (x 4) inspiration?

20 steps → wider → Another 0-/Strega format standalone sequencer?

Edit: Either the picture is from the side or the plates have been rotated 90 degrees from René

varispeeder · 2023-08-09T18:35:23.429Z

they mentioned Spectraphon was the first release using a new digital hardware platform. they touted noise and performance, but presumably another reason to switch would be parts availability… I remember Rene being among the modules that were perpetually out of stock for a while there.

so perhaps it was easier to simply redesign the module than to port the code and modify the existing circuit to use a different CPU?

still hoping we see a Morphagene update this year!

mic · 2023-08-09T18:47:14.661Z

The Kickstarter for the Manatee started less than two hours ago, and it’s already at 71%…
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tooro/manatee-multitimbral-mpe-synthesizer

ciso · 2023-08-09T18:50:41.136Z

I would never have guessed you were a fan of Morphagene

For anyone who has a Spectraphon… does it have a backpack that contains the core processing guts? I’ve seen the term platform used multiple ways, for example, the Daisy platform is a backpack, but NE uses the term platform to refer to a complete unit, knobs, jacks, and all, that can use different firmwares. I’m curious which “platform” type MN was referring to.

wormhole · 2023-08-09T18:55:03.555Z

unless i’m misunderstanding the functionality of the voltage maths circuit, it appears that the preamp input is no longer a part of the cv bus, correct? I know the spectraphon, mimeophon and morphagene inputs themselves can manage euro & line levels but microphonists might need to add a preamp module i guess

Starthief · 2023-08-09T19:19:28.771Z

Yes – there’s a main board almost the size of the entire front panel, and a couple of smaller layered boards behind that.

ciso · 2023-08-09T19:48:00.609Z

Ok, that possibly opens up more interesting possibilities! Spectraphon would be a huge amount of real estate to reuse for other module purposes.

IOSISdrone · 2023-08-09T20:07:39.816Z

simon / mosaic tapes:

Rene mk3 maybe?

I was about to say that I’d have a really hard time imagining that they’d already be releasing an MK3, but then I looked and the MK2 came out five (!) years ago already, while the MK1 came out six years prior to that.

DMR · 2023-08-09T20:35:41.234Z

Could also be a stand-alone thing, sort of like Pressure Points + Brains → 0-Control

Dogma · 2023-08-09T21:42:30.747Z

Yeh that’s What I’m thinking

fyoosh · 2023-08-09T22:04:06.625Z

There’s a nice wacky video about the case