#635

Here’s my panel. Most of the PCBs are populated, but I still need to test and figure out all the ICs I’m missing. Terrified of wiring up the power supply and boards, but I’ll be back in oakland with nothing to do next week so I’ll probably be bored enough to finish the project.

Left to right:
Stroh Ultrafade
Wave Multipliers
73 VCF
Steiner VCF
Clock Divider/ Logic
2 DUSGs with each function generator abstracted to 1 of 4 colors

I’ve gotten familiar with banana patching with a kilpatrick phenol, and I think the added VCOs, mixing, and midi interface will make this panel a ton of fun.

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#636

seconding this. I had an Edelweiss and BOG—so, same amount of DUSGs—and this was my favorite thing about that system. you’ll find yourself using them. especially w/ that matrix mixer … sick.

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#637

@emenel i know it’s a whole new language and one i eagerly await to speak.
i have 2 res eq’s and a wave mult in euro so i’m somewhat familiar…

@jorgem ya pretty incredible, i am aware of the maths connection but had no clue that the dusg had such a high level of functionality. makes sense, self patch everything

#638

That panel design is so beautiful! :heart_eyes::heart_eyes: Brilliant work!

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#639

The psu is fine and probably could power at least two panels. The boat is fine too. Not quite as sturdy as a Bud box, but totally fine. Mine got a little bent in transit from Australia, but it was no problem to straighten out.

#640

+1 in regards to this. I have an edelweiss II panel with 4 DUSGs, and a few DTG’s in other panels, and its definitely not overkill. Coming from euro I used to think the same, but once you get in the “serge headspace” it is definitely not.

(ironically non of the DUSGs are patched in this picture :slight_smile:)

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#641

Actually that might have been the case when I experimented with the Arduino as a sequencer. I didn’t really check for tracking accuracy and since it was all noisy because of the PWM I probably wouldn’t have noticed anyways…

#642

Built a bog and swamp from Elby. It is definitely cheaper to get into bit a lot more work than assembling RS modules for example. The kits are good, I had a couple of component quantities not correct but this was a few out of hundreds of components. Everything was nicely organized. Laurie from Elby updates the build documents regularly and is very good at helping to troubleshoot via email (strangely good actually). Have a look at the build documents on their website to get a sense of it before you decide. Also look at the MW build thread for the bocgs.

What you save on money will be made up in time and effort in assembly. It’s not too difficult, just very time consuming, at least it was for me. I will definitely be getting more kits from Elby in the future.

I agree with everyone else, can’t go wrong with 3 dusgs.

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#643

To my ears, they are the best Serge musically.

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#644

An old drone, with lockdown constitutional visuals:

Recorded on my previous Serge:

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#645

good to know there’s some support on the other end :slightly_smiling_face: the psu isn’t also included when you buy a full kit is it? if not what’s the best direction to go in in terms of power?
i don’t mind building my own…

#646

I like the frogleg beetle psu. https://modularaddict.com/frogleg-synthesis-beetle-power-supply-pcb

There are lots of DC-DC converters that match the footprint too, so you can get a good balance of price and power.

#647

all this talk about DUSGs reminds me that the first gen R7 Envelope Generator is super underrated—maybe some Homebuilt 73-75 users can attest to this—and a great companion to DUSG/VCS. can do a lot of things the latter can’t do… (e.g. two diff gate outputs—WINDOW output is voltage-controllable for variable duty cycles, HOLD input, individual CYCLE and START inputs, …). lots of the first gen circuits are among my favorites and deserve more attention in conjunction with later more ‘classic’ modules, imo

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#648

I think there is an option to include the psu in the kit but I bought the PSU10 from Elby separately which can power up to three boats. It is a good power supply and easy to build.

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#649

and because the R7 won’t restart before it finishes, it can do this:


which can get quite complex when the pulse division is voltage controlled
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#650

Just realized that Dual PCO / Peak and Trough (4x4) is out.
Although not listed by Random Source yet, I see it at Patch Point.

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#651

Strange symmetry with that pco module - I’d much prefer LFO switches on both sides. Must add a peak and trough to my system though (although I already have cgs logic)

#652

833€… Prices have gone up quite a bit on some other 4X4 modules…

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#653

Jeesh… getting towards sts territory with those prices!

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#654

I love the envelope generator. The HOLD is a lot of fun to use for odd sequencing when using the envelope as a CV source for an oscillator.

They can also be used for sequencing by patching window outs into the dual processor:


@GrantB - Doug Lynner’s youtube videos are great and helped me get going with the 73-75 panels.
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