Oops. Copied the times from my 2017 store announcement (was in December). Thanks for the catch!

Lol ok I was scared for a minute

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Any PCB/panel sets to be sold or just built stock?

Just built stock - though I’m sure I have some PCBs and Panels in my stockpile. Once the primary sale is done, I’ll look to see what I have. Right now I can’t get to my storage bins due to all of the boxes in the way… :wink:

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Great to see that you have mastered this quest! 300 hand built units - I can imagine that this must have been more than a lot of work - Congrats!

Going through the list, I wonder what has happened to the TXff?

You’re right. I dropped the TXff from this build for a couple of reasons.

First, the current design didn’t pass my final crosstalk test. There was a little too much bleed between channels. While I have all of the parts and panels to make them, I realized that I needed to rev the PCB to resolve the issue. This would add some time and more testing.

Which leads to the fact that the build was taking way too long. By bundling everything together to make life easy on international purchasers, it was forcing me to complete everything before opening the store. Putting the fixed filter back into production would have extended the build even longer.

Finally, based on feedback from the interest registration on the store, this wasn’t an in-demand item (which is what I expected). Add this all together and pushing the TXff out just made too much sense. :slight_smile:

Since I have all the parts and panels, I ultimately do plan to build a few.

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Is the TXo upgrade something a beginner could do? If we plan on getting a TXo would it be possible to have It upgraded before it ships? If so, How much would that be?

I think the TXo upgrade just transforms it into a TXo+?

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The TXo+ is just a TXo with a more powerful processor (the Teensy 3.6) and a little daughterboard that makes the 3.6 happy with the ramp-up characteristics of common euro power supplies. The hardware underneath for this year’s TXo is identical. (More on this in a moment.) If you have a TXo all you need to do is slide off the processor and pop the new one one. That’s it. Done. Super-easy and beginner-friendly.

There will be pre-built TXo and TXo+ in the store. The upgrades are designed for previous TXo owners - though there is nothing to stop you from purchasing a TXo and an upgrade from this run. It would just cost a little bit more combined since you are buying two Teensy processors. I’m not doing any custom mix and match; no time for that with all of this shipping. :slight_smile:


About the Slight Difference (and the capacitors that shift with the upgrade)

TXo prior to this year have a slightly different cutoff for their single-pole, super-wimpy reconstruction filter. For this years models, all have a slightly higher cutoff on the filter to match the sampling rate when upgraded to a TXo+. For older TXo, the upgrade pack contains the capacitors that would allow you raise your cutoff the ~ 4 hHz that would be needed to make them identical. You don’t really need them unless you are feeling excessively anal.

I strongly recommend against worrying about it. The filter is super-weak and only has a very gradual cutoff as it was designed for filtering the CV, not audio. I honestly doubt you would hear the difference. It only affects the TXo when it is in oscillator mode - and then only slightly. That is why I recommend additional filtration if you want a cleaner sound from the oscillator.

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Thank you for the clarification and all the hard work it took to build these super useful modules!

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Question: If I’m not able to buy a TXi from this upcoming bunch, will I be able to commission someone to make one for me later? that is, are the schematics etc. available?

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Thanks so much, @adrianf !

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20 characters of watch -n1 date :sweat_smile:

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Thank you so much, @bpcmusic for making this.

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in there!! 20 characters

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boo-ya! got my pair.

Thanks :smiley:

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TXo+ here I coooooooommmme!

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TXn + two TXo upgrades on the way!

yes! managed to grab m!

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