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Rabid Elephant's Drums... but more of a "Where Are We Now"

Rabid Elephant's Drums... but more of a "Where Are We Now"

Gruetzi!  Hello!  We have a major update for y'all - this time for our Portal Drum/Drum/Kick (name still TBD).  This is a pretty long article and goes from lightweight stuff to some pretty darn fundamental philosophies for us...


Portal Updates - Post Superbooth 2019

Portal Updates - Post Superbooth 2019

Hello!

The drum module is about 90% the way there. The prototype many tried at Superbooth will get several changes.  It is only till recently that we have put the CV inputs through the ringer and we...


Instrument Design Journey: Natural Gate, Part 5 - Memories of Closure

Instrument Design Journey: Natural Gate, Part 5 - Memories of Closure

Natural Gate had an interesting effect that was exaggerated by its very long ringouts and lack of EG ‘reset’ which some EGs build-in.  Our beta tester asked about whether NG had a similar effect as...


Thoughts on Musical Sequencing in HW

Thoughts on Musical Sequencing in HW

I wanted to post an overview of how we are approaching sequencing for the development of our sequencer.

Firstly, this machine will be quite a bit different than any other sequencers that have been...


Instrument Design Journey: Natural Gate, Part 4 - Materials

Instrument Design Journey: Natural Gate, Part 4 - Materials

There was an extra bit of work required to get the new envelopes fast enough.  It turns out that of all the op amps I tried, they simply didn’t have enough drive current to...