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Trapezoid VCA anybody?
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Would you buy a Jh Trapezoid VCA PCB?
no - only interested in the original EMS circuit (this is not goint to happen - sorry)
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yes - if it emulates the behaviour of the EMS circuit, and doesn't need component selecting
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Harry_W



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PostPosted: Mon Jan 23, 2012 10:29 am    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread
emdot_ambient wrote:
I haven't seen anything lately on what's happening with JH's estate. I suspect it will take a while before they figure out what to do with his electronics stuff.


The Haible family recently had to clear the apartment where Jurgen had been living for the last 6-7 months before he died. By agreement with the family, I helped a bit and took all of the unpopulated PCBs to my home (about several hundred pieces). Now I am going to take a kind of inventory, for legal reasons and for giving an overview to the family about Jurgen's "heritage".

Unfortunately, no sales of PCBs or any other modular stuff (there is still the PolyKorg PS-3200 clone left...) will take place until all legal questions are answered. This may take some time. I will see, but I cannot tell you right now if there are Trapezoid PCBs left or not. It's so much stuff...

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Davedatt



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PostPosted: Tue Jan 24, 2012 1:28 am    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread
Please let us know when they are available again. Jurgen did an amazing job of emulation without copying the VCS3. A true genius. BTW folks. The VCA is amazing sounding.

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MR-808



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PostPosted: Tue Jan 24, 2012 2:39 am    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread
Davedatt wrote:
Little bit concerned about the soft off time, after about 3:00 o'clock I am in a manual time mode. Or at least I got tired of waiting for a re-trigger.


I was able to adjust one of mine to turn on at about 9.75 (out of 10), but the trim was really sensitive around the sweet spot. The other one is about the same as yours, but I think it's due to not having a good 10-turn pot installed. I bet I'll be able to get them to go into manual mode @ 10 once I get some better tweak pots.
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 24, 2012 2:55 am    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread
Oh, BTW, here's a pic of the panel Dave & I cooked up, with some MOTM panels for comparison. The alignment of the bottom jacks is a little off, the "VCA IN 2" should be "VCA CV", the "TG SHIFT" should be scaled -5 to +5, and the "AUDIO TRIGGER" should be "SWITCH TRIGGER". Oh, and the black paint isn't quite as black as the MOTM paint. It ain't perfect, but I'm pretty darned happy with it. Please cut us some slack - it's our very first custom panel! ;)

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PostPosted: Tue Jan 24, 2012 9:37 am    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread
Looks really nice!
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 24, 2012 11:10 am    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread
Yeah, it looks pretty awesome!

Do you have an electronic version of the front panel design of it you could share? It looks like a good jumping off point for the ones I'll eventually build (I've got 2 in my inventory).
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 24, 2012 7:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread
Thanks! Here's an FPD with the legends fixed - hope it's useful!

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PostPosted: Wed Jan 25, 2012 2:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread
Cool, thanks! I'll end up messing around with it to suit my needs but this'll really help. Cheers!
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