GR-1 production update // The old ‘bench & something new

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Dear all,

Just a post to inform you of what’s going on in the world of Tasty Chips.

First of all, the GR-1 production schedule. We’ve been on time for the last 5 months. We’re still good, but we’re 1 week behind now. We’ve identified some of the slowdowns in the assembly&test program, and solved them. We should be able to produce unhindered for the rest of the year at least.

We’ve open sourced the old Sawbench hardware! Since it was always a DIY project, a schematic is welcome. We’re still selling the DIY kits, if you’d like to try. In a way this is our thank you to the open source community that fed us, and helped us to grow. Sawbench github is the place to visit of your DIYing this or perhaps making a clone.

One more thing: feel free to visit our forum to ask for help with these. Just know that we ourselves cannot supply information indefinitely to people wanting to clone parts of it. We have a business to run. Which brings us to our next topic:

Innovation! We’re producing a new Eurorack module. It’s the first of its kind: A true-stereo convolution reverb with display. On the photo you can see a prototype, of course based on the Raspberry Pi (although we may switch to another Single Board Computer later on).

ECR-1 prototype: the first Eurorack convolution reverb!

Some features:

  • Load your own responses from USB stick
  • RECORD your own responses from the inputs, and SAVE to USB stick
  • Up to 40s impulse response
  • 128×128 full color display
    • up to 4 responses
    • envelope shape
    • parameter read-out
    • WAV name
  • Separate Dry and Wet controls
  • Attack and Release controls
  • Input gain control
  • Stereowidth control
  • Predelay control
  • Audition feature to replay your responses

The software is about 90% finished. The hardware does still need a bit of work, but prototype on the photo does actually record and replay at HIFI 48 kHz quality.

Release date: March 2019, price TBA.