Haible / Random*Source

tegendemuur

tegendemuur

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Ordering bulk with affordable forwarding. Total order stands like this at the moment. PM for additions.

3x R*C Tau Pipe
1x Haible Tau Pipe (NOS)
2x R*C Sons of Storm Tide
4x R*C Compact A (I'll include 6 lamps & 6 holders)
1x Subtle Chorus (NOS)
1x R*C Frequecy Shifter
1x R*C String Filter

Original Jürgen Haible pcbs

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drgonzo1969 said:
Too bad that vocoder pcb is sold out. It looks like its the size of a pizza box but I would do it.
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Want me to ask? Since the TAU were still there, while the website said they were sold out, maybe he got one around still as well?

About 700 resisors, 450 caps, 150 ICs. 😅 Still not as masochistic as the DIY Black Corporation projects of the past, but plenty of repitition to find a solutions to some things that are troubling you!
 
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No, not too late! I will do the purchase when the Tau Pipe boards can be bought again. They are in stock, but the website needs to be updated.

Update: got confirmation that the website will be updated at the beginning of next week.

Update 3/3: Looks like it's going to be ready soon. 66,- was available earlier and gone now. Now the 88,- and NOS are available... Gotta wait until all three options are available. Also, I will add 2 Compact A / Krautrock phaser boards, as there's some phaser sluts here, and that thing is the closest thing to a pedal from the Haible range (just needs a bypass footswitch to turn it into something like this...)

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Super excited to build these projects. They definitely seem more complicated than most of the stuff i've built before. I think I am going to build these in 1u and 2u rack enclosures. My brother had a compact phaser PCB he bought back in the pre-tariff times. I might put my pcb and his together and make dual compact phaser. Still pre-planning and accumulating the odd bits for these builds. The power supply stuff is a little different than anything I've done before. I'm not familiar with the +15/-15v eurorack style power supply stuff but it seems the pcbs have alternate power options as well. Are you guys going to be doing the -15v/+15v power or 18v external? The PCBs are pretty huge. Are you guys going to put them in pedals? rack enclosure? eurorack? This store on reverb has the coolest amp jewel lens', probably gonna use them for these builds. I've used some on pedals before.
 
drgonzo1969 said:
Are you guys going to put them in pedals? rack enclosure? eurorack?
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I have some dead/ worthless rack mount gear that I’m imagining I could gut and use for enclosures. I haven’t even started getting a plan together for parts sourcing or figuring out power.

I’m hoping you guys make progress on these and post updates to keep me motivated.

Those jewels are sick.
 
I am just going to start with the boards I know multiple people got. The SOST / TAU / Tri-Chorus. Krautrock has the strangest properties, and will come later. The Frequency Shifter all the way to the back, as I'm on my own with that one. Just like the person who bought the String Filter and the one with the Subtle Chorus. 😅

18 AC would be the easiest way, but then there's this as well: https://forum.pedalpcb.com/threads/fv-1-clock-module-1044-inverter-and-some-fun.28337/#post-366983 - A friendly person on the forum shared this nifty little vero on how to create negative voltages. It's an option I'm going to keep in mind.

The Tri-Chorus will be stuffed in my amp (as a replacement of my former idea; WAZA chorus ensemble), so that's easy. The TAU / SOST / Frequency Shifter will come together in a single unit as a sort of eurorack effect box. The Krautrock is the only one I'm going to put in a dedicated box. With all the heatsinks stuff and finger burning bulbs, that one's going to take some more thinking-ahead.
 
Ya I think I may start with the Triple chorus and Son of storm tide first as well. I grabbed the TDA1022 from synthcube. Probably going to reach out to Amplifyfun to do faceplates once I come up with an idea for artwork. I think each of the projects can be powered by 18v AC wall wart instead of the -/+15v. I wonder if one could modify the PPCB 4 Tap DC connector to do 18v AC to power these projects. That would be convenient and better than having a bunch of big ass wall warts jamming up my power strips.
 
I have a Krautrock and Tau Pipe PCB that I bought last year. And a 3/4 populated Triple Chorus that I’ve been working on…forever 😳

Planning to do them as pedal/desktop type units. Got these enclosures:
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Thinking of adding some wooden end cheeks (à la MoogerFooger), like so:
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I got the String Filter on this order, but I want to have the PCBs in hand before I figure out what size enclosure to go with.

Maybe a bunch of other folks working on these builds will motivate me to get cracking on mine! 🤞;)
 
I've long wanted to have Haible, but I'm just maintaining fly-on-the-wall status — simply way too much on my plate.

Hopefully will Haible-up some day, meanwhile, thanks for the vicarious visitation.
 
drgonzo1969 said:
I think each of the projects can be powered by 18v AC wall wart instead of the -/+15v.
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Yep, that’s correct. Back when these first came out, a lot of people built them as MOTU/MU modules, +/-15V is the power standard for that format. But they can all be built as standalone units with 18VAC power supplies.
drgonzo1969 said:
I wonder if one could modify the PPCB 4 Tap DC connector to do 18v AC to power these projects. That would be convenient and better than having a bunch of big ass wall warts jamming up my power strips.
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This is a good idea.

If anyone does need an 18VAC wall-wart, and doesn’t want to roll the dice on rando Chinese Amazon sellers, Jameco have them for decent prices:
 
Feral Feline said:
I've long wanted to have Haible, but I'm just maintaining fly-on-the-wall status — simply way too much on my plate.

Hopefully will Haible-up some day, meanwhile, thanks for the vicarious visitation.
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Maybe you'll get to watch us all crash and burn and never finish any of these, and you can be glad you stayed on the sidelines :ROFLMAO:

I got swept up in the FOMO when the big VFE group buy was happening, but by the time the dust settled, I was glad I had stayed out.
 
Erik S said:
Maybe you'll get to watch us all crash and burn and never finish any of these, and you can be glad you stayed on the sidelines :ROFLMAO:

I got swept up in the FOMO when the big VFE group buy was happening, but by the time the dust settled, I was glad I had stayed out.
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Hah, got about selling those VFE boards I got once a build stereo version came about. I consider time to be more valuable than money. Especially after my (statistically) halfway point got crossed.

These haible's looked fun, and with many using obsolete parts that are still somewhat available, and no guarantee of any of these boards being updated with contemporary components, I think it a good time to give this Haible guy some recognition on a pleasant forum where future people might get more confident in building these, than on the modwiggler forum. Not that that is bad place, but it's sometimes a bit headscratching because of the knowledge dump involved and all these chats being bundled up together.

Populating the boards themselves don't look all that difficult. I suppose the hardest part is all the wiring and the way the schematics needs to be consulted, as to what does what. Plenty of things remain unexplained, at least, that's what my initial reading of the legacy pages tell me.. It's just not a really straightforward on what goes where and what is what and. Going to buy a large batch of Lumberg 2 and 3 pole pin headers, because I'm kinda afraid of doing direct soldering of wires on the board because of this.
 
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