Spin FV-1

[Barry]

Any idea when these will be available?

 

[Robert]

No ETA yet, there's a manufacturer shortage. I have an order in, so we're just waiting for more to become available.

 

[caspercody]

Is that why the Spillway isn’t available yet? Any way to just get the EEPROM for the Spillway?

 

[Robert]

Is that why the Spillway isn’t available yet? Any way to just get the EEPROM for the Spillway?

No, the Spillway algorithms aren't quite ready yet.

 

[phi1]

@PedalPCB Maybe you have no way of knowing, but do you think this is just a temporary shortage, or have you heard rumors of the fv-1 phasing out of production? Hopefully not, i’m just getting into it haha. Just curious if you had any insight.

 

[Robert]

I was told there was a workers strike at the warehouse that ships them and that the delays would last around 8 - 10 weeks. This was a little over a month ago.

They're still shipping, just not as fast as usual.

 

[Gordo]

I'm surprised that SS hasn't come up with an FV-2. I guess niche products are harder to justify to bean counters...

 

[stevtron]

No, the Spillway algorithms aren't quite ready yet.

... but it will, or is there a problem ?

 

[zgrav]

Keith Barr, one of the people responsible for creating the FV-1, passed away in 2010, and he was also the guy that pioneered the development of the Alesis products prior years. It is unlikely there ever will be an FV-2.

from another post about Keith Barr:

"One of the pleasures of this project has been learning a little about the designer of the FV-1, Keith Barr. He passed away in 2010 and some of his contributions are summarized in this tribute: cofounder of MXR and creator of the Phase 90, founder of Alesis, pioneer in bringing digital recording and then digital reverb to the masses, etc.

The FV-1 was developed and released in the mid-2000s and is responsible for the boom in “boutique” reverb and (along with the PT2399) non-BBD delay pedals, being used by the likes of: Old Blood Noise, Catalinbread, Neunaber, Earthquaker, Red Panda, Keeley, Dr. Scientist, Walrus Audio, etc, etc."

more here:

Remembering Keith Barr, Founder of Alesis, Lost Last Week - CDM Create Digital Music

Photos courtesy Spin Semiconductor. I was stunned last week to learn of the death of Keith Barr, the founder of Alesis and a beloved, legendary engineer of music technology. He was 61. An analog engineer gone digital, he led the charge to make digital reverb and studio recording affordable, and...

cdm.link

 

[Dreamlands]

Thanks for sharing that @zgrav -- interesting to learn a bit about Barr and that he founded Alesis.

 

[Robert]

I'm surprised that SS hasn't come up with an FV-2. I guess niche products are harder to justify to bean counters...

A successor in development (and has been for a while), but I don't think it's going to be quite as user friendly as the FV-1.

... but it will, or is there a problem ?

It's coming, yes.