take the inspiration where you find it! best wishes.
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am just being a big baby. can’t lie, i’m stoked for those modules to arrive tomorrow!!
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Forgot to post that one over here !
I got weak and bought a 281t second hand today even tho I don’t need it at all. At least I will be able to make a nice comparative video of three different 281 clones hahaha.
Coming soon !
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I’m still reeling from your QMMG vs. Optomix vactrol shootout!
Edited because I accidentally included LxD in the description but it was actually 2x QMMG vs. Optomix, even better. And going to link the video here for any fellow vactrol lovers. Hope this isn’t too off topic, Buchla and vactrols kinda go together though!
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It’s true I still need to do that at some point hahaha.
Meanwhile someone asked on Modwiggler about the knobs cap quality of those TipTop Buchla modules and wanted to know how those would look with “original” Rogan on, so here we go, starting with the original look:
Not much of a difference visualy, but indeed the real Rogans have a better feel under your finger to my taste, but I don’t think it worth the price of swapping them all.
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The ones on the TT module are Rogan Alpha series. I generally prefer the RB series as well, but they aren’t too bad. You can get them from a few places, so if for instance you wanted red Alphas, they’re available.
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After many people asked me to compare the 258t and the Verbos Complex Oscillator, I’ve finaly done it:
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I kept my mouth shut but they told me a while back via email they were planning on doing this hehehe. Even with all the complex oscillator I have already I’m sure i’ll get this one as well hahaha.
Coming back to this thread make me realised I never posted that tutorial / tips & tricks about the 281t’s (and any other module inspired from it) OR outputs.
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245t Sequencer is on it’s way to distributors!
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ADDED : The European ban has to do with cadmium.
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Such a pointless ban. There are FAR worse things to worry about than a microscopic amount of cadmium in a SEALED component. In the scheme of discarded things to end up in a landfill or to cause humans or animals harm, optocouplers do not even rate.
I designed a vactrol free low pass gate, and liked the results, but vactrols are still nice. Just designed this board a few days ago in fact:
Cadmium ban impacting something like opto-couplers is misguided AT BEST. Makes me want to use vactrol more out of spite. 
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yes.
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oh god…
Two new modules:
296t - Programmable Spectral Processor
August 2023
207t - Mixer/Preamplifier
August 2023
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Oof! Definitely on the radar!
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I imagine the entire mining process doesn’t help things, even if the lack of vac does make me sad.
So Tiptop is set to start selling the 207t mixer and the 296t spectral processor.
Plus i see they have dropped the price on the spectral processor down to $700 ! That makes it cost competitive.
There have been quite a few new Eurorack mixers announced lately, so the 207t is one more.
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No sign of the vactrolless LPG.