Reverb can make most shitty sound more pleasant.
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Looks like a design inspiration for the Voicemeeter
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Spotykach looper playground
My intention is to loop and process anything I find and build a small system around it with a synth and FX for evenings in the zone.
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Holy moly, I thought my gas was gone.
I hate using a daw. Probably just mental blocks, but I get such sketchy results. It just seems so unnecessarily complicated and Iāve got enough rabbit holes that are far more productive.
Iād really like to start recording and have been looking at a 1010 Bluebox, but this thing looks fab. How easy is it to get a decently mastered recording out of? Doesnāt have to be perfect, just presentable.
FWIW, I like kitch.
Donāt want to derail. Is there a thread devoted to similar recording gear?
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The Cassette thread is probably a good place.
It turns out that this particular unit is pretty noisy. Input 1 is pretty bad, 2 and 3 are so-so, and 4 is pretty good. Itās always a roll of the dice with something this old so buyer beware.
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You think it might be old pots or faders? Thanks for the link.
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Not sure to be honest. Iāll have to do some more troubleshooting.
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Got a Torso S-4 recently, after selling a Syntakt.
General intentions are ambient soundscapes and dubby chords, but as an initial ālearning projectā Iāve been using it solo to make my entry for the latest DnB/Jungle challenge. It certainly has its quirks, but Iām digging it so far!
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Turns out it was just a ground loop when plugged into my interface. Still noisy, but itās that pleasant hiss you get from an old budget tape machine. Nice!
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yEAH? weLL ur feet stink too. Now what?
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I know you are but what am I? Thatās what. 
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Try one of these for your ground loop, I have a few of them for just such occasions. The brand is not too important. There are a bunch of the same thing on amazon just relabeled by the resellers.
You might see some reduced output gain, but it should kill the noise. You could always buy a more expensive one but try the cheap guy and see if it solves the problem.
Noteworthy is that these use 1/8" connections, so if you want 1/4" you might need a cheap DI box with a ground lift switch.
Just to be clear, this will kill ground loop noise, but it will not impact noise which is inherent to the machine itself.
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Thank you! Iāll give it a shot.
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Triples is best.
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Does it count as a latest purchase if it took you three months of weekends to build? I dubbed my paper face design the gem sword and hand screen printed the artwork. Used the prism circuits pcbs. I love it, itās so nice when you build something and it turns outā¦ even if it was a journey to get to it.
Intentions take advantage of itās raw sound.
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Very cool!
Everything counts in large amounts.
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Congrats on completing your build --itās super satisfying to jam out on an instrument you built yourself!
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Yeah I had built some decently complex diys before but this is definitely a step upā¦ feels like a proper instrument
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Would you mind giving some explaining about what plans you followed, how you got the bom, etc?
So each module sold as an individual pcb with a mouser bom link although I had to source a lot of out of stock components manuallyā¦ so yeah you want to be comfortable enough to compare data sheets. The PCBs are marked so itās technically as easy as drop the things in the right place and solder (he has a ābuild guideā for explaining a couple odd symbols he uses). I had to trouble shoot one module that had a faulty IC and used the schematics Ken stone made found on the elby website, the prism circuits are one to one recreation of the paper face + a bunch of filtering caps so maybe a bit cleaner in noise floor regards. so yeah the schematic are all out there, the biggest difference is the pcbs are all panel mountable so there isnāt a bunch of wiring you have to do.
You do need a decent oscilloscope and a multimeter for final calibration of everything. You have to manually set tracking on the paper face oscillator but thatās easy enough and also lets me use the 1.2v per octave from the buchla lem218 banana outs)
I think the 0ctrl is another perfect candidate for sequencing and not too expensive but you would need to throw together a little format jumbler box (quite easy to do in comparison)
Maybe worth noting that https://www.low-gain.com/ and https://www.elby-designs.com/ are probably a bit better deals than the prism builds.
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