That Time I Got a 246 Filled With 10 Turn Pots

People do crazy things.

After all of these years, I ended up with a 246. This one was part of the Audities Collection, I believe in the silver colored Zero Halliburton case they displayed before.  

I have never been into the idea of putting blue Rogan knobs on everything, even if Buchla never made it that way. I wanted it back to the right color switches too. But I never imagined that someone would have replaced all 64 pots with Bournes 10-turn pots! I guess one could get some real precision with that. Anyway, for me it's all back to original. I still love the build quality of these things. Those Dialight buttons....

 

The 247v Sequential Voltage Source

I have been working on a new Sequential Voltage Source. It is only a single module space and packs a big punch. It does most of the things a MARF or ARF does, but without any menus. It can act as an 8 stage sequencer with two rows, voltage control of the clock/slide rate, switchable slides/pulses, pulse outs on each channel and the ability to loop from any stage to any stage.  It can act as a multi-stage envelope, up to all 8 stages with any stage as a sustain stage or any stage pausing unless a key is held. It can act as ADSR, AHDSR, HADSR, AD, AR, AHD, LFO saw, pulse, square, triangle, something more complex, LFO that only runs when a key is held, LFO that only runs when a key is lifted.

I wanted a small sequencer with every function on the panel. I wanted to do TB-303/MC-202 type sequences with slides selectable per stage, where the pulse output holds the whole stage on a slide stage but only pulses 25% of the stepped stages. I desperately scrambled to complete two for my performance during the NAMM show. I made panels from PCBs because they take less time to manufacture. I only got one finished and then it didn't work when I got there! Anyway, it's working now. It's pretty fun.