![]() ![]() The demo unit I received was pre-built, but a look under the hood to see what DIY’ers would be up against revealed a lot of components in that 42HP space. I think one more standoff in the right location, solidifying the faceplate to the PCB, could stop the flexing altogether. The jacks and pots are all PCB mounted and, though not enough to concern me, when patching you can see the circuit board flex ever so slightly. The sturdy multi-green metal faceplate is attractive, and the knobs and sliders feel sturdy enough, if not bulletproof. You can polychain with up to 2 Lil' Erebus, so you can have a little crew of Lil’ Erebi at your disposal, and there’s a DIP switch on the back of the PCB that selects between using the Lil’ Erebus as a paraphonic or monophonic device and also handles MIDI channel selection.Īs for the build quality, you couldn’t ask for much more for the price. ![]() There is also a PT2399-based echo with feedback control and CV in to modulate the echo time, a voltage controlled LFO with both a triangle and square wave output, 16 patch points, 13 sliders, 4 knobs, and a built in MIDI to CV converter. Those are routed to a 2-Pole low-pass filter, which features a CV input for cutoff modulation, and are then hardwired to the internal ADS envelope generator, which has its own output for utilization elsewhere. The Lil' Erebus sports 2 oscillators: a saw wave and a pulse wave, each with individual level and tune controls that you can choose to pitch either separately or simultaneously. The desktop version comes with a power supply board and can be housed in its cardboard container, which is way nicer than it sounds, and helps keep the cost down. Unlike the big Erebus, the Lil' Erebus can be used as a Eurorack module as well as a standalone desktop synth, and comes both pre-built and as a DIY kit. The RM is a slightly quicker build - fewer parts - but you can totally do it! I guess I’d say: pick the one you think would be most interesting to add to your setup.The Lil' Erebus, from Greek manufacturer Dreadbox, is an all analog, paraphonic synth, and a direct descendant to their beloved Erebus desktop synth, which had 3 iterations and is now discontinued. I have both, and they’re fun builds, well documented and laid out, and they don’t have many rivals in the “built modules” space, so I’d say go for either/both. The Radio Music is also a great project, though. ![]() (Disclaimer: I am designing a small range of DIY kits, mainly 1U tiles, that are all simple SMD builds designed for people, so I have a vested interest in said enthusiasm). As opposed to, say, trying to DIY something designed for a machine to build, like a Mutable Instruments module, which is properly hard. Bear in mind that the Turing mk2 was designed to be done by human hands - it’s SMD componentry, but it’s as large as you can get it and designed to be done with tweezers. It’s a little challenging, but a pair of tweezers and take your time and it’s all fine. I will happily chant you can totally do SMD! at people until I’m hoarse.So I’d strongly recommend it as opening up lots of fun stuff the Turing can do. I acquired one as a gift to expand my Turing and god, it leads to all manner of interesting things.
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