So I was browsing the list of all the filter boards today and I had seen the notice recently about certain boards getting EOLed and I was wondering what exactly the difference was between all the various boards. Here is what I was able to put together from some quick googling and bouncing around the MI site. Luckily the old pages for the other filters are still available Yes I do have the SSM2044 listed in both places b/c you can still order some of the last few boards MI has.
Current:
SMR4mkII - Standard Shruthi filter SSM2044 - PPG Wave/Poly6/MonoPoly
Dual SVF - 2 2 Pole LP/BP/HP; serial or parallel
Digital Filter - Digital effects
Polivoks - Polivoks (uhm, duh! heh)
4 Pole Mission - Oberheim Expander
Sound like a fair summary? Are there any other earlier boards I missed Olivier? The Shruthi XT being able to have 2 filter baords inside is very nice, but I like the idea of making one really big Shruthi w/all the filters switchable. How many filters would the processsor that runs the Shruthi be able to run at once w/o slowdowns or crashing? The obvious answer is “Build moar Shruthis” and chain them or something, but I’m just curious more than anything else.
That’s cool. Mostly I was curious b/c just hearing a chip number does nothing for informing me what something may sound like heh. Certainly a standard, Polivoks and 4-Pole at least I hope to have in my future.
1) Basic Shruthi kit (and SSM boardif still available)
2) The rest of the boards
3) Cases for everything
4) All the needed parts at once to keep shipping own, especially for the odd 1 part that has to be ordered from somewhere else entirely.
Would leave a nice string of projects waiting to be completed when I feel I’m ready or if my skilled friend gets bored
So when sticking to the standard setup and just changing filter, I would order the Digital/Control PCB + chip + one of the above filter boards? It’s just the Polivoks and 4 Pole that already have a control board included. Correct?
I didn’t bother listing the original b/c from the writeup, the only differences are part counts and number of trim adjustments. So I wouldn’t bother trying to put one of the originals together when I have the upgraded one heh. I don’t care if my personal collection is complete per se, but building most of them eventually could be fun, even if I sold some of them in the end
Yes I do have the SSM2044 listed in both places b/c you can still order some of the last few boards MI has.