We have shipped the last of our 100 Fenixes – yes baby we are SOLD OUT! So let’s take a moment to reflect and bring back a few moments of our four year journey to design & build our 100 Fenix IVs (no we are not making any more). *Master Read more
We have worked many times with PCBWay before and have visited their factory. They have made most of the insides of our modules (TUESDAY WOBBLER EDGECUTTER). We also have done some really big boards for FenixIV prototyping with them as they can go bigger than other board houses. This review Read more
Since our last blog boxes of led-button switches have arrived. As well as the necessary quantity of our signature yellow leds (with separate standoffs that SOMEONE is going to have to slide onto the LED legs), and the little screens that we use for our scope (IPS 240*240 LCD screens, Read more
How are you doing? Most of us are in lockdown – intelligent or otherwise. Working from home and washing our hands again and again. Packing our disinfectants and facemasks when we venture outside to not embrace our friends and family. All in the hope that this global pandemic may pass Read more
Happy 2020 to you! We had some lovely times over the holidays but if you were keeping an eye out, you might have noticed that there have been no champagne pictures on our social media. Our GOLDEN PROTOTYPE is not ready yet. This means another shift in our timeline – Read more
Colour coding We really wanted to keep the great idea of colour coding that exists on the earlier birds. But no bananajacks meant we had to go a different route – we are making coloured jack rings! We will be using blue for gates, yellow for audio and grey Read more
After a number of demonstrations of our Fenix IV ‘Superbooth prototype’ we have been working hard to develop the Fenix IV further and are getting closer to our ‘golden prototype’. Which is the prototype that has everything we want fully functional and is optimized for production. Redesigning the power distribution Read more
Six more weeks until Superbooth… We are working hard on the first Fenix IV prototype and alternate between “this is madness” and “this is awesome”. Probably both are true. All the parts has been tried and tested in Experiment Boards 1, 2 and 3. Everything works and we are happy Read more
All the experiments on this board have been done: The Wub – a smaller version of our Wobbler advanced lfo – is working! The chord oscillator works and we are still busy tuning it. This part needs more production optimising. The pulse output is still suspiciously quiet. The symmetry Read more
All 1204 parts have been succesfully soldered on. However, this does not mean that everything is working already – or that it doesn’t. Most of this board still needs to be tested and/or needs code first in order to be tested. Thankfully the power works – nothing shorted – and Read more