Jürgen Haible's goal was to build a set of VCOs that have the untamed bass range power of early EMS and Moog VCOs, but which are tracking a keyboard voltage over 5 or more octaves nevertheless. I found that "untamed" Beating in the bass range and controlled beating in higher octaves is not possible with standard exponential 1V/Oct oscillators. A good part of that special sound of early Moog and EMS oscillators is not because of any "randomness", "unstability", "instability" or "noisyness", as so often is said. A good deal of their behavior is because of that, but it is not the whole story. There are also some very deterministic factors in these old circuits which have been unpleasant side effects for the designers back then, but which are worth a closer analysis when we're designing a musical VCO today.
The Haible LivingVCOs are now available as a complete module (built and calibrated, no DIY!).
Some details of the Haible Living VCOs:
Price: € 865 - AVAILABLE! -
CURRENTLY SOLD OUT!
Jürgen Haible's legendary redesign of the Tau "The Pipe" Phaser has now (and for the first time ever) been adapted to Eurorack format. The 2021 version is a new, skiff-friedly design. It includes some additions and modifications compared to the original Haible version like Extended CV control: -1V/Oct and an attenuverting CV input.
Jürgen's original Tau Pipe flanger page
The Haible Tau phaser is now available as a complete module (built and calibrated, no DIY!).
Some details of the Haible TAU Pipe phaser module:
Price: € 400 - AVAILABLE! -
Jürgen Haible's WASP Filter is now available for eurorack in a dual version with some modifications and addons - including a MODE section that acts as a dynamic link between both filters. It allows to combine the filters in series or parallel or anything in between - even voltage controlled(!). Also, each side can blend from lowpass to highpass or bandpass (yes, the notch is in there, too!) creating infinite filterbank combinations. A Sync switch has been added to be able to control both side’s cutoff frequency with from the left side. The unique distortion can be configured to PRE or POST for each side. This is a (mostly) through-hole version containing very few optional SMT parts (not included).
Random*Source has acquired Jürgen Haible's legacy and is the only authorized source of Haible designs.
A limited number of euro kits (front panel + pcb sets) is now available. Please not that this is a DIY project - some sodering and building experience is recommended.
*** THIS IS NOT A FULL KIT (AND NOT A BUILT MODULE)! ***
Price: € 90