kaseta

Changes

• Prevent accidental control mapping of even noisier pots.
• Add power filtering and protection redundancy.

Firmware

Kaseta's firmware can be upgraded to obtain new features and bug-fixes. To do so, download the binary from attachments bellow, navigate to Electro-Smith's web programmer and follow the guide to upload the binary through the "File Upload" tab.

Changes

• Snap position sliders to the edges.

Firmware

Kaseta's firmware can be upgraded to obtain new features and bug-fixes. To do so, download the binary from attachments bellow, navigate to Electro-Smith's web programmer and follow the guide to upload the binary throught the "File Upload" tab.

Changes

• Prevent accidental control mapping of noisy pots.

Firmware

Kaseta's firmware can be upgraded to obtain new features and bug-fixes. To do so, download the binary from attachments bellow, navigate to Electro-Smith's web programmer and follow the guide described under the "Display Help" button.

Changes

• Display the current position within the loop.
• Allow reset of the loop position through a control input.
• Pause/resume the delay line using a control input.
• Allow configuration of the ratio between the tap interval and delay length.
• Visualize progress of the buffer reset.
• Improve position response to control input.
• Make clearing of the tape 2x faster.
• Prevent wobble noises produced by short feedback with wow/flutter.

Firmware

Kaseta's firmware can be upgraded to obtain new features and bug-fixes. To do so, download the binary from attachments bellow, navigate to Electro-Smith's web programmer and follow the guide described under the "Display Help" button.

Changes

• Clear the entire tape by holding the button for 5 seconds.
• Allow configuration of wow and flutter placement.
• Apply wow and flutter to both the input and reading heads by default.
• Add an option to place filter on both the input and feedback.
• Place the filter on input and feedback by default.
• Retain clocked tempo until CV input gets unplugged.
• Prevent clicks during wow and flutter transition.
• Widen the zone of the WOW/FLUT knob where the effect is disabled.
• Optimize to prevent crashes under lot of load.

Firmware

Kaseta's firmware can be upgraded to obtain new features and bug-fixes. To do so, download the binary from attachments bellow, navigate to Electro-Smith's web programmer and follow the guide described under the "Display Help" button.

Changes

• Fix reset, so it persists the default configuration.

Firmware

Kaseta's firmware can be upgraded to obtain new features and bug-fixes. To do so, download the binary from attachments bellow, navigate to Electro-Smith's web programmer and follow the guide described under the "Display Help" button.

Changes

• Improve English and clarity in the manuals.
• Fix documentation of octave scaling.
• Document real current consumption.

Firmware

Kaseta's firmware can be upgraded to obtain new features and bug-fixes. To do so, download the binary from attachments bellow, navigate to Electro-Smith's web programmer and follow the guide described under the "Display Help" button.

Changes

• Clearly mark the power connector on the PCB.
• Simplify instructions in the build manual.
• Change the maximum value of medium speed to 8 seconds.
• Fix slow speed scaling direction.
• Support clock inputs that rest in negative voltage.

Firmware

Kaseta's firmware can be upgraded to obtain new features and bug-fixes. To do so, download the binary from attachments bellow, navigate to Electro-Smith's web programmer and follow the guide described under the "Display Help" button.

Changes

• Remove DIP switch from the PCB and firmware.
• Document all the functionality in a user manual.
• Add a build manual.
• Play an animation during the boot.
• Enlarge snap-in holes for trim pots.
• Improve position and speed potentiometers accuracy.
• Add a third speed range for 10 ms to 5 seconds.

Firmware

Kaseta's firmware can be upgraded to obtain new features and bug-fixes. To do so, download the binary from attachments bellow, navigate to Electro-Smith's web programmer and follow the guide described under the "Display Help" button.

• Extend maximum delay length to 5 minutes.
• Implement visualization for all attributes.
• Replace DIP switch controls with alt button and potentiomenter.
• Save after tapped tempo is overridden.
• Fix backup of alternative options.
• Unmap controls disconnected while shut down.
• Prevent clipping of internal oscillator.
• Fix control input scaling.
• Resolve configuration reset bug.
• Compress feedback to avoid inaudible feedback loops.
• Remove relative ordering of head display.
• Delay start to prevent pops.
• Increase pot buffer to prevent clicks.
• Randomize intensity and spacing of flutter.
• Smoothen wow depth control.

• Add more embedded tests.
• Fix I/O bugs found while testing with a prototype.
• Finalize user manual's front page.
• Trigger flutter in sporadic pulses.
• Optimize wow and flutter algorithms.
• Replace DIP switch with alt button and potentiomenter for: pre-amp mode, speed range, tone filter position.
• Apply dynamic range compression on output.

Changes

• Further refactoring of the control module.
• Control speed through clock signal or tap-in.
• Implement firmware binding.
• Recover configuration after restart.
• Introduce internal oscillator.
• Trigger impulse by a chance set through volume.
• Optionally apply tone only on feedback.
• Apply DC blocking filter on output.
• Allow configuration of rewind speeds per head.

• Design the PCB.
• Initialize basic skeleton of firmware.
• Implement stereo output and panning.
• Introduce board peripherals abstraction.
• Blink status LED.
• Implement input calibration.
• Allow mapping of the CV input to an arbitrary attribute.
• Provide a configuration menu.
• Detect tempo from tap on button or clock in CV.
• Completelly rework control manipulation.

• Introduce tone control.
• Tweak wow response and control it using a single attribute.
• Implement basic flutter as an alternative to wow.
• Employ linear interpolation for wow and flutter.

• Extend maximum delay size to 2 minutes.
• Introduce delay impulse output, turning Kaseta into a trigger sequencer.

• Create a proof of concept, providing basic support of saturation, delay, wow and flutter.
• Design basic outline of the PCB.
• Prepare a draft of the user manual.