DRIP Electronics

[Bobine]

Originally Posted by sleepmode

Very nice job.. One recommendation: flip that back panel around the other way. You don't want that big power transformer near the input section, and you want the XLRs away from the power section.

[Moatl]

Originally Posted by malaclypse

clips anyone?

I'm not in my own studio in Germany until October - because I'm in LA for recordings right now - but if it is still relevant then I'm gonna post some samples here

[tubehead]

Originally Posted by Moatl

I'm not in my own studio in Germany until October - because I'm in LA for recordings right now - but if it is still relevant then I'm gonna post some samples here

Please do post some raw clips: unprocessed vs processed, maybe turning the knobs in realtime sweeping...

[peeweedrummer]

also dont run a whole verse through. pick a 5-7 sec loop and play this over a couple times.

Id love to hear how these compare to the originals or reissues.

[malaclypse]

Originally Posted by Moatl

I'm not in my own studio in Germany until October - because I'm in LA for recordings right now - but if it is still relevant then I'm gonna post some samples here

sweet thanks.
i dont have any kinky/specific requests about your samples. just wanna hear any DRIP gear in action.

i've been wanting to pull the trigger on a Four Seven board and just build it over time with high end components. long term project. then a 175, then a pultec...then i'll have a really nice chain

[Moatl]

Alright,
I'll post them here when I'm back in Germany

BTW there are videoclips on the drip website where you can hear & see some drip stuff in action - at least the Pultec EQP1-A and the Fairchild 670

[tomdarude]

Has anyone finished the new 175b kit ???

any pics....

any chance it does remotely something soundwise and (GR)actionwise like the Retro176 would do, or is that a whole nother circuit??


I´d love to have 2 of those....

[tomdarude]

anyone?

[dandeurloo]

I spoke to a GS member about a year ago who said he had both drips and the retro. He said the Drip was a lot better then the retro. Now if I can find who that was. Maybe you can PM him.

[billkahler]

I built an LA2A for about 700 and it's killer. Pictures and article on my billkahler.com blog. Might be easiest to find the post with a Google search.

[jeremyglover]

these look great guys and i'm sure they sound even better.

has anyone built an altec?

[soundeq]

I'm making the Fairchild 670 Drip. It's freekin' pricy experiment (4-5k in parts), but hopefully worth it in the end.

Drip's stuff is great, good support too.

[jhamburg]

I've built 4 Drip LA2A's

They sound rikonkulous.

j

[Stitch333]

I use drips T4Bs...good stuff fo sho

[atimchak]

What kind of time frame would it take of an average skilled solderer to say build a 175b once you had all the parts? The boards look roomy enough that micro work seems to be minimal...

[Dean Roddey]

If you are confident about each step, and have read the manual carefully and made sure you have clarification on any steps you aren't sure about before you start, then you can do most of those projects of his (the soldering bits) in a few days probably. The Fairchild would be another thing, but the LA-2A and 175 and the pre-amps, they aren't complex and there's plenty of space to work, etc...

The biggest time sucker is questioning yourself the first time you do a given project, to make sure you are doing the right thing and worrying you are going to fry it and waste all your money. I did the board assembly of the LA-2A in a couple nights basically, though I came up short a couple parts and had to wait for them to arrive before I could complete it (and made one resistor transposition in the process that I had to later find and fix, because I had a cheapo meter at the time.)

I'd say print out the manual. Read it carefully, make notes on it for your later use. Ask for clarification where you aren't sure and note that on the paper. Then check things off as you get them done. Read through other people's construction threads where available and note the things that they had trouble with and notate those things on your paper. There are often optional things where you can do this or that, so cross out the ones you aren't going to do so you can't get confused and make notes on the options you are going to do to make sure you get it right.

[prakkaman]

Hi guys,

If anyone would like to build the EMI RS 124 version of the Altec 436, it's quite simple.
Just follow this thread over here on the drip site:RS124 - Drip Electronics Community

Ladislav and some other members have modified the Drip Altec by trial and error to turn it into an excellent mastering and tracking device.
(Meanwhile being faithfull to the EMI RS124 modification)
On the drip site you can even listen to some sound samples and find the modified schematic.

DIY racked is working on a new case for the RS 124:
EMI RS-124 CASES - ACCEPTING ORDERS

So go treat yourself with this wonderful unit!
Regards,
Alfredo

[jeremyglover]

nice one prakkaman!
i'll check it out.
jeremy

[littlesicily]

The new STA-LEVEL board is very tempting.

[ianbryn11]

I've built 2 opto 4's. One with the decor transformers, and one with sowters. They both rock. Highly recommend drip products....

[Nishmaster]

I find Drip's boards to be rather overpriced, but on the flip side of that coin the documentation and support is great. The docs in particular are some of the best I've seen from a DIY provider.

But, the sound is not the board but in the parts, so as long as quality components are used his boards do provide an excellent, if a bit pricey, foundation. The Drip T4Bs are every bit as good (and in some ways) better than the originals.

-Matt

[piano]

Drip stuff is better quality than all the manufacturers out there - at least the starting board is - really. Then you can put in parts that are light years ahead in quality than the original mccoys.

I put in HIGHEST end gold point 24 position switches on all my pultecs knobs. It's a mastering pultec.

Totally bad ass --- and better than anything the rich boys here can get - including the original. It took me 6 months to source all the right parts and do this to my specs.

Ain't nothing like hand wired stuff with tubes.

[littlesicily]

piano,

what was your build cost with all the upgraded parts?

Originally Posted by piano

Drip stuff is better quality than all the manufacturers out there - at least the starting board is - really. Then you can put in parts that are light years ahead in quality than the original mccoys.

I put in HIGHEST end gold point 24 position switches on all my pultecs knobs. It's a mastering pultec.

Totally bad ass --- and better than anything the rich boys here can get - including the original. It took me 6 months to source all the right parts and do this to my specs.

Ain't nothing like hand wired stuff with tubes.

[ianbryn11]

just thouht id mention that i have a drip 670 board and case im selling in classifieds... seriously wish i had the dough to get all he parts, but it isnt happening this year... contact me if you are interested.

[Steve Honest]

Originally Posted by TornadoTed

I have all the parts to build a pair of Drip Pultecs, I'm just waiting for the PCB's which are on their way.

Seeing your photos has really wetted my appetite to get stuck in the day they arrive, great work.

I have already built a pair of Drip LA2A's and they are superb, a favourite of mine and a few producers who use my place.

HI ted, \hope your well
im gearing up to build the Fairchild 670 by drip, a full scale no compromise on anything build, all i ever hear is good things about them, so I'm giving it a go
best
steve

[Dean Roddey]

I have the parts for two REDD 47 pre-amps. I'm going to be building them to sell, so that I can buy one for me. Then I'll do the same for the 175 probably, and just keep going until I have got myself a working set of outboard gear again.

[Demor]

Originally Posted by Dean Roddey

...going to be building them to sell, so that I can buy one for me.......

I've read the licence agreement, and I believe you can't do that....... at least not in plublic...... ;-)

[Jimbo]

Originally Posted by Demor

I've read the licence agreement, and I believe you can't do that....... at least not in plublic...... ;-)

Good catch!

I bet if he ran them for about five mins each, he could sell them as "used" without incurring a legal penalty.

[Dean Roddey]

Originally Posted by Jimbo

Good catch!

I bet if he ran them for about five mins each, he could sell them as "used" without incurring a legal penalty.

I imagine he's more interested in stopping anyone from doing it on a commercial basis. For someone like me, just to make a couple and sell them (just so that I can afford to buy still more boards for myself), I'd guess that he'd be happy to move the boards. He's clearly not raking in the dough or anything, given that he periodically stops and goes off to do some mercenary work to support the venture. And of course I will 'use' them, since I will want to make sure that they work properly before I sell them.

So it will be very unlike a commercial venture where they'd probably have some women stuffing boards, others putting them together, and others taking measurements on a test signals, then popping them in a box to ship. And such a commercial venture would be charging commercial prices as well.

[Karloff70]

Originally Posted by Dean Roddey

And such a commercial venture would be charging commercial prices as well.

Unlike you, Dean, unlike you.....lol....I'll keep my eyes open for the first 175.....