2018-10-26
Some pictures of an Aries in the wild
A restored System 300 in a working studio: the cabinet, the patch, and the instrument at full scale.
Journal
Notes from the bench.
Restoration milestones, filter work, prototype updates, and board revisions, in reverse order. Start at the bottom for the AT-327's development, or at the restoration post for the System 300 itself.
2018-06-06
Trouble with the faceplates
Production friction in small-run hardware: material choices, supplier problems, and what it took to get panels made.
2018-04-11
A Video Demo of the AT-327
The AT-327 multimode filter on video: what the revived AR-327 design sounds like in practice.
2018-04-11
AT-327 production photos
Studio shots of the finished AT-327: faceplate, board stack, and the assembled module from every angle.
2018-04-11
A side project
Two working SSM 2050s become a new Aries-format module based on the AR-344 design.
2018-03-24
The Thomas DiMuzio Alpha-Trianguli Demos
Demo recordings by Thomas DiMuzio using Triangulum hardware.
2018-03-02
An Aries for sale — with keyboard
A complete Aries system surfaces on the market: rarity, value, and what a full configuration looks like.
2018-01-16
Aries System 300 Restoration
The full restoration: new jacks, NOS components, a rebuilt wiring harness, and a repaired multimode filter.
2017-11-04
The AT-327 Multimode Filter prototype demo
First working prototype of the AT-327, demoed on the bench.
2017-09-01
Testing the filter with White Noise and LFOs
Characterizing the filter's behavior with noise sources and slow modulation.
2017-08-23
Almost done building the prototypes
The batch of five QA prototypes nears completion, ready to go out to real-world testers.
2017-08-15
The tempcos have arrived
Custom 3k tempco resistors land, and the AT-317’s thermal frequency drift disappears.
2017-08-08
Breadboarded the Multimode filter
A ±15V breadboard of the Aries AR-339, with audio testing every filter mode.
2017-08-02
Breadboarding in the morning sun
A successful comparison build of the AT-317, and breadboarding begins on the AT-314 VCF.
2017-07-27
Penultimate VCO boards
Assembling the penultimate boards straight from the test BOM — a dry run for manufacturing.
2017-07-19
Renderings of each of the modules
KiCad renderings of the twelve modules planned for the first Alpha-Trianguli System 300.
2017-07-14
Crude 3D rendering of the full collection
A rough non-raytraced rendering of the whole planned module set.
2017-07-12
The new boards
The penultimate prototype boards go to manufacturing, with 3D renderings of each.
2017-07-06
Sine output working…
Troubleshooting the AT-317’s triangle-to-sine waveshaper, with results on the scope.
2017-06-22
The first prototype of AT-317 Analog VCO module
The first AT-317 prototype on the bench, with build photos and the first sounds it made.
2017-03-25
An homage to Dennis Colin and the Aries System 300
Why this project exists: recreating the Aries System 300 modules designed by Dennis Colin.