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After 2 years of mostly silence, Thyme is set to launch in May.

http://www.bastl-instruments.com/instruments/thyme/

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcA8IpwZ9i4[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qi4EuKobPBU[/youtube]






Thyme is an effects processor that is best described as a sequenceable robot operated digital tape machine. With a lot of parameters at hand it enables the exploration of all the time based effects and the vast space in between their classical multi-effects categories (delay, phaser, reverb, chorus, pitch shifter, multi-tap delay, tape delay, tremolo, vibrato, compressor) and in stereo! Each of the 9 different parameters (Tape Speed, Delay Coarse & Fine, Feedback, Filter, extra heads Spacing and Levels, Dry Wet Mix and Volume) has a dedicated, very flexible modulation source – called the Robot – which can be phased out differently for left and right channel to create psychedelic new sound effects. The Robot can either be an LFO with many different waveshapes, external CV source or an envelope follower to enable effects reacting to dynamics. On top of everything there are 8 buttons to select a preset and those presets can be sequenced by a built in meta sequencer. The Sequencer, the Robots and the Delay can be synchronised to external or internal clock. Thyme interfaces with MIDI, analog clock and CV, it has a switchable stereo/mono input, stereo output, headphone output with level and foot switch jack.

The Thyme is ready for production and pricing and availability will be announced in May 2017.

• FEATURES
  
  analog Input Gain knob up to +20dB
  9 parameters: Tape Speed, Delay Coarse & Fine, Feedback, Filter, extra heads Spacing and Levels, Dry Wet Mix and Volume
  each parameter has a dedicated modulation source called the Robot
  each Robot is a powerfull modulation source: LFO, envelope follower, external CV
  freeze button reconfigures the signal flow to create tape loops
  link button compensates the change in Delay time caused by adjusting the Tape Speed
  tap tempo
  internal or external clock for synchronising Delay, Robot or Sequencer
  8 presets organized in 8 banks (64 presets)
  32 step sequencer with 4 patterns for sequencing presets
  switchable stereo/mono input
  stereo output
  stereo headphone output with volume knob
  MIDI Input and Output
  analog Clock Input
  CV input 0-5V (volt per octave for Tape Speed and Delay Time)
  footswitch jack for bypass
  hi-fi audio quality

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*Edit: added video. I'll update the OP with pricing and more videos, as more info becomes available.

vidret wrote:yeahhh... goddamn.

seriously!

I was hoping to dive deeeeeep into the Folktek Mescaline,
be happy with just it for quite a while...
OK, maybe it and a select few additions

Why you be growing my list like that?!?
bastard builders always coming up with cooler shizznizz....


In comparison to the other Bastl offerings, what are we expecting this to cost?
2-300€?
more?
significantly?

I'm glad this is finally coming. Looks kinda goofy, though...

Seriously this sounds delightful concept-wise, why does it have to look like a cheap knockoff drum maxhine from 15 years ago??

yeah i'm not too keen on the look... i typically like the aesthetic choices by BASTL too....

This is obviously very cool and I very rarely, if ever, comment on this but...

Holy lord that panel is awful. Everything that isn't the big text is fine, but wooooooooooooooooooof.

ProCarsteNation wrote: In comparison to the other Bastl offerings, what are we expecting this to cost?
2-300€?
more?
significantly?

It's so hard to guess on this. On one hand it's got a lot of stuff going on, which makes me think more. Also, it's been in development for about 3 years or so, so that makes me think more also. If you consider, though, that it's fairly small (about 4 x 7"), I think it could be fairly reasonable. I'm currently thinking more like 300-450. It makes me nervous when something's a month from launch, and the builder still won't confirm prices. That generally means it's going to be more than people are hoping for.

---Did you see the eowave Quadrantid? Not cheap at 499€, but when I saw it, I thought Mescaline users might like it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0euNzKE7Hqs

Where are you getting 4x7 from? To me it looks more like 6x10........

4x7 would be awesome

manymanyhaha wrote:Where are you getting 4x7 from? To me it looks more like 6x10........

4x7 would be awesome

Unscientific guesstimate. (and I should've flipped my values for LxW)

Supposing his thumb is about 3", double it and add an inch. Actually, looking at it again, I'd say the enclosure is closer to 5" in width (12.7 cm) and perhaps 7.25" long (18.4 cm). It's definitely smaller than 10" long, but maybe as much as 8" length x 6" width....unless of course he has deceptively large hands, then these rough calculations are moot.

lots of cool stuff at super booth! man.

micro granny measures 5.5" x 3" so ~6x8 seems like a good guess.

Maaan....Bastl has really reasonable prices so hoping this will be, too.

I've added a better quality video, courtesy of Synth Anatomy, to the OP.

Looks real good...

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iALSGzOP4Oc[/youtube]