The core of the filter is the same. The mkII uses less part and requires less manual adjustments.

I thought I had the MK2 until I looked at mine the other day.

The MK2 is easier to add the mods right?

...although it only needs a 1 megohm resistor that costs a few pence ;-)

Martin

Mmm, I´m sorry but all that is still a bit of an extraterrestrial language to me.
I was looking for a synth and I have found a shruthi for sell. I have listened in youtube and the sound was awesome, the look is cool, then I read a bit of its history and it is exciting, so, I want it :)
It is selling quite cheaper than the ones here.
But it is a MK1.
Should I better say no, and buy a 4 pole (damn, too expensive, no way now) or a mk2? He told me "the mk1 is better, it sounds better, and it is no more available.
I would like to understand what advantages and disadvantages may I have with the mk1 over the mk2.

:)

But thanks to everybody for the comments!

well you can always learn how to solder and build your own from a kit. that’s the cheapest solution!

This was good info. I also had the impression that they sounded little bit different. I got that by reading this forum, not by comparing. Though i don't remember anymore which thread it was -or official description of the newer version, but somewhere was said that it sounds smooth, very close to the roland filters.

And if that was not said from mkI filter, it might be the reason why some ppl. think they sound different.

I now have both, so i can do comparison. So far i have not, at least not blind tests.. But i am just happy if they sound very (or exactly) similar because it makes polychained Shuthi-1's sound more compact.

My MKis are about 6 months old now and they are starting to get that antique vintage sound to them. You can almost see the cobwebs and moss on the waveforms.

Yes same for guitar pickups. They must be soaked in urine and left in the sun. Then they’re vintage and can be sold on eBay.

It is widely known that the electrons in old PCBs are older than the electrons in new PCBs. And if you want vintage tone, you have to go for old electrons.

I keep trying to explain the value of old electrons to my wife.

The old PCB traces were hand drawn in some cases and the smoother rounded traces don’t shake the electrons as much on the corners.

Don’t forget to wash your hands!

Yay, only rosch really knows how to rock!

please record audio of the process!

I would definitely call this thread derailed!

Like a Moog…..

Just get one and decide yourselves. Although i like the look and feel of a MiniMoog, if i had to choose wether to take a Single Synth – a Moog or a Mutable Instruments – to a lonely Island . . . but you already know the answer.

Theoretically they sound the same…... ;-)

you may change the electrons sphere shape via the mod matrix. has a minimoog a mod matrix? ;)

When the electron, assuming round ones for now, falls into its hole do you think it’s like a golf ball falling into the hole? Is it a concave surface surrounding the nucleus that it sort of rolls around in like those motorcycles that ride around inside of a spherical cage?

So anyway, my point is, if the electrons snap into their holes due to the polarity does that make a noise, like a popgun? If the electron rolls around and around before falling into the hole does that make a rolling noise followed by a kerplunk?

And if they are indeed noises, do not those noises then build into a resounding crescendo that cascades from your Shruthi (or minimoog) like sheets of white lightning?

I haven’t even started drinking yet either.

Order the kit and build it. Get the standard SMR-4mkii kit as it has step by step instructions and all of the parts that you need. All you need to provide are some tools, two hands, and some time.

We will help you as much as we can. We all started where you are right now… And your Shruthi will never sound bad. It will either make no sound at all or it will sound incredible!

Ok, today I was in a big open air market for used music instruments here in Germany .
A guy had a nice synth called tunefish. There were three, "aliensynth", which was somehow the more "complete". Than "303 box" which was dedicated to the basses a bit like roland tb 303. Than Junglefish which was extremely dedicated to sub basses like 90' jungle music.
The three of them had midi in, no keys, only real time knobs, no presets, no sequencer. They were able to produce sounds only when connected to an external something, sequencer or midi keyboard.
too limited for 400 euro.
THe same guy had shruthi too and he said the bassed of the jungle are better but the shruthi is more complete and he would stick with the shruthi (he had three and he does not want to sell any).
It sound smore and more like that my line up of synths will be a shruthi, a blofeld, and a monotribe (for fun, I like it, exactly BECAUSE it is a bit a toy, and because of it's batteries function which make me save one hour of my life every day, jamming in the bus).

So. I also want a theremin and it seems that the best most easy to get is still the Moog one. And they have a kit version.

Should I start the experiment?

A question: this guy told me that his three shruthi sounde all different because one had roland filter, one another filter, etc.
WTF?

i think the Shruthi is easy enough to start with, if you just take time to read the build instructions and do it carefully step by step.
the SMR filter that comes with the kit sounds great, the others (SSM2044,CEM3379,IR3109) basically do the same thing, just each with slightly different character. the SVF and digital FX, as well the Polivoks are different. but if you look for a synth that can do all the things considered standard the SMR is the right thing to start with.
hehe i didn’t even mention the new 4pole mission, maybe i should hurry to make it a reality for myself

I’ve created a new category “The Market”

Sometimes I amaze myself by how dumb I am. I was thinking about adding the bandpass filter mod to my Shruthi and started looking for the points labelled BP1 and BP3. And then, I finally noticed, after building the thing and using it for a month or so, I have the MKI. Doh! I think it’s tuned properly, and I’ve done the 4-pole/2-pole switch mod. I have no idea where the 1M resistor is supposed to go ‘though.

Is the schematic for the MKI on the site somewhere? I lost a pad when I did the 4-pole/2-pole switch and I’m not sure it’s really having any effect so I’d like to know where I could put jumpers instead.

Thanks.