Series M 676 & Series M 666

The Trogotronic Series M “euro-format” modules:

Series M 676, the high voltage tube 14hp lass in ruby regalia, available direct from the squalid streets in the part of town you only seen on TV during the top of the 11 o’clock news.

Series M 666, sold out in original black livery, returns wrought of candied crimson (sparkling “red” in other words). If not a blaze of glory it’s return is anything but a whimper.

As always painstakingly handmade in the USA by your friendly neighborhood smog breathing subhumans. Purchase direct from our site or for inquiries see our contact information.

M Series 676 Tube Synth/Filter/FX $387

In rare moments of clarity we’ve long glimpsed a brutish dream burning in the solder smoke: A compact valve synth’ capable of the specular analog displays that make high voltage tubes essential for any serious electronic music aficionado. Now the low hanging fruits of our labors are within reach & truly rotten to the core; M-Series 676 “Fury” features:

• All Analog Circuit
• 2 Main-Oscillators
• 2 Amplifiers
• 2 Unique Filter/FX parameters (Drive & Modulation)
• Input for use with other audio elements
• 5 Modular compatible CV inputs for patchable parameter control
• 1 Medium Frequency Control Oscillator: Track
• 3 Stabilizer Switches (on for stability, off for mayhem)
• Slovakian Max. Gain, Twin-Triode Vacuum Tube run at high voltage

Yes: “high voltage”—no small task for a euro module. Reason being: even the best euro format power supplies were never intended for providing “B+” (arcane engineer speak denoting High Voltage feed for vacuum tubes). Rather than compromise both the operating specs of the tube & capacity of your modular’s power supply the M Series 676 ships with it’s own. Simply plug in the included wall-wart, give the tube a few seconds to warm up & voila! Tangled in wires already? We get it, and in addition to the power jack on the face there’s another hidden on the rear of the module should you want to get crafty to keep things clean. The advantage is twofold: no capacity is taken from your existing supply and the vacuum tube employed is a common model in current production (so there is no worry should it require replacement after many years of faithful service).

Like any Trogotronic worth its salt the 676 Fury’s functions are not conservative… Meaning, while there are two Main Oscillators, other parts of the circuit can command more complicated frequencies in an intuitive manner. Similarly the Main Oscillators themselves may be applied as filters serving to broaden the utility of the instrument even more so. With regard to BOTH mayhem AND stability 676 Fury’s switch settings offer different parameter reactions: Toggles “down” Oscillators & Track navigate pitch black F-5 electron turbulence; Switched UP same controls “play nice” in crimson livery with accordance to classical form.

The sound? Curiously akin to R. Lee Ermey switching on the kilowatt floods & screaming through an Orange Full-stack set to “11” first thing the morning after an all-night gin bender; i.e. relentless punishment applied to all head-holes within audio range. Add to this the inclusion of 5 CV inputs compatible with sequencers, envelopes etc. and this little box may well become a classic in its own right; “May the Gods save us from this menace; girls and mothers—dress our Fury now in blood-red robes!”

• Model 676 Solo in a medium room
• Model 676 Solo under Voltage Control*
• Model 676 with desert-faith-healing-sham-sermon spoken word
• Model 676 with axe played with thumbs

* Voltage Control notes with thanks to @ruiner999 for roughing out some rudimentary patches using two great CV Modules: Wiard/Make Noise Wogglebugs’ » Make Noise Rene X & Y Clock In, CV Out in multiple » Trogotronic 676 Fury’s various CV Inputs.

Specs: Euro-Format / 14HP / Depth = 3 3/8” (86mm) / Peak Current Draw: N/A; dedicated power supply included / Power Jack on both the front & rear of 676 module

Price: 100-120v $387 / 100-240v $407

Model 676 Analog Vacuum Tube Synth $345

In rare moments of clarity we’ve long glimpsed a brutish dream burning in the solder smoke: A compact valve synth’ capable of the specular analog displays that make high voltage tubes essential for any serious electronic music aficionado. Now the low hanging fruits of our labors are within reach & truly rotten to the core; M-Series 676 “Fury” features:

• All Analog Circuit
• 2 Main-Oscillators 
• 2 Amplifiers
• 2 Unique Filter/FX parameters (Drive & Modulation) 
• Input for use with other audio elements
• 5 Modular compatible CV inputs for patchable parameter control 
• 1 Medium Frequency Control Oscillator: Track
• 3 Stabilizer Switches (on for stability, off for mayhem) 
• Slovakian Max. Gain, Twin-Triode Vacuum Tube run at high voltage

• Model 676 Solo in a medium room
• Model 676 Solo under Voltage Control*
• Model 676 with desert-faith-healing-sham-sermon spoken word
• Model 676 with axe clumsily wielded by thumbs

* Voltage Control notes with thanks to @ruiner999 for roughing out some rudimentary patches using two great CV Modules: Wiard/Make Noise Wogglebugs’  » Make Noise Rene X & Y Clock In / Make Noise Rene CV Out in multiple » Trogotronic 676 Fury’s various CV Inputs.

Specs: Chassis Size 7″x 5″ x 3″/ High Output Twin Triode Synthesizer

Price: $345

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A Government Study on Interface Design

“Orbital Vehicle #103”, “ Your tax dollars at work…”, “Best thing to come out of Downey, CA since the Carpenters”  & “Whitey on the Moon”… sure we can dig it by any old name… The interface wonks under our crudely shorn mops cannot help but marvel at this Uncle Sam spec’ed interface hatched about the same time that classic solid state audio synth modules were. Beyond the late model laptop velcroed (rear) and a number pad there’s nary a keyboard (qwerty or piano) to be seen.

MAKE MY DAY PUNK!

Just in time to see Granny Geezer updating her Facebook page on her Android Handheld the halfwits at Trogotronic make a fumbling attempt at reworking our sorry excuse for robot shop herein. Please be kind when advising of the inevitable bugs by logging in and commenting or emailing direct (address on Contact & Spiel page) as the long hours of solder smoke has clouded our vision and judgement…

Model 77 with Foot Switch in Cast Aluminum Chassis $200

Remember the days when ideas were “better said” when stated in a romantic language of the continent? De Luxe, Coupe De Ville, Riviera, hell even Chevrolet referred to a cosmopolitan culture rather than the backwards assed hayseed’s barnyard humor. Then came the dark ages of “freedom fries” and toothless flag-waving rubes crying for the freedom to be a moron.

With an unkept (but sincere) nod to what little WAS good in the old days we urban luddites seek to deliver the pure, the simple and the dangerous sound borne exclusively of High Voltage Tubes. The 77 handily shames the voltage-starved and hard soldered prêt-à-portere sold by Mc-Corporate wherein the sino glass-work serves little purpose beyond the role of glowing eye candy to distract from the sorry digital corn syrup sound of “100 half-assed-half-stack choices in a pedal”.

Model 77 Tabletop in ABS Chassis $165

• New Slovakian Twin Triode Preamplifier Tube
• Traditional High Voltage Operation
• Bypassable Germanium & Gallium Rectifier Sets
• “Honest to desert-diety” Natural Tube Distortion
• Excellent Harmonic Modulation Control
• Tabletop or Foot Switch Pedal Option

Model 77 excels with Guitars, sings like an electric chorus with Keys, Charges vocals and interacts in wonderful/unpredictable ways with other Analog Artifact generators. Available at a modest price unprecedented for a compact & filthy tube preamp run at “haute” voltages as specified in the RCA radio books of yore.

• Model 77 w/Poorly Played Axe
• Model 77 w/Crummy Ol’ Drum Machine
• Model 77 w/Questionably Executed Techno Sham
• Model 77 w/Nearly Ironic Vocal Material

Specs:Table Top Lightweight ABS Chassis 5″x 4″ x 2.5″; Foot Switch Cast Aluminum Chassis 4.75″ x 7.5″ x 1.5″

Price: Table Top $165 / Foot Switch $200

TR Valkyrie 4 Tube Analog Deity $550

Death from above with a high voltage shriek: TR-Valkyrie marks, destroys, and parties upon arrival in the great beyond mountain lodge of Valhalla; Odin forbid you should drop her on your foot. Weighing in at a scale tipping mass that is now stereotypical of Brünhilde’s soprano role, the chassis was originally factory built by the inventors of the first production Wein-bridge oscillator. Her heaven sent insides wrought of 4 pentode tubes rewired completely to suit the alchemy of a Trogotronic Custom. TR-Valkyrie performs demi-deity grade feats of analog audio generation or treatment to whatever you choose to run through this metal mother of all flying ladies adorned in helmets horned. When these original units were state of the art test equipment no expense was spared in their construction; these were the very best that money could buy and could not be had for less than a goodly Nordic treasure.

• All Analog, All High Voltage 
• Point to Point Contruction
• Quad Tube Pentode design 
• Extremely Heavy Duty Vintage Palo Alto Chassis
• 10 Control Knobs including Fine Tuner
• Dual Indicator / Power Lamp
• Optional Internal International Power Selection with fused link
• Doubles as Insane Gain Modulating / Mortalizing Preamp
• Sings Like a Wagnerian Opera Singer on Acid 

She boasts inductors purpose built for her terrible objective, twin power tubes to overwhelm, two-tone indicator lamps that herald her approach and a plate sized knob for range finding. Her stance is monolithic, her mass crippling and louvered flanks leave nothing to the imagination: She seeks and destroys with great pleasure and motivation, her audio display befitting her supernal namesake.
With a complement of replacement parts to bring her up to date for years of service the knuckle dragging Trog-techs offer her up to fly again, this time in a central role Wagnerian in scope.

• Tr valkyrie Heard Solo (w/ reverb)
• TR Vakyrie modulating Drum Machine (dry / no effects)

Specs: Table Top Chassis 11″x 8″ x 12″, 22lbs.

Price: 100-120v $550 / 100-240v $600 

Model 655 Foot Switch in Aluminum Chassis $190

Model 655 Tabletop in ABS Chassis $150

At a stinking 150 bucks the Trogotronic Model 655 Analog Mini-Synthesizer/Effect is unmatched in value.

Model 655 is ideally suited for instant exploration of analog audio artifacts totally unique to generation by electronic means. Various cycling modes display sonic components akin to an electronic infantry division on a mechanized warpath. You know, the type of sounds that are overlooked and rejected by the corporate overlords (who strive for predictable vanilla sound from their synths and effects) and difficult to patch using a considerable array of traditional modules easily costing 5 to 10 times as much scratch.

• Dual Oscillators
• Hi-Gain Amplifier
• Triple Gallium Rectifiers
• Switched Silicone Rectifier
• Input for FX Processor Use
• 25 Patch Combinations
• Both Solo Tones & Drone Audio 
• Sweepable Metallic Sounding Features
• Shapable Analog Cycling Modes

Model 655 ships in both a five knob compact and lightweight ABS tabletop case or the six knob heavy duty cast aluminum case with added volume control and a true bypass foot-switch. 655 ships ready for 100-120v power; Optional Universal power supply allows operation anywhere on the globe from 100-240v mains.

• 655 Solo (dry / with no FX)
• 655 w/ Axe & Drum Machine

Specs: Table Top Lightweight ABS Chassis 5″x 4″ x 2.5″; Foot Switch Cast Aluminum Chassis 4.75″ x 7.5″ x 1.5″

Price: Table Top $150 / Foot Switch $190

TR Destroyer 5-Tube Analog Synthesizer $650

Large and painted a color not unfamiliar to a navy warship livery the Destroyer sports the largest complement of high voltage tubes and controls of any Trogotronic model. It’s all installed within a vintage 50′s-60′s Benton Harbor chassis completely rewired as a five tube, eight stage analog juggernaut built to order. Destroyer renders alien audio landscapes complete with off-world flora and fauna by deploying the unit’s glut of knobs and signal lamps which interface the 8 stages of point to point wired good-old-fashioned high-voltage transconductance vacuum tubes.

• Complement of 16 controls
• 3 New High Voltage twin triode tubes
• 1 NOS High Voltage preamp pentode tube
• 1 NOS High Voltage power pentode
• 1 power & dual signal indicator lamps
• Hand Crafted Point to Point Construction
• Input for use as Effect

An ultra high gain 8 stage all-tube audio amplifier circuit allows audio to be patched through Destroyer producing the original sound modulated by bizarre artifacts rich with high voltage tube harmonics.

Destroyer is built with front & right side panel orientation with a momentary effect button on opposite side. Destroyer can be used worldwide (with 100-240v option).

• Tr Destroyer

Specs: Table Top Vintage Aluminum Chassis 7″ x 9″ x 13″, 100-120vac (optional 100-240vac version)

Price: 100-120v $650 / 100-240v $700

Model 666 Pedal Version w/Aluminum Chassis $275

Model 666 Tabletop Version w/ABS Chassis $240

We can read the paintings on the wall: “Deliver MORE KNOBS for our hard earned scratch!”, “We require added BANG for our dwindingly valued currency”, “We DEMAND Audio Devastation ON PAR with the brutality of these end-times of gilded age corporate greed akin to the SOYLENT GREEN plotline!” As your humble servants of sound we reply: “Your wish is our OBSESSION.” Behold the voice for our times, “The Beast” aka model the Trogotronic Model Triple-6.

• Threshold Adjustable Twin Oscillators
• Twin High Gain Amplifiers
• Damaged “Fire-Ring” Modulator
• White Hot Drive Parameter
• 11 Control Knobs
• 100’s of Patch Combinations

The Beast readily delivers some of the sickest Solid State Analog yet; Plug her in and you’re deep in the heart of burning extra-planetary mayhem: Rich and horrifying Analog Audio Artifacts the likes of which we’d be hard pressed to generate with gear costing 5-10 times the delivered price in blood soaked currency of the Triple-6. Cover thine tender ears and spin the sampled audio direct from subterranean headquarters.

• 666 Solo 1
• 666 with Reverb; Troggota & Fugue in D Minor
• 666 Solo 2
• 666 with old Drum Machine patched to the Input
• 666 with Bob & Doug McKenzie

Specs: Table Top Lightweight ABS Chassis 7″x 5″ x 3″; Foot Switch Cast Aluminum Chassis 4.75″ x 7.5″ x 1.5″

Table Top $240 / Foot Switch $275