Buchla 242 Pulse Prog. Question

[Grant Richter]

> 
> I've been looking at the pic of the Buchla Programmable Pulser that's on
> Kevin Lightner's page and I think I understand how the module works.  It
> seems like you can do some type of drum machine style pulses with it (a
> proto-schaltwerk?) - each pin in the matrix closes a switch which allows
a
> pulse to be transmitted to that row's output when the counter reaches
that
> step.
> 
> I see only three outputs, corresponding to rows A, B, and C, but what
does
> the top row do?
> 
The top row, labeled 'n' sets the number of stages. 2 through 12 steps.