Hi Tobias and MOTM group ,
I have received last week a couple of TM116 and one 16 Bit Quantizer
ordered one month ago to Analogic ACS ...
What i can say about Analogic-ACS modules : They are pure jewels of
accuracy and very hi quality devices !!!
I get all modules assembled and trimmed by ACS because they have better
tool than i have to calibrate this beast . Assembling a sequencer is not
for lazy man like me ... Unless to say their work quality is excellent
as well as pcb and nice ( ultra) white front panels !
Well i have only a very little experience of use for now , i just
finished to integrate all those module in their cabinets , building the
psu and so on ... But from the first hours of experiment i spend with
those modules with my MOTM synth , i must admit they are amazing and
really powerful !
It can give perfect pitch to any VCOs drived with any kind of sources
, and the feeling i get when doinig this was : i re-discover my vintage
synth ! I have also played with the MS20 and the V/Hz mode perfomed by
the 16Bits quantizer and the result was a perfect tune , may be better
than the vintage keyboard ! Driving an old synth with those modules is
amazing because you will heard pitched better than ever before , and
still controled with CV/gate :-)
This module is also a great improvement to my little 8 bits Midi to CV
interfaces ( MCV628 and 876), transforming them with only one jack in
ultra high accuracy 16 bit interfaces !
Also the quantiser used in combination with an analog sequencer (
TM116) make the sequencer extremely easy to use as you do not need to
tune each pot ! Just select the correct note in the scale , and it is
possible to transpose the entire sequence with another row of CV
sequencer with the Transpose CV in Jacks ...! In the same mind to change
or zap instantly to another prepeared sequence using the "next channel
" mode .
It also work well at audio rates as well as TM116 sequencer ,
transforming everything in a kind of super waveshaper / sound generator
!
Using other features like scale/channel select probably require to own
more " logical" modules to play with all posibilities. But they are
already there , i will explore thi way later when my logic module will
be ready...
The final impress i have about this quantizer : it is extremely well
thinked by very serious people who know what they are talking about ! As
Analogic ACS say in their web site : "the most accurate quantizer ever
made " : it is true i have tried ...
Well you get my opinion about Analogic-ACS modules ... Hope it will help
you to do your choice !
Best regards,
Marc B.
PS: i know well Doepffer devices , but they cannot be compared with
Analogic -ACS : It is like to compare a Lada car with a Ferrarri ! I
prefear the second one specialy if i pay them quite the same price ...
PPS : soory for long email , but when you love you do not count ...
Tobias Machine Head a écrit :
> Im looking for a quantizer module. The only one that seem to hold
> its own is this one.
> Doepfer has one too, (but I think it would be a mess to Stooge convert
> a Doepfer module)
>
> http://www.analogic-acs.com/quantizer.html
>
> They also make a companion sequencer that looks pretty cool. Any user
> coments?
>
> Tobias
>
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