200e

For me, it's incredibly useful as a performance tool. With presets,  
you can instantly reroute audio and CVs to different destinations, and  
as JB points out, it's more than a simple router - you can also use it  
to mix and attenuate audio and CVs instantly by recalling a preset. I  
have mine set up so that the first four audio outputs go to the audio  
inputs on the 227e, and the fifth audio output goes to an effects bus  
consisting of a Roland RE-20 Space Echo pedal, routed back to the 297  
Infinite Phase Shifter, then back into the 227. That way, any audio  
source to go directly to the 227, or to the effects bus, in any  
proportion, and in performance, I can switch those routings instantly.

With the CV section, I route a bunch of random voltage outputs from  
the 266e to various oscillator and filter inputs, along with the  
outputs from the 250e, and because I can mix those random CVs in  
different proportions, I can derive additional random voltages from a  
more limited set of sources, again all under preset control.

I can see how the 210 would be less useful in the studio, especially  
if you're working with basically one patch at a time, but for  
performance, I think it's essential - I use it all the time.

Speaking of which, here are some links to just-posted YouTube clips of  
my recent performance and workshop at CitySkies09, in which I use  
presets and the 210 to change patches and configurations on the fly  
during the performance, in both tonal and non-tonal contexts:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zoMY2RjHJFE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zs6K5urYDA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2-6VXIUpII


> My thinking is, and I may be way off, that there isnt really a need  
> for the 210e because we have banana jacks and most of the all the  
> audio modules have mults.
>
> I guess it would be helpful if you had your patch set up permanently  
> when using the presets.
>
> Or am I missing something about it?
>
> It sure looks great :-)




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