200e

Ezra,

man you are GREAT! I LOVE your (mostly) promptly and friendly replies that gives some background on the 200e module working!!!

The reason I was starting the thread:
Before purchasing 1-n 210e I wanted to know if I would be able to accomplish the goal of "complete patch storage" with a modular without loosing flexibility (as this was something Don has obviously in mind when designing the 200e).

Now I know what I can expect!

And I am by no way unhappy, I would say HAPPY about the phantastic help and prompt support I got from this forum...again!!!

Thanks to all

Frank



--- In 200e@yahoogroups.com, ezra buchla <ezra.buchla@...> wrote:
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> yahoo formatting is messing me up, i'm trying to respond inline but it could
> be all wrong.
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> > Generally the severe lack of deeper information about the 200e/modules is
> > something I am a little bit unhappy about!
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> sorry about that. it'd be great to have a wiki, or something, somewhere, i
> don't mind starting one but not sure who would maintain it. meanwhile i
> think we'll soon have digital copies of the manual on buchla.com
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> > E.G.:
> > - the MIDI ports are unlabeled. With "trial and error" I "found" MIDI IN,
> > the other one is...Ezra was so kind to answer my question.
> > - if you upgrade the firmware version, the documentation (that I kindly got
> > from JB) does not mention HOW LONG you have to press down the RE knob? 2
> > sec, 2 min, 2 days...
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> you can let go as soon as the lights come on in the system. in paerticular,
> the blue LED on the 292e should be going like crazy (it is an I2C bus
> activity indicator.)
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> > - how many 210e can coexist in ONE system?
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> i can't see any reason not to have as many as you like. presets are actually
> stored in each module, not in the 225e or any other centralized memory. the
> 225e simply sends a global message for all enabled modules to store or
> recall preset X.
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> if your goal was to minimize the physical moving of cables, you could
> certianly do that. but i think you would eventually wind up with one 210e
> for each other module (the 291e has 10 cv inputs, for example!), or
> something equally crazy.
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> that doesn't make the 210e useless... some people (like allessandro and
> richard, i think) have a "core" patch with a few "variable" elements that
> are rerouted using the 210e presets. this is kind of the intended purpose.
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> i've done extensive touring with a very small 200 system (4 panels) which
> uses a 225e and 210e to reroute all my pedals and signal sources
> (microphone, viola, synth, distortion, delay, stage feed, house feed,
> etc.)... really really useful. hideous feedback on cue.
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