PLAN B analog blog

All -

Just an update - the Model 14 is coming soon.  Boards are on 
order and once received, the first lot will be made available dfor 
sale at our dealers.

For those of you who may not have cut their teeth on a Buchla, 
Blacet or Serge system, a voltage processor is control voltage 
mixer with bipolar attenuation - meaning (in the instance of the 
M14) any of the three inputs of each of the two processors may 
be attenuated in a positive direction  (like a 'normal attenuation 
knobs) or flipped upside down (inverted) and attenuated in a 
negative direction.   There is also a master bipolar attenuator 
which offsets the mixed information rorm the three inputs 
channels  either rpositively or negatively.  Each of the two 
processos is equipped with a sum, max and min voltage output. 

Mutliply this x 2 (it's a dual 3 in, 3 out) - then stick in a full VC 
corssfader in the middle and there you have it!  So along with 
processing mutliple inputs   - you can crossfade the sum of the 
two out a separate xfade sum out.

But wait..there's more!

- The M14 is NOT AC coupled  - there's nothing inhibiting you 
from using the device to mix audio signals as well as CVs.

-  each crossfader has an INSERT external input (one per side). 
it may be used to mix from one processor to an external source - 
or used totally independent to the processors to crossfade 
between two external sources...either AC or DC.

- the M14 can easily be used as a three input VCA. or a single 
input VCA if the external inputs are taken live .  By intentionally 
crossfading to an empty side (no input), the VC crossfader will 
pan to silence.  If both exetlernal inputs are utlized, it will act as a 
single input VCA, whichis completely isolated to the activity  of 
the processors themselves.

Estimated cost will be in the $225 range -  which i think is a good 
deal for a three module package.

- P