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hello Peter,
great module! well done!!
best regards,
Bakis.


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<peter@buzzclick-music.com> wrote:

> Shipping of the Model 28 is to begin in three weeks.
> 
> For a complete product description and picture, go
> here:
> 
> http://www.ear-group.net/model_28.html
> 
> Product Summary:
> 
> The Plan B Model 28 Programmable Tap Clock is the
> second computer-based product in 
> the Plan B line and addresses the need for an
> accurate tap input-based timing clock for 
> analog synthesizers. Unlike other clocks, the Model
> 28 has no frequency pot -- it's tempo 
> is determined by replicating an interval set by two
> successive depressions of the TAP 
> INPUT button, or by syncing to it's PHASE LOCK input
> to an external clock. The M28 may 
> be accurately programmed during a roll-off or three
> count in live performance - it is 
> meant to be played and it's operation has been
> intelligently designed to support that in 
> real time.
> 
> Along with the quarter note base duration, the M28
> provides separate eighth note tuplet 
> and eighth note triplet outputs and approaches these
> rhythms in the same manner 
> musicians do -- by multipling the tap tempo, not by
> dividing. The last tap interval read 
> becomes its quarter note base, with the eighth-notes
> being base x2 and the triplets base 
> x 3. All outputs are held at 50% duty cycle and
> tempo-accurate within 6 microseconds, 
> with a playback range of a quarter note = 1 (1 beat
> per minute) to 2500 (2500 beats per 
> minute).
> 
> Along with the three parallel event outputs, the M28
> is equipped with a single SERIAL 
> OUTPUT which allows the user to construct
> polyrythmic combinations of the three note 
> values, determined by a voltage level present at the
> SELECT input.
> 
> The Model 28's musicality is further enhanced by a
> series of five ARTICULATION SWITCHES 
> which introduce expression by either omitting (a
> rest) or dynamically accenting each 
> degree of the eighth and triplet events (see figure
> 3). When an accent is selected, a second 
> pulse is sent to independent ACCENT outputs which
> can be routed as a filter frequency 
> chiff, or to the Velocity Input of a Model 25 VCA,
> or to the secondary VC Input of a Doepfer 
> A-132, etc. The Accent Outputs are intentionally
> soft (gates are rounded at the corners) to 
> avoid any pops caused by abrupt changes in
> amplitude. 
> 
> Two expanders are planned for the M28.  The 28A will
> add Triangle, inverted Triangle, 
> Ramp and Inverted Ramp outputs to the quarter and 
> eight note clock outputs.  The 28A 
> will begin shipping in June.  The 28B will follow
> soon afterward and will provide for MIDI 
> out of the M28 clock information.
> 
> For more information and complete functional
> description of the Model 28, go here:
> 
>  http://www.ear-group.net/model_28.html
> 
> Again, the Model 28 is scheduled to begin shipping
> in three weeks time.
> 
> 


Bakis Sirros - Parallel Worlds / Interconnected / Memory Geist
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