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Damned, the next must-have!
best regards
Axel

(i think you can figure that out) schrieb:
>
> 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 
> <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 
> <http://www.ear-group.net/model_28.html>
>
> Again, the Model 28 is scheduled to begin shipping in three weeks time.
>
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