Upcoming New releases - Plan B
2007-08-03 by (i think you can figure that out)
Now that the 25, 26 and 28 are out, I thought I'd take a moment to outline and update the release schedule. 1) The 15A VCO Expander is next on the list. Faceplates are ghere, waiting to nail down one section of the circuit before PCB art is sent to fab. Their turnarond is quite quick - these should be out within three to four weeks. The 15A is a 4HP strip which adds attenuators for PWM and Hard/Soft Sync, a three way Octave up/down switch (center takes it out of the circuit) and two additional 1V/OCT inputs. It connects to the Model 15 via the 14 pin connector located on the rear of the Rev. 2. These may also be integrated to Rev 1 Model 15's, but a special cable and some (minimal) soldering is required. 2) Along with the release of the 15A will be the Model 11 - The mysterious Evil Twin. I believe this module will become as important to Plan B as the Model 15. A few of our customer's who've come by the shop in the last three weeks have had a demo of the prototype and were quite impressed. I'm really excited about this one. More information will be posted about it as it's release date approaches which will be concurrent to the 15A (3 to 4 weeks). Faceplates are here, PCB art waiting for completion of the 15A as they're being submitted together. 3) Work begun on the final completion of the Milton last week. They should be popping up in about two months. Sorry for the delay on this one - it's a very big project, we need to get it right before we get it to you. 4) The third in the utility series, the Model 29, will be released within eight weeks. Believe it or not, it's a new type of Multiple. This isn't a joke! It does something the others do not and I'll think you'll find it extremely useful. OK, Ok, Ok...I can hear you guys snickering...just wait and see! 5) On the pure analog side - the Model 23 ASR is the next project on the bench. It's been totally redesigned from what was shown at Namm in 2006, and in the next couple of weeks a prototype will be made before pcb and faceplate art is submitted. In that work on the hybrid modules usually only takes place on the regularily scheduled Sunday evening sessions with our programmer, it frees the rest of my week for the analog stuff (the M23 included) here at the shop, and that's how I'm able to develop more than one product at a time. 6) The Model 16 Spectral Multiplexer's release procedure will begin after the the model 23 is to market. 7) After that, the Model 18 output module, which will be the large one found in the photo section of this yahoo group. The smaller version shown on the EAR site may be released in time, but not initially. 8) Now the biggie - in four to five months we will be releasing a new digital module (Model 30) which is going to be big. I'm not going to leak a word about this one, outside of mentioning it will be three modules in one which share a single common output, which can be linked together or used independently...and it's not an Envelope Generator. I think you guys will find it of interest. Work has begun on the cases (the initial one for the CalArts system). We're getting the prototype side panels from the laser cuter in a couple of weeks. Once the bugs are worked out, we'll begin prcurring parts for the production units. These should be here by the Namm show. So...a hefty schedule ahead for new releases in the next coming months. All of this should be complete by 2008. Things do come up however, but that's what I am shooting for. I'll be happy to field questions on most of this - outside of the Model 11 and the Model 30. Unfortunately I can't give further comment on those two at this time, but will soon. best, - P