PLAN B analog blog

The Mini Milton wasn't a replacement. .it was meant to be an
augmentation of existing sequencers you guys might have. Two
sequential sources open amazing possibilities. I wanted to facilitate
a way for this to happen easily.

There's also an interesting story behind the functionality offered in
the Mini:
The 21C contains all the functionality currently burnt into the Milton
microprocessor. Everything it does we've got working. There are some
features to it's big brother the Venti which have not yet been
finalized, namely the pulse banks and the VC gate time algorithms. The
Mini doesn;t need these functions. It could in effect be feleased
immediately, but instead it's release at worse case wi;l preempt the
release of the M21 by maybe a month.

The M21 will run somewhere over $1,000, but not much more over that.
It'll be well worth the outlay. The 21C will be surprisingly
affordable, probably not much more than our current average module cost.

After this...after all the modules in the new series are out, after
the M16 and M18 and the Miltons in early 2009 what what we need to get
to then are the missing links: a Panner, a Midi to CV Converter and
the Delay. I really love our delay, I am not so set on it being a
Berhinger mounted under a Plan B faceplate however. I want to do it
right and my gut feeling is that isn't the right way to go about it.

I've spent time recently on the way to/from work envisioning the
functionality of the Panner. It will be Micro based and will probably
utilize the square root curve currently the state of the art among MAX
MSP users. There will be an internal VC'able spinner, another control
for the depth of that spin (also externally controllable) , along with
an input for external panning control not associated with spinning.
It'll probably only be stereo, as I don't feel 5.1 is sufficiently
supported among synthesizers users. I also don't see Quad as an
option. It's cool, but it's dead as disco as far as it's reproduction
in recorded media.

The Gate delay....not in any big hurry for that now. Gate delays are
possible with our M10's, and with the Miltons once they're out. I
will readdress this situation at a later date, but I'm pretty
confident that I won't worry about that one until the rest of the
arsenal is in production.

- P

--- In PLAN_B_analog_ blog@yahoogroups .com, James Loftin
wrote:
>
> This sounds great. I asked this same question earlier in the year.
I was beginning to think that the mini milton was going to take the
model 21 altogether. What is the projected price of the grade and
venti versions of the model 21?
>
> James
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: (i think you can figure that out)
> To: PLAN_B_analog_ blog@yahoogroups .com
> Sent: Saturday, July 26, 2008 9:57:31 AM
> Subject: [PLAN_B_analog_ blog] Re: milton
>
>
> As mentioned on the Namm video this year, the Miltons will see the
> light of day before the end of the year. As for the reason for their
> delay...space. Something we didn't have until we moved to Pomona. we
> did not have room for staging something this large in Toluca Lake, we
> barely had room for a cup of coffee on our desks. Now that that has
> been rectified, it's back in development.
>
> Phil Gallo is curently in the final stages of the Model 40. Adter
> this we've got some touch-up to do on the M28 micro, then it's on to
> completing the M21 programming, ehich is easily 95% done already. The
> devil's in the details however.
>
> That being said, my decision on releasing products in the order they
> were was not random. We have been building towards system status for
> some time now. We need to get many other modules out before we
> dedicate to a specialized sequential controller. We've also been
> making an effort to clear the backlog of pre-announced products, the
> ASR being one of those.
>
> - P
>
> --- In PLAN_B_analog_ blog@yahoogroups .com, "ringmod45"
> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > Hi Peter,
> >
> > Could we get a head's up on the status of the Model 21 Milton
> > Sequential Controllers series, please.
> >
> > It has been over 2 years since the announcement and lots of other
> > modules have been designed and manufactured since then. I know how
> > useful ASR's can be, but certainly not more than the Milton.
> >
> > Any info would be grateful, thanks.
> >
> > Regards,
> > RM
> >
>