PLAN B analog blog

Hello Peter et. al.,

I pop in here every so often checking for news of the Model 30 and Mini-
Milton. Any updates? juicy tid-bits?  Gimme Gimme Gimme. 

:-)

Matthew

Matt!!

Always a pleasure when you show up here.  All - Matt Ritenberg is one
of the first Plan B supporters - he's a good guy and we appreciate his
devotion to the nines.

Right here, buddy, right here [hand to heart]

OK, this is how it's gonna be:

The Model 32 is coming in a couple of weeks.  Please don't pester
Noisebug until you see the official 'it's here' announcement.  I
haven't yet even set the price, can't until I see how long it takes
the guys to slap one together, so NB can't answer anything I haven't
told all of you guys on it.  I will say there will be a limited amount
of these made as there are just so many joysticks (I think I've got
125, I think...somewhere around there).  I guess in time I could re-engineer it to fit another type, but if knew the hassle we had to go through to get this one to fit, you'll understand my trepidation is committing to that now.  Wait till you see this thing below the surface...it's pretty impressive.

After that....the MINI MILTON!  While the M32's PCBs are 1/2 way into
their 8 day production cycle, the M21C is now 1/2 way through it's PCB
design cycle.  Faceplates for both the 32 and 21C are expected here in
a week or so.  The projected release date on the M21C is first week of
January, concurrent with my 52nd birthday.  yippee!!!

Now, the Model 30:  we will have a working model at Namm.  Phil Gallo
is designing the PCBs as we speak.  Audio samples will be posted in no
time, maybe as soon as next week, but we're both a little nervous
about this as it will cause a huge stir in the community and the
pressure associated at that point for release may become troublesome.
 I know this is seeming to be a bit off release target..just know that
in this delay some extremely cool features have been added. We've had
to increase the width of the faceplate to accommodate them.  In
short...it's ALL good.

Looking a bit further into the future.  We're showing some BIG stuff
at Namm we're not talkin' about until a couple of days before the show.

Next year expect a very special fifth anniversary module - one
designed by an individual who for the last 35 years is considered one
of the premier artisans of analog synthesizer design and this
particular one reflects what's come to be known as his area of
specialty. It's never been released, ever and is fucking incredible. 

Also next year...the big guns: Big Milt, Model 16 and Model 18.  I
know I promised this for this year and I know i can't use our move as
an excuse (we knew this was going down a few weeks before the
show)...but what I didn't know was going to happen was the biggest
economic downturn of the last century and I elected to pull my hand a
bit closer to the chest due to this.  They're not dead, just once
again pushed out until Spring.

Also expect a couple of new ELFs in the next two or so months as I'm tossing around the idea for a filter and a panner.

that's all for now.  mummmmmmmmmmmm

- P

 



--- In PLAN_B_analog_blog@yahoogroups.com, "mritenburg"
<mritenburg@...> wrote:

>
> Hello Peter et. al.,
> 
> I pop in here every so often checking for news of the Model 30 and Mini-
> Milton. Any updates? juicy tid-bits?  Gimme Gimme Gimme. 
> 
> :-)
> 
> Matthew
>

Thanks for the update and kudos!

Don't let the whiney, entitled bloggers drag you down. Reasonable 
people accept the reality of boutique industries and roll with it.  
I've received modules with issues, some even DOA, from time to time 
(none were Plan B btw).  When it happens, I get it fixed or replaced.  
BFD.  You turn out fine products, and more importantly, they *SOUNDS* 
magnificent! 


--- In PLAN_B_analog_blog@yahoogroups.com, "(i think you can figure 
that out)" <peter@...> wrote:

>
> Matt!!
> 
> Always a pleasure when you show up here.  All - Matt Ritenberg is one
> of the first Plan B supporters - he's a good guy and we appreciate his
> devotion to the nines.
> 
> Right here, buddy, right here [hand to heart]

Awesome work Peter.  I'm really looking forward to the joystick and
the mini miltons.

One question about the M30, if you can say yet.  Will there be
internal routings for FM/AM?
I can't wait to hear it!  :)
I'm building a case this weekend to make space for some of these.

On Sat, Dec 6, 2008 at 11:56 AM, mritenburg <mritenburg@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Thanks for the update and kudos!
>
> Don't let the whiney, entitled bloggers drag you down. Reasonable
> people accept the reality of boutique industries and roll with it.
> I've received modules with issues, some even DOA, from time to time
> (none were Plan B btw). When it happens, I get it fixed or replaced.
> BFD. You turn out fine products, and more importantly, they *SOUNDS*
> magnificent!
>
> --- In PLAN_B_analog_blog@yahoogroups.com, "(i think you can figure
>
> that out)" <peter@...> wrote:
>>
>> Matt!!
>>
>> Always a pleasure when you show up here. All - Matt Ritenberg is one
>> of the first Plan B supporters - he's a good guy and we appreciate his
>> devotion to the nines.
>>
>> Right here, buddy, right here [hand to heart]
>
>

Nice!

is that elf filter going to be multimode by any chance? need a 
multimode on my eurorack system but might wait for this if it is would 
be nice...

thanks!
Carlos

--- In PLAN_B_analog_blog@yahoogroups.com, "(i think you can figure 
that out)" <peter@...> wrote:
>
> Matt!!
> 
> Always a pleasure when you show up here.  All - Matt Ritenberg is 
one
> of the first Plan B supporters - he's a good guy and we appreciate 
his
> devotion to the nines.
> 
> Right here, buddy, right here [hand to heart]
> 
> OK, this is how it's gonna be:
> 
> The Model 32 is coming in a couple of weeks.  Please don't pester
> Noisebug until you see the official 'it's here' announcement.  I
> haven't yet even set the price, can't until I see how long it takes
> the guys to slap one together, so NB can't answer anything I haven't
> told all of you guys on it.  I will say there will be a limited 
amount
> of these made as there are just so many joysticks (I think I've got
> 125, I think...somewhere around there).  I guess in time I could re-
engineer it to fit another type, but if knew the hassle we had to go 
through to get this one to fit, you'll understand my trepidation is 
committing to that now.  Wait till you see this thing below the 
surface...it's pretty impressive.
> 
> After that....the MINI MILTON!  While the M32's PCBs are 1/2 way 
into
> their 8 day production cycle, the M21C is now 1/2 way through it's 
PCB
> design cycle.  Faceplates for both the 32 and 21C are expected here 
in
> a week or so.  The projected release date on the M21C is first week 
of
> January, concurrent with my 52nd birthday.  yippee!!!
> 
> Now, the Model 30:  we will have a working model at Namm.  Phil 
Gallo
> is designing the PCBs as we speak.  Audio samples will be posted in 
no
> time, maybe as soon as next week, but we're both a little nervous
> about this as it will cause a huge stir in the community and the
> pressure associated at that point for release may become 
troublesome.
>  I know this is seeming to be a bit off release target..just know 
that
> in this delay some extremely cool features have been added. We've 
had
> to increase the width of the faceplate to accommodate them.  In
> short...it's ALL good.
> 
> Looking a bit further into the future.  We're showing some BIG stuff
> at Namm we're not talkin' about until a couple of days before the 
show.
> 
> Next year expect a very special fifth anniversary module - one
> designed by an individual who for the last 35 years is considered 
one
> of the premier artisans of analog synthesizer design and this
> particular one reflects what's come to be known as his area of
> specialty. It's never been released, ever and is fucking incredible.
> 
> Also next year...the big guns: Big Milt, Model 16 and Model 18.  I
> know I promised this for this year and I know i can't use our move 
as
> an excuse (we knew this was going down a few weeks before the
> show)...but what I didn't know was going to happen was the biggest
> economic downturn of the last century and I elected to pull my hand 
a
> bit closer to the chest due to this.  They're not dead, just once
> again pushed out until Spring.
> 
> Also expect a couple of new ELFs in the next two or so months as I'm 
tossing around the idea for a filter and a panner.
> 
> that's all for now.  mummmmmmmmmmmm
> 
> - P
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> --- In PLAN_B_analog_blog@yahoogroups.com, "mritenburg"
> <mritenburg@> wrote:
> >
> > Hello Peter et. al.,
> >
> > I pop in here every so often checking for news of the Model 30 and 
Mini-

> > Milton. Any updates? juicy tid-bits?  Gimme Gimme Gimme.
> >
> > :-)
> >
> > Matthew
> >
>