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Hi Peter,
Not to take this thread off the rails, but I don't think that comment was a "dig" so much as a valid complaint.

The M10 product page does in fact say that envelope times of 20min are able to be acheived.  Now, I could not be happier with my two MKI M10s, but neither of them exceeds 6min at their maximum time.  If I had bought them specifically on the premise of obtaining 20min times as advertised I would be quite miffed to say the least.

If this is rectified by a simple trimpot adjustment, then I think you're doing yourself a disservice by not documenting that on your site.  I doubt than anyone who's looking to get 20min envelopes would be that concerned about loosing out on extremely short envelope times.

Not only does this help you by clearing up any misconceptions but it's very helpful to the user so that they can tailor the instrument to their liking.  If anything, you might sell more M10s; someone might need at least 2, one calibrated for shorter times and one calibrated for longer. ;)

I realize that this kind of documentation can take time, but think of the time saved by having it rather than having to explain the situation over and over to different people, either directly or via threads all over the interwebs.   

-james

On Dec 30, 2008, at 9:13 AM, "(i think you can figure that out)" <peter@buzzclick-music.com> wrote:

Nice vid, thanks Don.  Pity it sparked yet another M10 dig on Matrix. 

If you have an M14, you can actually induce this feature you're after. Take the output of the M10 into one channel on both sides of the M14.  On one side, turn the input channel processing pot all the way CW
(positive).  On the other side, turn the processing pot fully CCW
(negative)  Come out of the  Sum Xfade jack and route that signal into
the M10's VC input.  Use a secondary external control voltage to
crossfade the M14 xfader and you're dong exactly what you want to
here.  Just make sure the M10's Contour switch is set to linear.  It
won't break anything if it isn't, it'll just not make this as effective.

hope this helps,

- P




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

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSuXA4jg2N8&fmt=18

After I tried this, I heard of others doing something similar, I
started thinking it would be nice if the contour was a continuous
sweepable, CVable control if there is a Mk.3 revision.  :)
and if there was a superfast env follower built in...drool...




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