M14 Dual Voltage Processor...in about three or so weeks
2006-04-14 by (i think you can figure that out)
All - Just an update - the Model 14 is coming soon. Boards are on order and once received, the first lot will be made available dfor sale at our dealers. For those of you who may not have cut their teeth on a Buchla, Blacet or Serge system, a voltage processor is control voltage mixer with bipolar attenuation - meaning (in the instance of the M14) any of the three inputs of each of the two processors may be attenuated in a positive direction (like a 'normal attenuation knobs) or flipped upside down (inverted) and attenuated in a negative direction. There is also a master bipolar attenuator which offsets the mixed information rorm the three inputs channels either rpositively or negatively. Each of the two processos is equipped with a sum, max and min voltage output. Mutliply this x 2 (it's a dual 3 in, 3 out) - then stick in a full VC corssfader in the middle and there you have it! So along with processing mutliple inputs - you can crossfade the sum of the two out a separate xfade sum out. But wait..there's more! - The M14 is NOT AC coupled - there's nothing inhibiting you from using the device to mix audio signals as well as CVs. - each crossfader has an INSERT external input (one per side). it may be used to mix from one processor to an external source - or used totally independent to the processors to crossfade between two external sources...either AC or DC. - the M14 can easily be used as a three input VCA. or a single input VCA if the external inputs are taken live . By intentionally crossfading to an empty side (no input), the VC crossfader will pan to silence. If both exetlernal inputs are utlized, it will act as a single input VCA, whichis completely isolated to the activity of the processors themselves. Estimated cost will be in the $225 range - which i think is a good deal for a three module package. - P