200e

a two panel system with a 266e, 261e, 281e, 292e and the 222e would 
be very close though you don't get the pulser you do get a lot more 
stuff. The thing I would like to see would be a mini 222 in 2 or 3 
module space without the rings...a bit more simple. Something to 
touch that put out velocity, gates and voltages. If you added a 206e 
to the above modules (assuming a mini 222e existed) you'd have more 
than an easel. All that said, and NOT even having played an Easel it 
appears that the consolidated/integrated design of the Easel sound 
panel is so completely elegant that it's hard to recreate the same 
thing with individual modules.... 

--- In 200e@yahoogroups.com, Chris Muir <cbm@...> wrote:
>
> 
> Let me play devil's advocate for a minute. Much as I would love to 
see  
> an 208 reissue or reinterpretation, couldn't similar functionality 
be  
> had in similar space with existing 200e modules? It seems to me 
that  
> the combo of a 261e, 282e, 292e and the new 206e fits in the same  
> space as the Easel, and generates a similar sonic palette, and  
> provides presets, too, albeit ones that you can't fondle.
> 
> There are a handful of important things missing when trying to  
> recreate the 208 in the same panel space: random voltages, 
sequencer /  
> pulser, spring reverb, envelope detector, and doubtless some 
things  
> I'm forgetting.
> 
> What are the reasons people would like to see a 208e? What are the  
> features of the original 208 that would make you want a reissue?
> 
> For me, they include:
>   - immediate control of a nice little voice architecture
>   - sliders provide fast manipulation of multiple parameters  
> simultaneously
>   - uncorrelated random outputs a really nice touch
> 
> -C
> 
> Chris Muir
> cbm@...	
> http://www.xfade.com
>