200e

Hi Jon

I think the worry for both of us have is that we feel that half of the 
222e will not get used, I am more into the rings than the plates, but I 
want to stick with the 200e system...I just would like a cool demo to 
show my something amazing the touch plates can do other than just play a 
note per pad. If I can be shown that then I wont be worried about 
wasting my money on half a module.

Ross



jon schatz wrote:
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> On Aug 13, 2009, at 3:57 AM, amnesia wrote:
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> > There are a few of us sitting on the fence about the 222e. I love the
> > rings and what it can do, but i am still worried that the touch panel
> > will only lead me to using it musically, another person I know is
> > worried that the rings arent what he needs and therefore the keyboard
> > will only be used wasting half of his purchase.I know some people will
> > say buy a Thunder, but the thing I do like about the 222e is that its
> > part of the 200e system.
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> > From the vids i have seen there is nothing non musical about the
> > touchplate, i am going by Alessandros vids and Yasi' NAMM vid, so I
> > can
> > only assume that you have to set up each touch pad as a "note"? then
> > you
> > can make other pads faders of add filter etc..
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> > Could someone please do a quick vid to help us poor saps on the other
> > parts of the world see what is possible. I so wish I could try
> > before I buy.
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> hey ross,
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> i can answer some of these questions but i don't currently have access
> to a video camera (i plan on getting one soon).
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> 1) almost every touchplate can be individually set to at least one
> stored voltage in .01 volt increments. it can be musical (really easy
> with the 1.2v/oct tuning), it can be non-musical, it can just be
> binary. what the 222e gives you that the thunder won't is continuous
> voltages for all outputs (cv1/cv2/location/pressure/velocity). since
> the thunder is a midi controller everything is stepped to 127 values.
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> 2) there's no reason you need to use the touchplates as a keyboard.
> with the location outputs you can user it as a bunch of sliders (good
> for tuning the 291e or moving sound around 2 dimensions in a 227e).
> you can put a 250e in strobe or continuous mode and tune each key to a
> sequencer step. you can trigger 281e cycles. you can use each of the
> main keys cv1/cv2 outputs as caveman presets for some other module.
> the possibilities are pretty much unlimited.
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> 3) the rings are fun. they're hard (not theremin hard but not that
> much easier) but if you use a 250e as a quantizer it's easy to play
> melodies. it's also just fun to wave your hands in the air and control
> filter frequencies.
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> so if you make a bit more specific request i'd be glad to record a
> demo as soon as i can get access to a camera.
>
> thanks,
>
> -jon
> "There are no differences but differences of degree between different
> degrees
> of difference and no difference."
> - James, William. "Subjective Effects of Nitrous Oxide." Mind. 1882;
> Vol 7.
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