200e

1) are the shipping cases a standard part somewhere or are they custom  
made for b+a? put another way, do i need to order one directly from  
buchla or is there a part number somewhere?

2) ditto for the led lamp. i have an older 12u case which has one  
round and two rectangular holes in the upwards facing side of the top  
boat. they look like good places to mount a lamp (or lamps), is that  
their purpose? has anyone retrofit an older case with a lamp?

thanks,

-jon

ps - i love this instrument!

"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.

hi jon

1) the cases are made by parker, but we get an excellent deal on them and
spend some effort installing foam blocks of the appropriate size and
density.

2) the holes in your cabinet will fit the lamps, which are a mechanically
trivial installion but require some minimal soldering to connect them to the
power supply board.

helps?

glad to hear about your continued enjoyment. share some sounds!

-eb

On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 5:47 PM, jon schatz <jon@divisionbyzero.com> wrote:

>   1) are the shipping cases a standard part somewhere or are they custom
> made for b+a? put another way, do i need to order one directly from
> buchla or is there a part number somewhere?
>
> 2) ditto for the led lamp. i have an older 12u case which has one
> round and two rectangular holes in the upwards facing side of the top
> boat. they look like good places to mount a lamp (or lamps), is that
> their purpose? has anyone retrofit an older case with a lamp?
>
> thanks,
>
> -jon
>
> ps - i love this instrument!
>
> "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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On Feb 20, 2008, at 7:17 PM, ezra buchla wrote:

> 1) the cases are made by parker, but we get an excellent deal on  
> them and
> spend some effort installing foam blocks of the appropriate size and
> density.

so it sounds like i should order this from you directly then.
>
> 2) the holes in your cabinet will fit the lamps, which are a  
> mechanically
> trivial installion but require some minimal soldering to connect  
> them to the
> power supply board.

is this something i can order? i seem to remember it being an option  
at one point but it's not on the price list now.

> glad to hear about your continued enjoyment. share some sounds!


as soon as i figure out a good way of capturing this quad sound  
madness that allows sharing without a dvd i'll be glad to. i've had so  
much fun just sequencing separate outputs of a drum machine around the  
room, sending reverb in the opposite direction, using a eg (er, fg) to  
pan a 259e sound from back to front and then left to right, etc. i  
totally get why one of the other folks i know with a 200e owns his own  
4 channel sound system.

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.

On Feb 20, 2008, at 10:10 PM, jon schatz wrote:

> as soon as i figure out a good way of capturing this quad sound
> madness that allows sharing without a dvd i'll be glad to.

Be sure to let us know what you come up with.

I'll wager we're all in the same boat, trying to figure a good way to  
distribute the swirly good stuff.

-C

> glad to hear about your continued enjoyment. share some sounds!


http://divisionbyzero.com/firststab.m4a

i tried exporting to binaural wav and 4 channel wav and the only thing  
that would read said files was the program that exported them. so i  
just merged the front and back stereo channels together in live which  
i'm sure is causing some weird phase cancellation issues. this isn't  
edited or processed or really even well thought out but it should give  
you an idea of what someone with one week of experience on one of  
these machines can come up with.

btw, playing with white noise in 4 channels is pretty neat. i kept  
thinking my mixer channel wasn't outputting anything as running 266e  
noise -> 291e -> 227e was doing a convincing replication of either 1)  
rush hour traffic outside, 2) my heater turning on, or 3) rain coming  
down.

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.

Thanks - some interesting sounds there.

I've tried several different binaural encoders, on Mac and Windows,  
and haven't found any that can reproduce the motion and directionality  
of my true quad recordings. Unless you release in surround, I'm coming  
to think that the only way to properly release quad recordings as  
stereo tracks is by re-recording with a binaural head, as I mentioned.  
I haven't gotten around to renting one yet, but I will.

In the meantime, how about if you upload some of your original four- 
track files, either as four mono files or in some four-track format,  
for those who can play it back in quad? I will if you will. ^_^




>>  glad to hear about your continued enjoyment. share some sounds!
>
> http://divisionbyzero.com/firststab.m4a
>
> i tried exporting to binaural wav and 4 channel wav and the only thing
> that would read said files was the program that exported them. so i
> just merged the front and back stereo channels together in live which
> i'm sure is causing some weird phase cancellation issues. this isn't
> edited or processed or really even well thought out but it should give
> you an idea of what someone with one week of experience on one of
> these machines can come up with.
>
> btw, playing with white noise in 4 channels is pretty neat. i kept
> thinking my mixer channel wasn't outputting anything as running 266e
> noise -> 291e -> 227e was doing a convincing replication of either 1)
> rush hour traffic outside, 2) my heater turning on, or 3) rain coming
> down.






Richard Lainhart
http://www.otownmedia.com
http://www.downloadplatform.com/richard_lainhart
http://www.airglowmusic.com






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