Doepfer

hi floria,
your ideas are very,very interesting!! i would go for
version 2,but i think both versions would be nice to
have,also...very nice ideas for a new module...do you
think it's time to create a new poll about it??
i always wanted a shaltwerk kind of module integrated
in the a100 system...i hope dieter finds your idea
nice too...
synthfreak


--- Florian Anwander <Florian.Anwander@consol.de>
wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> talking about new modules: Long time ago I built a
> very simple trigger
> sequencer for the Formant system of a friend. It
> consisted only of four
> rows of 16 switches four outputs and a clock in and
> a reset input. The
> clock counted through the switches. If a switch was
> on, a gate signal
> appeared at the corresponding output.
> As clock signal I used the Roland DIN-Sync. The
> clock was divided to 16th
> notes. The gate length was derived from the clock.
> 
> I thought about to revive this idea again, and
> wanted to suggest this to
> Dieter Doepfer. There are now two versions, I am
> thinking about
> interesting:
> 
> Version 1.)
> - Very simple, based on simple logic chips, or a
> Basic Stamp or 
>   something like this.
> - not programmable, 
> - no MIDI, 
> - very costs concious. It should not cost more than
> 100 EUR. 
>   (already the mechanical switches are not the
> cheapest ones...)
> - Again with mechanical switches as described
> - An additional second row of three position
> switches could be 
>   used to switch between long, short gates and
> continous notes.
> - I'd like to have somthing like a swing function:
> the off-notes 
>   should be delayed a littlebit. But this might be a
> littlebit to much 
>   for a not too expensive module
> 
> 
> Version 2.)
> - more sophisticated, based on a uP; kind of a small
> mans Schaltwerk, 
>   lets call it "Schaltbox"
> - programmable
> - optional with MIDI
> - could cost up to 250 EUR
> - It would have rows of 16 push buttons and LEDs, 
>   one row for the steps, one row for the functions
>   additionally eight pushbuttons/LEDs for
> programming/start/stop/shift/...
>   (imagine the case like a pocketdial) and eight
> gate-outs (optional MIDI)
> - It could contain 127 patterns of 8 tracks
> - thinkable features per track depend on programming
> amount / or what can 
>   be taken over from the Schaltwerk-OS
> - MIDI-Clock, load/save .... [add uncountable
> possibilities of your choice]
> 
> 
> The big advantage of the version 2 would be that a
> lot of the hardware
> parts was already developped for the Schaltwerk (pcb
> with eight Pushbuttons
> and eight LEDs, pcb with eight sockets). The same is
> assumingly valid for
> the software.
> 
> Version 1 would have a "look and feel" which is much
> more hardware-like.
> 
> Version 2 would be a very new kind of module to the
> A-100, but it could be
> produced as a A-100 module on one side and as
> standalone box on the other
> side.
> 
> 
> Opinions? 
> 
> 
> Florian
> -- 
> Florian Anwander                  |ConSol* 
> HP-Support
> Tel.   +49.89.45841-133          
> |Consulting&Solutions Software GmbH
> Fax    +49.89.45841-139           |Franziskanerstr.
> 38, D-81669 M�nchen
> email: florian.anwander@consol.de
> |http://www.consol.de
> 


=====
synthfreak(parallel worlds)
athens-greece
[Doepfer_a100] group owner-moderator

__________________________________________________
Do You Yahoo!?
Send FREE Valentine eCards with Yahoo! Greetings!
http://greetings.yahoo.com