PLAN B analog blog

How'd I miss Herbie and Chris Pitman?!

-Kat

--- In PLAN_B_analog_blog@yahoogroups.com, "(i think you can figure
that out)" <peter@...> wrote:
>
> Namm Gore...
> 
> I arrived late, coming straight from Phil Gallo's lab where we fit the
> Model 30 into the Zero case for the first time.  When I arrived, about
> 12:30 or so the Noisebug booth was packed.  Chris Pitman of Sex Tapes
> and Guns N' Roses, always a blast, there was Gary Chang, Naut Humon,
> Clay Duncan, Elliot Lipp, Dave Smith, Brandon Daniel, Robert Rich and
> that other guy....what's is his name again?  Oh yeah, Herbie Hancock.
> 
> The Model 30 was up and running, and although I've been with it and
> around it for well over a year since it's been in development,
> yesterday was the very first time I've had any panel time with it of
> any great measure, and barring the fact we were sharing our two rather
> minute speakers with two channels of the various Buchla signals, the
> subsystem is going to make some noise round the community.  More
> details wen I'm able as I'll be taking the Zero home this evening for
> the specific reason of running it through it's paces in a quieter
> environment.
> 
> Update on the Zero:  Once we're back from the show, we're running at
> full clip on it's release. The way things go with Zero Corp, once you
> place a quantity order for custom product it'll be 11 weeks until you
> start seeing the first of them.  During that time there is much to do
> on the the other components:  there are the corner plates (those which
> hug the radius), the mechanical details of the PSU, the faceplate
> designs of what will probably be called the Ork modules - the ones
> that fit on the top and bottom strips, a bunch of stuff going on while
> we're waiting for the cases to arrive.
> 
> The production cases will be painted differently from the one we're
> showing now...it'll be a dark gun metal gray as opposed to black, they
> will arrive from Zero pre-drilled to fit our application, the bezel
> around the edge of the main shell will be shaped a bit differently to
> accommodate mounting of the rails.
> 
> So I would say about 13 weeks from now they will hit the streets.  As
> far as price, I am not in a position to talk about that now, but let
> me say that we have been looking very closely at the average cost per
> HP of the Doepfer, A. Sol and A. Sys cases and the Zero will be
> competitive against those standards.
> 
> A gotta get back to the show...more when I'm able...
> 
> - P
> 
> 
> 
> --- In PLAN_B_analog_blog@yahoogroups.com, "kyle_easterly"
> <kyle_easterly@> wrote:
> >
> > Can anyone that was at NAMM (or Peter) post all the gory details on
> > the new releases? It's been going on for most of the day now and there
> > is absolutely nothing relating to Plan B news out yet!
> >
> > Primarily interested in Model Zero pricing and availability. The
> > release date is of most importance to me right now, so I can plan out
> > what I'm going to do with the modules left in the cold after I get rid
> > of my Doepfer 6U case this month...
> >
>