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1/8 vs. 3.5mm

2009-02-13 by sascha victoria

This may be a dumb question but is there a difference between 1/8 and 3.5mm jacks? I have some patch cords that came with my Cwejman SK1MKII which are totally awesome. I just ordered some of these and well, they're quite different and not so awesome. http://www.allelectronics.com

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Plan B Ringer and power supply

2009-02-12 by russ sokoloff

Hi Peter, When do you think we might see some pricing and availability info for the Ringer and its power supply up on www.ear-group.net ? I'm very anxious to get started with these. Oh yeah, there is a sight resemblance between you and the comic book guy from the Simpson's. Nah,

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Ringer?

2009-02-11 by Luigi

I'm not trieng to be a nervous nellie but... any date on the ringers? and... price? I'm ordering a 12U anvil case to double my euro and I'm just waiting for the 12U to come in and these ringers to come out. NEED 4! Thanks guys for continuing the drain of my checking account! :)

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Re: [PLAN_B_analog_blog] Re: Model 32 anyone?

2009-02-10 by Don Kim

Before anyone else asks, what do the trim pots adjust? Center alignment? levels? On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 8:46 AM, (i think you can figure that out) wrote: > The first ten are ready, in test as of late yesterday afternoon and > doing splendidly. As always with thefurst run I leave

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[PLAN_B_analog_blog] Model 32 anyone?

2009-02-10 by brian

Hello, Just checking to see if anyone has gotten any update on their Model 32 reservations. I know they are still in the building process but I know some of us got the first round of emails but i myself have not yet received any follow up. Cant wait! This thing is going to be bad

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Re: Model 32 anyone?

2009-02-10 by (i think you can figure that out)

The first ten are ready, in test as of late yesterday afternoon and doing splendidly. As always with thefurst run I leave them on overnight. If I arrive at work today only to find the Noisebug complex has burned to the ground then I know there's a problem, Houston. The first ten

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Re: Model 32 anyone?

2009-02-10 by (i think you can figure that out)

The first ten are ready, in test as of late yesterday afternoon and doing splendidly. As always with thefurst run I leave them on overnight. If I arrive at work today only to find the Noisebug complex has burned to the ground then I know there's a problem, Houston. The first ten

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Re: [PLAN_B_analog_blog] Tour of the Helms

2009-02-10 by Christopher Jacob Recording Device

Very cool building. I love those hallways. Also dig the CalArts photos, That must have been an amazing time to be a student there. Chris On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 6:10 PM, (i think you can figure that out) peter@buzzclick-music.com > wrote: Went over this afternoon, signed the deal,

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Re: [PLAN_B_analog_blog] Tour of the Helms

2009-02-10 by james.husted@mac.com

Looks like a very cool place to work in. Need a full time graphics designer/desktop publisher with Autocad metalwork design chops too? (had to ask...) -James On Feb 9, 2009, at 6:10 PM, (i think you can figure that out) wrote: Went over this afternoon, signed the deal, took some

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Re: [PLAN_B_analog_blog] Tour of the Helms

2009-02-10 by Don Kim

Just found out I'll be working right down the street again. Almost walking distance. I like them LaDijonaise French Dip sammiches... On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 6:10 PM, (i think you can figure that out) wrote: > Went over this afternoon, signed the deal, took some snaps: > > http://w

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Tour of the Helms

2009-02-10 by (i think you can figure that out)

Went over this afternoon, signed the deal, took some snaps: http://www.flickr.com/photos/89087733@N00/page1/ Check out the detail they've poured into this building. Man, it's great to be back! The Helms photostream ends with a shot of Wally and I shaking hands...the rest our form

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Re: Model 21C Mini Milton News

2009-02-09 by jonpkull

Just out of curiosity what's the deal with Cliff jacks? Are there reliability issues with them or is it (as it seems below) mainly a supply issue? --- In PLAN_B_analog_blog@yahoogroups.com, "(i think you can figure that out)" wrote: > > The mini milton, like all new products (out

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Next week's schedule

2009-02-09 by (i think you can figure that out)

Our first day at Helms will be in a week's time: Monday the 16th. The day after I'm off to Westport and will be back in the office the following Monday, the 23rd. The guys will be there the week I'm gone so production will continue in my absense but in the event you have returns

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Re: Model 21C Mini Milton News

2009-02-09 by (i think you can figure that out)

The mini milton, like all new products (outside of ELFs) will have the new jacks thus will be of the thin variety. Unfortunately I'll still need Cliffs for ELFs. There's no option there and trust me, I wish there was as they are still a source of constant aggravation. I was succe

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Re: What a lucky ass man I am.

2009-02-09 by (i think you can figure that out)

Put in this way...you owe Keith Emerson a huge dept of gratitude. --- In PLAN_B_analog_blog@yahoogroups.com, "dkimcg" wrote: > > Hey Peter, is there some sort of power protection on the Model 15 Rev.2? > > I was super lucky just now. I've been dealing with Analogue Systems > case

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What a lucky ass man I am.

2009-02-09 by dkimcg

Hey Peter, is there some sort of power protection on the Model 15 Rev.2? I was super lucky just now. I've been dealing with Analogue Systems cases the last couple days, red stripe up, you know... I need a few more doepfer connectors, and took them off the case the M15s were in. W

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Re: [PLAN_B_analog_blog] Model 21C Mini Milton News

2009-02-08 by Don Kim

Will this module also be thinner than the older PlanB modules with the paralel boards instead of perpendicular? It seems with the Model 15 getting thinner (I finally saw a Rev 3 M15 at Big City), and the thickness of the joystick, the PlanB line is maybe getting thinner? i.e. thi

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Re: [PLAN_B_analog_blog] Model 21C Mini Milton News

2009-02-07 by Monroe Eskew

Here's a useless philosophical question-- Is there a sharp distinction between digital and analog? If you hook up a bunch of analog components in the right way, you can get a computer. Meow. On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 7:32 AM, (i think you can figure that out) peter@buzzclick-music.c

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Re: CalArts Analog Synthesis symposuim: January 14-25th

2009-02-06 by forrest_zak

so was any of this recorded --- In PLAN_B_analog_blog@yahoogroups.com, "(i think you can figure that out)" wrote: > > For those of you who may attending CalArts (currently there are a few > individuals on this list in the student body), I am teaching an Plan B > Analog Synthesis

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For sale/trade: Plan B M13 and M24

2009-02-06 by joshualiburdi

Looking to trade both specifically for a QMMG, or separately for other modules (contact me with offers). Otherwise, looking to sell the M13 for $230 and the M24 for $250. I cover priority shipping for both if you are in the USA. Email at liburdi [dot] joshua [at] gmail [dot] com

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How M32 reservations work

2009-02-06 by (i think you can figure that out)

We will contact you three days before your reserved unit is ready to ship, asking if you're still interested and allowing time to compled the order. thanks for your interest.. - P

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Re: [PLAN_B_analog_blog] Re: Mort's wishlist realized?

2009-02-06 by Don Kim

Glad I could help keep the addiction going. :D On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 7:38 AM, achtung_999 wrote: > Thanks Don! > Now I know I want one ;-) > > Ernst > > On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 6:51 AM, Don Kim wrote: >> My RS-35 seems to go about -4.2 volts to to about +2.5 volts according >> to

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Model 32 Video on the Tube

2009-02-05 by dkimcg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_Ph5r0uZAI&fmt=18 Annotations will come explaining what's going on. My apologies for being such an Adam Henry and not getting the video up sooner :)

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Re: [PLAN_B_analog_blog] Re: Adam Henry

2009-02-05 by Monroe Eskew

I mostly have no problem with the policy but recognize that discomfort with it is subjective. But there is one part of the AH policy which may be truly wrong. You say: " We assume that by buying modular musical equipment you are aware of the basic operational techniques of modula

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Model 32 payment

2009-02-05 by jonpkull

If we reserved one of these do we send payment when we get the reservation confirmation (the one with the price and shipping rates) or will there be an actual invoice sent out when they're ready to ship? Jon

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Re: [PLAN_B_analog_blog] Re: Mort's wishlist realized?

2009-02-05 by achtung_999

Thanks Don! Now I know I want one ;-) Ernst On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 6:51 AM, Don Kim wrote: > My RS-35 seems to go about -4.2 volts to to about +2.5 volts according > to my A-197. > > On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 1:47 PM, Carlos wrote: >> Or you can record the voice gestures to differen

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Model 21C Mini Milton News

2009-02-05 by (i think you can figure that out)

After some thought, I have decided that the Mini Milton will not be microp based. Instead we're calling on the original design, a variation of the circuit used in the board kit which was released some years back. So not analog as all sequencers are digitally based, but done with

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Re: [PLAN_B_analog_blog] Re: Mort's wishlist realized?

2009-02-05 by Don Kim

My RS-35 seems to go about -4.2 volts to to about +2.5 volts according to my A-197. On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 1:47 PM, Carlos wrote: > Or you can record the voice gestures to different wav files and then > run them in real time as needed to the pitch to cv converter no ? > > --- In

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Re: Adam Henry

2009-02-05 by ispeakhopelandic

to put it simply if inelegantly, it's a different time. you could make the argument (and i am) that stating overtly (and justifiably frankly) a policy that is the SOP for the people it represents is far better than letting it go unspoken. to draw a parallel to a company oft compa

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Re: Mort's wishlist realized?

2009-02-04 by Carlos

Or you can record the voice gestures to different wav files and then run them in real time as needed to the pitch to cv converter no ? --- In PLAN_B_analog_blog@yahoogroups.com, Igor Medeiros wrote: > > Added by Peter Grenader: > > I have a lot of info on how he used to do this o

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IGOR....

2009-02-04 by (i think you can figure that out)

I added a note to your letter before I passed it to the list and screwed it up ( i think). All I know is when I en it it's only the second half. My bad. please resend, I'll add my note as a reply. I have dropped and given you 20. - P

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Re: [PLAN_B_analog_blog] Re: Mort's wishlist realized?

2009-02-04 by Igor Medeiros

ooops the rs300 cant record, can send a cc pitchbend msg to a midi recorder... On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 7:41 PM, Igor Medeiros igormpc@gmail.com > wrote: but to stay analog you have to record this as dc to tape, and this today is not very pratical... he explicity talks about record

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Re: [PLAN_B_analog_blog] Re: Mort's wishlist realized?

2009-02-04 by Igor Medeiros

but to stay analog you have to record this as dc to tape, and this today is not very pratical... he explicity talks about recording the "gestures" and developing a sound afterwards on buchla... maybe he was talking about the resolution of this conversion, after when talks about y

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Re: Model 9 Crosstalk Mmprovement

2009-02-04 by ch1nard

Ok i finally had the chance to try this modifcation out, and it works like a charm! Thanks for the easy fix peter! --- In PLAN_B_analog_blog@yahoogroups.com, "(i think you can figure that out)" wrote: > > Hello to everyone. > > This is an easy fix. On each of the two ICs on the M

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Re: [PLAN_B_analog_blog] Re: Mort's wishlist realized?

2009-02-04 by achtung_999

Hello Carlos, I tried to ask this on the Analogue Systems list.. but no answer. Is the rs-35 Freq-V V-output outputing a Bi-Polar signal? From what I understood from the manual it can range between -10v and +6v. Or is this not so? Greetings, Ernst On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 4:53 PM,

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Re: Mort's wishlist realized?

2009-02-04 by Carlos

Yup or the external signal proccessor section of a used Korg MS-20 if he wants to stay analog, I had an rs-35 and sold it after I got the ms-20 as to me it seems to work better . --- In PLAN_B_analog_blog@yahoogroups.com, "(i think you can figure that out)" wrote: > > In Gino vid

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Re: [PLAN_B_analog_blog] Mort's wishlist realized?

2009-02-04 by Eyesaw

Great idea Peter! He's an artist who will fully appreciate and enjoy how PB is beyond the past - Bill avast! Antivirus : Outbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 090203-1, 02/03/2009 Tested on: 2/4/2009 9:06:46 AM avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2009 ALWIL Software.

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What goes up, may go sideways

2009-02-04 by (i think you can figure that out)

This was taken from a lecture by Milton Babbitt that I sat in on at CalArts in 1976. We named an student electronic music concert after it and it's stuck in my rather compact (230 words and GROWING!!) vocab ever since. The quote's been up on my M15 page for five years. - P

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Mort's wishlist realized?

2009-02-04 by (i think you can figure that out)

In Gino video interview with Mort, he mentions a need for a device he was unaware existed which could convert vocal information to data for controlling digital instruments in realtime. Just sent Mort a note explaining the A. Sys RS35/RS300 pair, which I belive will do exactly wha

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Re: [PLAN_B_analog_blog] New Subotnick video interview online

2009-02-04 by John V. Talbert

Absolutely outstanding! I've been a fan of Morton's work for years, but I've never had the pleasure to hear him speak or see him perform live (I really do live in the wrong part of the country for electronic music!). This was quite inspiring. Looks like it might be time to dust o

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items for sale

2009-02-04 by Monroe Eskew

Not modules, but useful accessories: Item #250368042003 - Bartoc Chromatic Tuner and Metronome http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250368042003 Item #250368045542 - 15-Range Pocket Digital Multimeter by Radioshack http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=

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Re: New Subotnick video interview online

2009-02-04 by (i think you can figure that out)

--- In PLAN_B_analog_blog@yahoogroups.com, "ginorobair" wrote: > >You can blame Peter G. if you don't like it. He set it up. :-) I get blamed for EVERYthing........sigh.

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Re: New Subotnick video interview online

2009-02-04 by (i think you can figure that out)

Richard, This is a extremely nice thing you said and I took the liberty to pass it on in to Mort. --- In PLAN_B_analog_blog@yahoogroups.com, Richard Lainhart wrote: > > Very cool! I'm so happy to hear that Mort's Buchla 100 is being > preserved - "Silver Apples of the Moon" is th

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Re: New Subotnick video interview online

2009-02-04 by (i think you can figure that out)

I just did. Well, half of it anyway: The M32's four external inputs allow the Kinetic Gate outputs to act as Envelope detectors. You use the position of the joystick to set the threshold. --- In PLAN_B_analog_blog@yahoogroups.com, Christopher Jacob Recording Device wrote: > > I l

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Re: [PLAN_B_analog_blog] New Subotnick video interview online

2009-02-04 by Christopher Jacob Recording Device

I like his gesture singing idea of using voice as control voltage. Hey Peter, are you planning on releasing an envelope follower any time soon? On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 3:43 PM, achtung_999 heinrich.himmelwasser@gmail.com > wrote: Nice one! On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 12:17 AM, ginoroba

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Re: [PLAN_B_analog_blog] New Subotnick video interview online

2009-02-04 by amnesia

cheers gino great interview , wanted to interview Morton for VICMODBlog but now I dont need to :-P ginorobair wrote: > > Hey Plan-B'ers, > (Sorry for the cross post) > I was lucky enough to get Morton Subotnick to chat on camera at this > year's NAMM show in > Anaheim. You can bl

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Re: [PLAN_B_analog_blog] New Subotnick video interview online

2009-02-04 by Richard Lainhart

Very cool! I'm so happy to hear that Mort's Buchla 100 is being preserved - "Silver Apples of the Moon" is the reason I became a composer. I was lucky enough to get Morton Subotnick to chat on camera at this year's NAMM show in Anaheim. You can blame Peter G. if you don't like it

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Re: [PLAN_B_analog_blog] New Subotnick video interview online

2009-02-03 by achtung_999

Nice one! On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 12:17 AM, ginorobair wrote: > Hey Plan-B'ers, > (Sorry for the cross post) > I was lucky enough to get Morton Subotnick to chat on camera at this year's > NAMM show in > Anaheim. You can blame Peter G. if you don't like it. He set it up. :-) > > T

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New Subotnick video interview online

2009-02-03 by ginorobair

Hey Plan-B'ers, (Sorry for the cross post) I was lucky enough to get Morton Subotnick to chat on camera at this year's NAMM show in Anaheim. You can blame Peter G. if you don't like it. He set it up. :-) There's a bit of Buchla/analog synth lore on it: http://emusician.com/ms/nam

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