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Re: TKB Questions

2002-03-16 by ringmod45

--- In SergeModular@y..., "Les Mizzell" <lesmizz@b...> wrote:
> Afternoon,
>
> Could someone answer a few (stupid) questions, or just correct my
> assumptions, about the TKB that just aren't apparent from reading
the stuff
> on EGRES?

write or email STS to get a catalogue or buy the Rich Gold book, so
you can see the tkb properly. the Egres image of the tkb looks pretty
good to me. by looking at the lay-out you should be able to determine
the functions it can do, pretty straight foward and no voodoo
involved.

>
> OK, I think you can get:
>
> A. four 16-step sequences going at once
> B. two 32-step sequences going at once
> C. one 64 step sequence
> D. Lots of weird random/ switching between 4 layers/forwards
backwards
> stuff...
>
> 1. While sequences are running, can you also use the keypad to
control other
> functions, or is the keypad tied to the sequencer so they can't
operate
> independently?
>
> 2. Anybody got an idea as to the lead time for a new one?
>
> 3. What voltage(s) does it expect for power?
>
> 4. What's the penalty for shooting the person responsible for:
> http://www.doepfer.com/home_e.htm
> (This constitutes a joke and is no way intended to be a "real and
present
> danger" type threat that could be misconstrued by the legal
community in any
> way. For entertainment purposes only. Any resemblance to a living or
> deceased person, on this planet or any other, is purely
unintentional.
> Objects may be closer than they appear. Contents may have settled
during
> shipping)

i hear what you are saying about touch capacitance, but an lfo is an
lfo , an eg is an eg etc. nobody owns a patent on capacitance, it was
being used in other fields before modular synthesis even existed. if
you are copying circuits, then that's a whole other ball game. i
think what Doepfer is attempting to do is good for the modular
community at large. i have not seen any new ideas come from Serge or
any other manufacturer except for the Encore Electronics UEG and the
Wiard Wobblebug,Borg filter and Waveform city modules. most of the
modular stuff being produced is a different variation on existing
circuits or principles. where are the fresh ideas that led to the
wave multipliers and Marfs etc. how about some new and revolutionary
ways to bend the line between the past and the future. oh well, let's
keep our collective hopes up and wait to see what the future holds. i
will say once and i will say it again, let's innovate and come up
with new and interesting ways to accomplish functions that were
previously unavailable to us before, so we can get to the new
plateaus that await us.
cheers,
RM.

>
>
> Thanks!
>
>
> Les Mizzell
>
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