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hello cynthia,
that is great news!
now the Blacet ZO is ready too!
so, in the next few days, our package of 3 ZO's will
be shipping to germany!
thank you,
best regards,
Bakis.




--- Cynthia Webster <cynthia.webster@gte.net> wrote:

> The first Blacet format Zeroscillators are shipping!
> Here are the words of Doctor Bob reposted from the
> Blacet List.
> 
> The Blacet format Zeroscillators presently fit the
> Paia 
> brand of Frac Racs better than the Blacet brand of
> Frac Racs.
> We're making the necessary adjustments, and shipping
> is 
> uninterrupted.
> 
> Please enjoy the words below!
> 
> Cyn
> 
> ---Start---
> 
> Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2006 21:27:55 -0700
> From: Robert Trelease <trelease@ucla.edu>
> Subject: [BML]  Blacet format Zeroscillator - First
> hardware
> 	impressions
> To: blacet-list@lists.blacet.com
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> In the recent "new to group" thread, a lot of people
> held forth on 
> the great features of Blacet compact modules and
> other current synth 
> developers' gear (MOTM, Wiard, Metalbox, Doepfer,
> ModCan, etc).  As 
> Wiard's Grant Richter nailed it, "this is the best
> time ever in 
> history to be a modular synthesist".
> 
> In the same spirit, I'd like to let list readers
> know about some of 
> the outstanding features of Cynthia Webster's new
> Blacet format, Mark 
> Barton- designed Zeroscillator (ZO).  Lucky me, I
> popped for the 
> deposit last fall when Cynthia first announced it,
> and UPS delivered 
> my ZO today.
> 
> If you're lucky enough to have 4 of Blacet's fine VC
> 
> wave/PWM/sine/saw/tri syncing/FMing 2100 VCOs, you
> might think you've 
> got enough super oscillators.  But the Zeroscillator
> is one very 
> powerful, complex uber-synth package and well worth
> the extra 
> investment.  It's aimed right at folks who want the
> outrageous sounds 
> coming from digital FM synthesis, but with real
> analog hardware and 
> extras like quadrature (4 phase) outputs, expo and
> linear FM control 
> with zero frequency crossing and inversion (phase
> reversal), wave 
> morphing, variable sync, and other practical
> goodies.  FM is just the 
> beginning with this analog beast.
> 
> The first impression started with the well-cushioned
> shipping box, 
> boldly labeled "delicate instruments".  The naked ZO
> inside is 
> engineered like a fine electronic instrument, like a
> rugged Tektronix 
> or Hewlett-Packard instrumentation module or a panel
> of aerospace 
> electronics.
> 
> You can see a couple of behind-the-panel images at:
> http://63.198.234.228/AnalogDomain/ZO1s.jpg
> http://63.198.234.228/AnalogDomain/ZO2s.jpg
> 
> If you're used to fine Blacet or MOTM plated-through
> circuit boards, 
> this is something else again.  The ZO circuit boards
> are layered, 
> with Blacet-specific panel controls and adapter
> boards stacked in 
> front of the main ZO motherboard. Firmly plugged
> into motherboard's 
> back connectors are three daughterboards with the
> main guts of the 
> ZO: the modulators, the main "loop" oscillator, and
> the waveshapers. 
> Everything is robustly and rigidly secured with hex
> standoffs at the 
> board corners.  Gold-plated, heavy duty IC sockets.
> 
> Ummm... as befits a Cynthia module, there seem to be
> as many words as 
> holes on the interconnect boards, with very
> extensive labeling of 
> signal points and traces... ;-)
> 
> The gloss-anodized front panel has a clean,
> practical Deco layout 
> with cool touches like smooth switch collars,
> profuse, route-labeled 
> I/O jacks, and phase LEDs.  The big main tuning knob
> drives a smooth 
> 10 turn wirewound pot for fine frequency
> adjustments.  The small 
> control knobs are a good match with those on Wiard
> (blue) and 
> Metalbox Blacet-format modules.
> 
> Having taken up lots of space describing the
> hardware, I'll leave the 
> functional description of all the controls,
> different wave types and 
> modulation to Cynthia's Web site. 
>
http://www.cyndustries.com/modules_zero-osc.cfm?type=37
> Included in 
> the shipment was a 14 page operations manual by Mark
> Barton, focusing 
> on a basic FM synth patch to familiarize the user
> with how the ZO 
> works.
> 
> There's lots of other stuff you can do with this
> outrageous module, 
> and high on my list is trying the ZO quadrature
> output in LFO range 
> to modulate 4 VCOs.  (And I'll bet Ingo Z has got
> some great sounds 
> he can share, since he's apparently had a Eurorack
> ZO for a few 
> months....)
> 
> Cynthia said she's planning on bring out more Blacet
> format modules. 
> Oh boy!  Get another rack, indeed!
> 
> Now if you'll excuse me, I think I'll go nuts making
> new ZO sounds 
> for the next several hours.  Forbidden Planet, here
> I come!
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> "Dr Bob"
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> 
> 


Bakis Sirros - Parallel Worlds
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Athens-Greece

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