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Hi,

I've had the Tabla module for a few years now.  There isn't much to  
it.  The yellow jack is the output and you can process it like any  
audio source.  One item I noticed is that you need to back off on the  
volume if you want the output to be undistorted.  The distortion is OK  
but not always desired.  Operation is pretty simple, press the start/ 
stop button and select any tal.  Push Alt to select the tals on the  
bottom of the keys.  Inc and Dec will change to the next or previous  
Tal.  On my unit, I get an amusing "squech" whenever the Tal is  
changed.  I'm not sure if that is normal or not but it is amusing  
nonetheless and add to the quirkiness of the module.

Of course, the real fun comes when you apply control voltages to the  
tempo and pitch inputs to change these under control of your modular  
synth.  The enable input allows you to control the start/stop of the  
module with a gate signal.  Sending a pulse to the Increment or  
Decrement inputs will increment or decrement the tal just like the  
buttons.

The Sum, Layla, Alt, and Go outputs are gates from specific drums in  
the Tal so you can use these to trigger other sounds on your modular.

Like many modules, you really just need to explore the inputs and  
outputs a bit.  It is pretty hard to hurt the module unless you are  
sending voltages from different manufacturers that might be  
incompatible or you try to sum multiple outputs into one input without  
a mixer.

	Eric