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Sunday, October 05, 2008

Waldorf Pulse Plus

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"About the Pulse Plus -
The Pulse Plus was manufactured around 1996 by Waldorf.

This has been known to be one of the best monophonic synths that can make some of the most amazing sounds!

The Plus version contains a CV/Midi convertor built in so it can work with older analog synths as well as MIDI synths. The notes can be sent either Hz/Volts like Yamaha, Korg, and others, or Oct/Volt like Roland, Moog, Sequential Circuits, and others. A very nice feature to have so you can run older analog gear with equipment of today all in one unit!

It also has an Audio input which can be routed through the filter and amplifier sections.

Don't let the simplistic design fool you! This little machine can make some really great sounds! fat bass to high crisps, it has it where it counts!

There are 99 user memory spots and one super bonus.. Random. There is a patch that randomizes the parameters so you can virtually get a new sound patch instantly and everytime! This is an awesome feature for those looking for something quick without patching it themselves.

It has 6 knobs that have several controls each according to the selction that you want to change.

3 Oscillators all with selectable shapes, semitune, and tune and pw modulation on the first 2 osc's.

2 Lfo's with variabble speeds and LFO1 has selectable shapes while LFO2 has delay amount.

The Pulse has a built in mixer section for all three osc's as well as external input and noise.

2 Envelope Generators both with Attack, Decay, Sustain, Release, Keytrack, and Trigger variables.

The Pulse Plus also has a Modulation section where you can select a source (Off, LFO1, LFO1 Modwheel, LFO1 Aftertouch, LFO2, LFO2 Env2, Env1, Env2, Velocity, Keytrack, Pitch Follow, Pitch Bend, Modwheel, Aftertouch, Breath Controller, and Control X) and destination (Pitch, Osc1 Pitch, Osc2 Pitch, Osc3 Pitch, Pulsewidth1, Pulsewidth2, Osc1 Level, Osc2 Level, Osc3 Level, Noise Level, Cutoff, Resonance, Volume, Panning, LFO1 Speed, and Mod1 Amount).

It also has a built in Arpeggiator with selectable range, tempo, and mode.

The VCF (Voltage Controlled filter) has controls for Cutoff, Env1 Sens, Cutoff Mod, Key Track, Velo Sens, and Resonance.

The VCA (Voltage Controlled Amplifier) has a knob for Volume and Panning.

The rear of the unit has CV In, Gate In, CV1 Out, CV2 Out, Gate Out, Audio In for Filter, MIDI In, Thru, and Out, Power adapter jack, and Stereo Outputs.

Nice and compact, it is housed irack mountable box that is 2 spaces in height.

The serial number on this particular Pulse Plus is 96310321.

The Pulse requires a 12VDC 500mA power supply which is included."


Digitech Talker

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"The Digitech Talker™ is the first revolutionary product to utilize the Advanced Vocal Synthesis technology. This technology is the product of our extensive research into physical modeling over the last two years. Singing or talking into a microphone while playing a guitar or bass, creates the intelligible words and phrases, allowing your instrument to actually talk or sing. Unlike anything you've ever heard before, the Digitech Talker™ offers the most advanced technology to hit the guitar market since the introduction of the Whammy™ Pedal.

Download PDF manual"


Roland CSQ-100

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"Roland's single channel CSQ-100, little brother to the CSQ-600 is an early digital storage analogue sequencer. With capacity for a total of 168 notes in either two sequences of 84 or segued as 168. Sequences may be written using only the CV note only), giving a regular meter from the clock, CV & Gate (note and time), giving variable note length or just the Gate (time value) to an existing CV sequence. A keyboard CV can be used to transpose (or "trasposed" according to the manual!) the running sequence.

Control Voltage output range: -2V to +8V (1V/Octave)
Gate output: +15V on 0V off
Control Voltage input range: 0V to +5V
Gate Threshold: +2.5V
Start Open-Close Contact or: +15V pulse
Step: +15V pulse
Download PDF Manual"